conpressus
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;
nom. sg. (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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →conpressus, conpressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compression, pressure; closing, pressing together; embracing/copulation;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...summa rapit celerem uenabula pardum.tunc densos inter cuneos conpressus et omniuallatus bello uincit, quem respicit, hostem. 185iamque hebes..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fusasut uidit campis acies et cernere tantaspermisit clades conpressus sanguine puluis, 795non tulit adflictis animam producere rebusaut sperare..."
