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