comprimor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →comprimo, comprimere, compressi, compressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
press/squeeze together, fold, crush; hem/shut/keep/hold in; copulate (male);; suppress/control/stifle/frustrate/subdue/cow, put down; hold breath; silence;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...enica, non tacebo umquam alio pacto, nisi talento comprimor. LABR. Tibi operam hic quidem dat. tace. DAEM. Concede..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...deseruitque me. tibi idem futurum credo. PHILOL. Vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos stimulatrici. PHILEM. Solam ille..."
