pressūra, ae, f. [premo], a pressing, pressure (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: pressura palpebrarum, Ap. Met. 5, 17, 4.—
2 In partic., a pressing of wine, oil, etc.: pressura una culeos viginti implere debet, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317: oleum primae pressurae, Col. 12, 50.—
B Transf.
1 A pressure , burden : levare pressuram, Ap. Met. 7, 17, 20.—
2 A press , throng , crowd of people: nimia densitas pressurae, Ap. Met. 3, 2, 20.—
3 The downward pressure , fall , descent of water, Front. Aquaed. 18: aquarum, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4.—
4 A too heavy , too long , unnatural sleep , Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.—
5 That which is pressed out , juice (poet.): Corycii pressura croci, sic, etc., Luc. 9, 809.—
II Trop., oppression , affliction , distress (eccl. Lat.): pressuram persecutionemque perferre, Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 5; Lact. 5, 22, 17; 4, 26, 19; Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 4.