conpressi
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →conpressus, conpressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compression, pressure; closing, pressing together; embracing/copulation;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...manu. iam terga uiri cedentia uictoralligat et medium conpressis ilibus artatinguinaque insertis pedibus distendit et omnemexplicuit per membra..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...illi inprudens olim faciam simile?' haec ego mecum conpressis agito labris; ubi quid datur oti, inludo chartis..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...sunt, seditiosissimus quisque signa Viennam ferebant: consensu meliorum conpressi et legio in Britanniam transvecta. Proximus Vitellio e praetoriis..."
