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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."