pressum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pressus, pressa, pressum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
firmly planted, deliberate;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →pressus, pressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pinguis Bebrycio discessit uomere sulcus;mox Lelegum dextra pressum descendit aratrum,Aeolidae Dolopesque solum fregere coloniet Magnetes equis..."Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...constantia ciuis Bebriaci campis solium adfectare Palati et pressum in faciem digitis extendere panem, quod nec in Assyrio..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...plano figere gressum; magnum, ingenti strage malorum pressum fracti pondera regni non inflexa ceruice pati, nec degenerem uictumque..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...genus sublime dicendi parvis in causis, pressum limatumque grandibus, laetum tristibus, lene asperis, minax supplicibus, summissum concitatis, trux..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Aufidia: "somnone te languidum an gravi lethargo putem pressum?", sed M. quoque tullius circa navarchos (nam ea quoque..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...anxia Thebas commemorat Cadmumque uiro caraeque nepotes Harmoniae, pressum tacito sub corde dolorem tempestiua mouet: 'nonne hanc, Gradiue..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...improbus, horrendum uisu ac mirabile pondus, sustulit. Herculeis pressum sic fama lacertis terrigenam sudasse Libyn, cum fraude reperta..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Myscelus, illius dis acceptissimus aevi. hunc super incumbens pressum gravitate soporis claviger adloquitur: 22a "patrias, age, desere sedes..."
