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
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..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...altissimae civium dignitates collatione fastigii tui quasi deprimantur, quantoque propius ad magnitudinem tuam adscenderint, tantum etiam..."