pressant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →presso, pressare, pressavi, pressatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
press, squeeze;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, ne quiquam, quoniam nihil inde abradere possunt..." 
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inuentaque monstrant corpora, prociduae super externosque suosque. hae pressant in tabe comas, hae lumina signant uulneraque alta rigant..."- P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...oscula lecto. post cinerem cineres haustos ad pectora pressant adfusaeque iacent tumulo signataque saxo nomina conplexae lacrimas..."