conpressit
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...humo. tunc, ne leuis aura retectosauferret cineres, saxo conpressit harenam, 790nautaque ne bustum religato fune moueretinscripsit sacrum semusto..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuit illa Iovi. qui postquam voce manuque murmura conpressit, tenuere silentia cuncti. substitit ut clamor pressus gravitate regentis..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fuit illa Iovi. qui postquam voce manuque murmura conpressit, tenuere silentia cuncti. substitit ut clamor pressus gravitate regentis..."