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presse

Dictionary entries

pressus, pressa, pressum:
Adjective · 1st declension
Frequency:
Lesser
firmly planted, deliberate;
Entry →
voc. sg. (m.)
premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
Frequency:
Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
Entry →
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.

Examples

De rhetoribus

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

"...atque aliter exponere, et narrationes cum breviter ac presse tum latius et uberius explicare consuerant; interdum Graecorum scripta..."

Liber VIII

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

"...dicere an moderate, laete an severe, abundanter an presse, aspere an leniter, magnifice an subtiliter, graviter an urbane..."

Liber II

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

"...magistro prouidendum erit! Non enim satis est dicere presse tantum aut subtiliter aut aspere, non magis quam phonasco..."

Liber V

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

"...Vareno Homullus callide acriter culte, contra Nigrinus presse graviter ornate. Censuit Acilius Rufus consul designatus inquisitionem Bithynis dandam..."