apprimo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ap-prĭmo (better adp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a.,

to press to (post- Aug. and rare): ad ossa carnes adprimere, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7: aliquid pectori, id. 8, 36, 54, § 128; 24, 9, 41, § 68 al.: adpressit dextram ejus jugulosque occurrit, Tac. A. 16, 15: scutum pectori adpressum, fitting close to , id. ib. 2, 21.

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