repressus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →reprimo, reprimere, repressi, repressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
press back, repress; check, prevent, restrain;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...interque risum proclamavit: "Bucco, bucco, quot sunt hic?" Repressus ergo aliquamdiu Trimalchio camellam grandem iussit misceri potiones dividi..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ceteris Cremonam fugientibus caesi qui restiterant: sed repressus vincentium impetus ne novis subsidiis firmati hostes fortunam proelii mutarent..."