pressisses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...furta et gratos narrat amores (quem modo Ledae pressisse sinum tectum plumis pennisque ferunt, modo per fluctus raptam..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tremunt * 509a ueteresque fagi. iuuat aut amnis uagi pressisse ripas, caespite aut nudo leues duxisse somnos, siue fons..."IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...conspirasse violentiam sedemque prodigiosi spiritus conlato pariter igne pressisse. si verum est post vetusta saecula et innumerabiles annos..."