premerem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...dudum nihil super illum posui, ne genesim meam premerem. In leone cataphagae nascuntur et imperiosi. In virgine mulieres..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...bibe!' si mehercules saucium palpitantemque iussisses adigere ferrum, premerem clausis vulneribus animam; stringere aptatos ad colla nexus, conarer..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...longas terra secanda vias! tum mihi, si premerem ventosas horridus Alpes, dummodo cum domina, molle fuisset iter..."