pressimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...magis ursimus altum derecta et magna vi multi pressimus aegre, tam cupide sursum removet magis atque remittit, plus..."I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vestigia parietis cruentati, quibus te satis abundeque pressimus, dum adulescentem defendimus. Haec sunt tamen, quae contra te reservata..."