depressus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deprimo, deprimere, depressi, depressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
suppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink;; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →depressus, depressa -um, depressior -or -us, depressissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
low/low-lying, deep down; at/having low elevation; low-pitched/subdued (sound);; reaching/sloping down; base/mean, pedestrian, lacking moral/style; depressed;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...misericordia dignus est, si captiuus in seruitutem subito depressus reliquias libertatis tenet nec ad sordida ac laboriosa ministeria..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...Accedebat etiam ad reliquas causas quod is locus depressus erat puteique ibi non nulli fieri [complures] poterant: aquatione..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...paululum ascenderis ad laevam, circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus. Eum muniunt undique parietes atque insuper camera lapideis fornicibus..."
