premam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam. CALL. Mitte quaeso. TH. Istumne ? viden ut astat furcifer? CALL. Tranio..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sceleribus poenas dabis. profugum per omnis pertinax latebras premam: longinqua clausa abstrusa diuersa inuia emetiemur, nullus obstabit locus..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...crudele necis? quae uulnera tractem, quae prius ora premam? uosne illa potentia matris, uos uteri fortuna..."