deprimat
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);
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...loquere, sic vive; vide ne te ulla res deprimat. Votorum tuorum veterum licet deis gratiam facias, alia..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ebrietatem ueniendum, non ut mergat nos, sed ut deprimat: eluit enim curas et ab imo animum mouet..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ratio, tractavimus; XC. nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum. I. Prima est igitur amplificandi vel minuendi species..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aequari velle simulando ita se quisque extollit ut deprimat alium, in difficili est, cavendoque ne metuant, homines metuendos..."