conprimere
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. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...parum valui, cum facilius sit excludere quam admissa conprimere? Quidam ita distinxerunt ut dicerent, 'temperans ac prudens positione..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vero incesta sum, si possum moderari gemitus, conprimere lacrimas coite in funus, omnes liberi, omnes parentes, custodite planctus..."
