pressus (1) adj.with comp.
P. of premo, closed, close, shut tight : presso obmutuit ore, V.: oscula iungere pressa, i. e. ardent , O.: presso gutture, i. e. hoarsely , V.— Repressed, suppressed, kept down, slow : pede presso cedentes, L.: pressoque legit vestigia gressu, O.—Fig., of utterance, repressed, subdued, low : modi: vox, thick .—Of style, concise, close, precise, accurate : Thucydides verbis: oratio pressior.—Of sounds, precise, definite, articulate : sonos vocis pressos efficit (lingua).