pressisti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
sg. perf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Amoris, maximum numen, Venus. O qualis altos quanta pressisti toros residens in aula! uidit attonitus tuam formam senatus..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit? vosne, manus, validi pressistis cornua tauri? vestrum opus Elis habet, vestrum Stymphalides undae..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...taurorum flammas hebetastis et unco inpatiens oneris collum pressistis aratro, vos serpentigenis in se fera bella dedistis custodemque..."