pressus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pressus, pressa, pressum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
firmly planted, deliberate;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →premo, premere, pressi, pressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →pressus, pressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...capacemhumani facilem uenturo Caesare praedamignauae liquere manus. cum pressus ab hosteclauditur externis miles Romanus in oris, 515effugit exiguo..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...severi sectus Aeaci loris, Nunc inquieti monte Sisyphi pressus, Nunc inter undas garruli senis siccus Delasset omnis fabulas..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...distrahantur, attollunt et levant animum, qui gravi sarcina pressus explicari cupit et reverti ad illa quorum fuit..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...necessario congregatus ille iam et in angustum pressus loco cedit. [13,4] Idem contrario euenit: cum uis maior..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...alueo fertur, ne in latitudinem excedat, obiectu montium pressus. Circa Memphim demum liber et per campestria uagus..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...multum spiritus, qui necessario frigescit umbra graui pressus, deinde piger et immotus in aquam, cum se desiit ferre..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...terram profertur, modo ante dissoluitur, si minore ui pressus est. [58,2] Quare oblique fertur? Quia spiritu constat..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mediam uirgultaque molemsuspendant, structa laterum conpage ligatamartet humum, pressus ne cedat turribus agger. lucus erat longo numquam uiolatus..."