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premō essī, essus, ere

PREM-, to press : ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on , V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body , O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon , H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk , O.: frena manu, grasp , O.: dente frena, champ , O.: grana ore suo, chew , O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth , Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese , V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese , V.: litus, hug the shore , H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing : pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam , H.: oleum, express , H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon : humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide : alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried , O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn : ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely : Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged , V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill ., V.: ad retia cervom, chase , V.— To press down, burden, load, freight : Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat , O.: pressae carinae, loaded , V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink : sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed , V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches , H.— To mark, impress : littera articulo pressa tremente, written , O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant : virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers , V.— To press down, make deep, impress : vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow , V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut : oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle , H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath , Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked , Iu.— To shorten, keep down, prune : falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest : vestigia, V.— To visit frequently, frequent : forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down : necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard : cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge , O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned , N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration , V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon : argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart , V.— To cover, hide, conceal : dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate : premebat eum factio, kept him down , L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy , L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense : haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain : cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent , V.— To surpass, exceed, overshadow : Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule : ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.