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
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...enica, non tacebo umquam alio pacto, nisi talento comprimor. LABR. Tibi operam hic quidem dat. tace. DAEM. Concede..." - T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...deseruitque me. tibi idem futurum credo. PHILOL. Vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos stimulatrici. PHILEM. Solam ille..."
