presserat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cunnilingum. Hic est pampineis uiridis modo Vesbius umbris, presserat hic madidos nobilis uua lacus: haec iuga quam Nysae..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...inde toris discumbitur, olim Hister anhelantem Peucen quo presserat antro. ipsi inter medios rosea radiante iuventa altius inque..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...sileant age litora coeptis!' Iamque sopor mediis tellurem presserat horis et circum tacito volitabant somnia mundo, cum vigil..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sagittas cingulaque et manicas, ne coniuge uilior iret, presserat et mixtum cono crispauerat aurum. talibus (heu!) fidens uocat..."- P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arbore pomum sumptaque pallenti septem de cortice grana presserat ore suo, solusque ex omnibus illud Ascalaphus vidit, quem..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...equidem fauces haec ipsa in verba resolvo'; (presserat ora vapor) 'tostos en adspice crines inque oculis tantum, tantum..."