compressio

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

compressĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. [comprimo], a pressing together, compression.

I Prop.

A In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.: ventris, Gell. 16, 3: musculorum, Scrib. Comp. 84.—

B Esp.,

1 An embracing : artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —

2 Copulation , Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—

II Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression , Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—

B A suppression, repression : bellorum civilium, Oros. 7, 6: corporalium cupiditatum, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.

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