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Lewis Short
(verb) : com-prĭmo (conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, premo
* To press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
* In gen.: (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,Lucr. 6, 454: dentis,Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21: cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.: compressa in pugnum manus,Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104: (oculos) opertos compressosque,id. 11, 3, 76: compressā palmā,with the clinched hand,Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53: compressam forcipe lingua,Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138: tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),Lucr. 6, 866: manibus dorsum boum,Col. 2, 3, 1: murem,Phaedr. 4, 2, 14: ordines (aciei),to make more dense,Liv. 8, 8, 12: versus ordinibus,to write closely,Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21: mulierem,to lie with,Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.: compressas tenuisse manus,Luc. 2, 292.
* Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
* To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.: animam,to hold one's breath,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28: manum,to keep off,id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29: linguam alicui,to silence him,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88: aquam (opp. inmittere),Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1: tela manu,Stat. Th. 11, 33: alvum,to check a diarrhoea,Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so, stomachum,to bind, make costive,id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus aliquem compresserit, id. praef.
* Trop.
* Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.): vocem et orationem,Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16: gressum,Verg. A. 6, 389: consilium,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6: comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25: conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,id. Phil. 10, 5, 11: Clodii conatus furoresque,id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7: amor compressus edendi,Verg. A. 8, 184: tribunicios furores,Cic. Mur. 11, 24: ferocitatem tuam istam,id. Vatin. 1, 2: seditionem,Liv. 2, 23, 10: motus,id. 1, 60, 1: multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,id. 26, 10, 10: plausum,Cic. Deiot. 12, 34: exsultantem laetitiam,id. Top. 22, 86: voce manuque Murmura,Ov. M. 1, 206: conscientiam,to silence,Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep.
* With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose; most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8: annonam,Liv. 38, 35, 5: multa, magna delicta,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6: orationem illam,id. ib. 3, 12, 2: famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow: calculus oris compressioris,Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.
* Costive: venter,Cels. 1, 3: alvus,id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.—Adv.: compressē.
* In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly: compressius loqui (opp. latius),Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.
* Pressingly, urgently: compressius violentiusque quaerere,Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.
* To press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
* In gen.: (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,Lucr. 6, 454: dentis,Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21: cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.: compressa in pugnum manus,Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104: (oculos) opertos compressosque,id. 11, 3, 76: compressā palmā,with the clinched hand,Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53: compressam forcipe lingua,Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138: tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),Lucr. 6, 866: manibus dorsum boum,Col. 2, 3, 1: murem,Phaedr. 4, 2, 14: ordines (aciei),to make more dense,Liv. 8, 8, 12: versus ordinibus,to write closely,Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21: mulierem,to lie with,Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.: compressas tenuisse manus,Luc. 2, 292.
* Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
* To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.: animam,to hold one's breath,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28: manum,to keep off,id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29: linguam alicui,to silence him,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88: aquam (opp. inmittere),Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1: tela manu,Stat. Th. 11, 33: alvum,to check a diarrhoea,Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so, stomachum,to bind, make costive,id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus aliquem compresserit, id. praef.
* Trop.
* Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.): vocem et orationem,Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16: gressum,Verg. A. 6, 389: consilium,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6: comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25: conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,id. Phil. 10, 5, 11: Clodii conatus furoresque,id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7: amor compressus edendi,Verg. A. 8, 184: tribunicios furores,Cic. Mur. 11, 24: ferocitatem tuam istam,id. Vatin. 1, 2: seditionem,Liv. 2, 23, 10: motus,id. 1, 60, 1: multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,id. 26, 10, 10: plausum,Cic. Deiot. 12, 34: exsultantem laetitiam,id. Top. 22, 86: voce manuque Murmura,Ov. M. 1, 206: conscientiam,to silence,Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep.
* With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose; most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8: annonam,Liv. 38, 35, 5: multa, magna delicta,Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6: orationem illam,id. ib. 3, 12, 2: famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow: calculus oris compressioris,Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.
* Costive: venter,Cels. 1, 3: alvus,id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.—Adv.: compressē.
* In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly: compressius loqui (opp. latius),Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.
* Pressingly, urgently: compressius violentiusque quaerere,Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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