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
- T
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..." - M
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..."