premendos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
acc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ille fatigat os rabidum, fera corda domans, fingitque premendo. ostia iamque domus patuere ingentia centum sponte sua vatisque..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tertia legione Ballistam Letumque montes obsedit, et premendo praesidiis angustos saltus eorum commeatus interclusit, inopiaque omnium rerum..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Papirius Cursor iuga Samni perlustrando an Luceriam premendo obsidendoque et lacessendo uictorem hostem depulsum ab Romanis ceruicibus iugum..."