compressor

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

compressor (conp-), ōris, m. [comprimo],

one who compresses (in mal. part.), Mythogr. Vatic. 1, 18; Plaut. Argum. Aul. 2, 7.

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