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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...dudum nihil super illum posui, ne genesim meam premerem. In leone cataphagae nascuntur et imperiosi. In virgine mulieres..." - M
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..." - P
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..."