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.