(verb) : opprĭmo (obp-), essi, essum, 3, ob-premo
* To press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).
* Lit.: voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,to close,Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: fauces manu,Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down: taleam pede,to press into the ground,Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27: opprimi ruinā conclavis,to be crushed,Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20: terrā oppressus,id. ib. 2, 23, 51: classem,to sink,id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33: senem injectu multae vestis,to smother, stifle,Tac. A. 6, 50; so, dormiens oppressit eum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.
* Transf.: oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,struck down,Val. Fl. 3, 24.
* Trop.
* To press together; to close, shut: os opprime,shut your mouth! hold your tongue!Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.
* To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.: adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,to seize, embrace,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15: imprudentem,Ter. And. 1, 3, 22: incautos,Liv. 26, 12: Antonium mors oppressit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),id. ib. 2, 4, 67, § 150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,to make one's self master of, occupy,Cic. Clu. 40, 110.
* To bury, hide, conceal, suppress: quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121: iram,Sall. J. 72, 1: ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,Liv. 23, 22: infamiam,Just. 12, 13, 10.
* To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.
* To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8: mvidiā,id. ib. 2, 2, 4: totius corporis doloribus,id. Fam. 9, 14, 3: metu,Liv. 24, 33: timore,Caes. B. G. 4, 15: senatus oppressus et afflictus,Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.

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