deprimantur
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);
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
- G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...stantibus, tamen hoc quod sedent quasi debilitentur et deprimantur. Recitantium vero praecipua pronuntiationis adiumenta, oculi manus, praepediuntur..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...altissimae civium dignitates collatione fastigii tui quasi deprimantur, quantoque propius ad magnitudinem tuam adscenderint, tantum etiam..."