conpressas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conpressus, conpressa -um, conpressior -or -us, conpressissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
constricted/narrow/pressed together; bound/tight (bowels), constipated, binding;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →conprimo, conprimere, conpressi, conpressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
press, squeeze together, close;; press/squeeze together, fold, crush; hem/shut/keep/hold in; copulate (male);; suppress/control/stifle/frustrate/subdue/cow, put down; hold breath; silence;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...habitura locum dextras ac tela mouendiconstiterat gladiosque suos conpressa timebat. 495praecipiti cursu uaesanum Caesaris agmenin densos agitur cuneos..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...crebris sonat ictibus umbo,et galeae fragmenta cauae conpressa perurunttempora, nec quicquam nudis uitalibus obstatiam praeter stantis..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...longaeque tremunt super aequora turres. Pompeius tellure noua conpressa profundi 680ora uidens curis animum mordacibus angit, ut reseret..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...frigus non dubitabat. item ad supremum denique tempus conpressae nares, nasi primoris acumen tenve, cavati oculi, cava tempora..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...stetit inculti rustica turba foci. Vilica uel duri conpressa est nupta coloni, incaluit quotiens saucia uena mero..."
