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pressam

Dictionary entries

  • pressus, pressa, pressum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = firmly planted, deliberate;

    Entry →
    acc. sg. (f.)
  • premo, premere, pressi, pressus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent

    = press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;

    Entry →
    acc. sg. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • M

    Liber V

    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

    "...fretique,non puppis nostrae labor est: hanc Caesare pressam 585a fluctu defendet onus. nec longa furoriuentorum saeuo dabitur..."
  • Gaius Valerius Flaccus

    Liber Primus

    Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA

    "...tantum non indignantibus undis hoc caput accipias et pressam regibus alnum.' sic fatus pingui cumulat libamine flammam. Protulit..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses II

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...dexterior tortum declinet ad Anguem, neve sinisterior pressam rota ducat ad Aram, inter utrumque tene! Fortunae cetera mando..."
  • G

    Liber X

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...Enimvero, si placeat fossam longius ducere et altius pressam mari aequare nec in flumen, sed in ipsum mare..."

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