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opprimo
opprĭmo (obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
opprimō essī, essus, ere
ob+premo, to press against, press together, press down, close : Os opprime, shut your mouth! T.: ora loquentis, close , O.: flammam in ore, repress : onere armorum oppressi, weighed down , Cs.: opprimi ruinā conclavis, be crushed : classem, sink : Tellus Sustulit oppressos voltūs, covered (by the sea), O.: omnibus unum Opprimere est animus, overwhelm , O.—Fig., to press upon, weigh down, burden, overwhelm : institit, oppressit, he prosecuted urgently, resistlessly : insontem oblato falso crimine, L.: opprimi aere alieno: metu, L.: oppressi somno, Cs.— To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash : quae oratio a censore opprimenda est: ea fraus oppressa magnā caede hostium, baffled , L.: litterae oppressae, multered : libertatem, subvert , N.: potentiam, overthrow : quaestionem, quash , L.— To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue : legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.: nationem: Duxit ab oppressā Karthagine nomen, from the conquest of Carthage , H.— To fall upon, surprise, seize, catch : somnus virginem opprimit, T.: inscios Menapios, Cs.: incautos, L.: Antonium mors oppressit: muscam, Ph.: rostra, occupy : quem Fraude loci Oppressum rapit, betrayed , V.: si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex), Iu.— To hide, conceal, suppress : quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur: iram, S.: ita eius rei oppressa mentio est, L.
opprĭmo (obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.