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
- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."