presserit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 3rdsg. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...maiore impetu impulsae fulmina, sic quanto illas minus presserit minor uis, tanto leuiora fulmina emittent. [1,7] Aristoteles..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uulnere citra mors trepidis ignaua uenit, dubiumque tuenti presserit infestos onus impuleritne iugales. sic ubi nubiferum montis latus..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipse exercuit eas; nec facile dixeris, utrum magis presserit eum nobilitas, an ille agitauerit nobilitatem. asperi procul dubio..."