pressistis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."