(v. a.P. a.adv.) : sup-prĭmo (subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. premo
* To press down or under.
* In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel: quattuor (naves) suppressae,Liv. 22, 19, 12; so, naves,id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13.
* In partic. (class.).
* To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
* Lit.: hostem nostros insequentem,Caes. B. C. 1, 45: iter,id. ib. 1, 66: aerii cursūs habenas,Ov. M. 6, 709: lora manu,id. Am. 1, 13, 10: fugam,id. M. 11, 777: sanguinem,Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113: alvum,i. e. to close, make costive,Cels. 2, 12, 2: ventrem,id. 4, 19: fontes,Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18: lacrimas,Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427: vocem,let fall,Ov. M 1, 715: partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,id. ib. 5, 193: si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.
* To keep from publicity, keep to one's self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
* Lit.: quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,Cic. Clu. 36, 99: pecuniam,id. ib. 25, 68; 26, 71: nummos,id. ib. 27, 75: elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1: quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,Liv. 3, 55, 13: testamentum,Suet. Calig. 16: libros,id. Gram. 8 fin.: alienam ancillam,to harbor secretly,Dig. 47, 2, 84: adulterii foeditate suppressā,Amm. 16, 8, 6.
* Short: mentum,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.
* Of the voice, subdued, low: suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),Cic. Sull. 10, 30: murmur,Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.: erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.: suppressius,in a subdued voice,Aug. Ord. 1, 23.