verbthird conjugation
comprimō
comprimō (present infinitive comprimere, perfect active compressī, supine compressum)
Classical[ˈkɔm.prɪ.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔm.pri.mo]
Meaning
- transitiveto compress (squeeze together)
- transitiveto restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check
manum comprimere
to keep off ofanimam comprimere
to hold one's breath - transitiveto constipate, make costive
stomachum comprimere
to render someone costive - raretransitiveto withhold or conceal evidences or knowledge about, to keep something to oneself
- transitiveto make love, lie with; (often forcibly) to dishonour a woman, to rape
Nam eam compressit de summo adulescens loco. Is scit adulescens quae sit quam compresserit, illa illum nescit, neque compressam autem pater. Eam ego hodie faciam ut hic senex de proxumo sibi uxorem poscat. Id ea faciam gratia,
c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia prologus.0.28–33Edepol hominem infelicem, qui patronam comprimat.
c. 209 BCE, Plautus, Asinaria 2.2.26–27
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comprimō | comprimēbam | comprimam | compressī | compresseram | compresserō |
| 2nd sg. | comprimis | comprimēbās | comprimēs | compressistī | compresserās | compresseris |
| 3rd sg. | comprimit | comprimēbat | comprimet | compressit | compresserat | compresserit |
| 1st pl. | comprimimus | comprimēbāmus | comprimēmus | compressimus | compresserāmus | compresserimus |
| 2nd pl. | comprimitis | comprimēbātis | comprimētis | compressistis | compresserātis | compresseritis |
| 3rd pl. | comprimunt | comprimēbant | compriment | compressērunt compressēre | compresserant | compresserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comprimam | comprimerem | compresserim | compressissem |
| 2nd sg. | comprimās | comprimerēs | compresserīs | compressissēs |
| 3rd sg. | comprimat | comprimeret | compresserit | compressisset |
| 1st pl. | comprimāmus | comprimerēmus | compresserīmus | compressissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | comprimātis | comprimerētis | compresserītis | compressissētis |
| 3rd pl. | comprimant | comprimerent | compresserint | compressissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comprimor | comprimēbar | comprimar |
| 2nd sg. | comprimeris comprimere | comprimēbāris comprimēbāre | comprimēris comprimēre |
| 3rd sg. | comprimitur | comprimēbātur | comprimētur |
| 1st pl. | comprimimur | comprimēbāmur | comprimēmur |
| 2nd pl. | comprimiminī | comprimēbāminī | comprimēminī |
| 3rd pl. | comprimuntur | comprimēbantur | comprimentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | comprimar | comprimerer |
| 2nd sg. | comprimāris comprimāre | comprimerēris comprimerēre |
| 3rd sg. | comprimātur | comprimerētur |
| 1st pl. | comprimāmur | comprimerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | comprimāminī | comprimerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | comprimantur | comprimerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | comprime | comprimere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | comprimite | comprimiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | comprimitō | comprimitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | comprimitō | comprimitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | comprimitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | comprimuntō | comprimuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | comprimere | comprimī |
| perfect infinitive | compressisse | compressum esse |
| future infinitive | compressūrum esse | compressum īrī |
| present participle | comprimēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | compressus |
| future participle | compressūrus compressūra, compressūrā, compressūrae, compressūram, compressūrārum, compressūrās, compressūre, compressūrī, compressūrīs, compressūrō, compressūrōrum, compressūrōs, compressūrum | comprimendus comprimundus, comprimenda, comprimendā, comprimendae, comprimendam, comprimendārum, comprimendās, comprimende, comprimendīs, comprimendōrum, comprimendōs |
gerundcomprimendī, comprimendō, comprimendumsupinecompressum, compressū
com-prĭmo (conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. premo,
I. to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
I. In gen.:
(corpora) inter se compressa teneri, Lucr. 6, 454: dentis, Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21: cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat, Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.: compressa in pugnum manus, Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104: (oculos) opertos compressosque, id. 11, 3, 76: compressā palmā, with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53: compressam forcipe lingua, Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138: tamquam compressa manu sit (terra), Lucr. 6, 866: manibus dorsum boum, Col. 2, 3, 1: murem, Phaedr. 4, 2, 14: ordines (aciei), to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12: versus ordinibus, to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21: mulierem, to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.: compressas tenuisse manus, Luc. 2, 292.—II. Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
A. To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:
animam, to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28: manum, to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29: linguam alicui, to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88: aquam (opp. inmittere), Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1: tela manu, Stat. Th. 11, 33: alvum, to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so, stomachum, to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—B. Trop.
1. Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):
vocem et orationem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16: gressum, Verg. A. 6, 389: consilium, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6: comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem, Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25: conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis, id. Phil. 10, 5, 11: Clodii conatus furoresque, id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7: amor compressus edendi, Verg. A. 8, 184: tribunicios furores, Cic. Mur. 11, 24: ferocitatem tuam istam, id. Vatin. 1, 2: seditionem, Liv. 2, 23, 10: motus, id. 1, 60, 1: multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique, id. 26, 10, 10: plausum, Cic. Deiot. 12, 34: exsultantem laetitiam, id. Top. 22, 86: voce manuque Murmura, Ov. M. 1, 206: conscientiam, to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —2. Transf. to the person:
non ego te conprimere possum sine malo? Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81: ac sedare exasperatos Ligures, Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7: cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit, Caes. B. C. 3, 65: comprime te, nimium tinnis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32: vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos, id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—C. With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;
most freq. in Cic.): frumentum, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8: annonam, Liv. 38, 35, 5: multa, magna delicta, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6: orationem illam, id. ib. 3, 12, 2: famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā, Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow: calculus oris compressioris, Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—2. Costive:
venter, Cels. 1, 3: alvus, id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.—Adv.: compressē. 1. In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:
compressius loqui (opp. latius), Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
com-primō (conp-) pressī, pressus, ere,
to press together, bring together, compress, close: (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat: labra, H.: oculos (of the dead), O.: murem, Ph.: ordines (of the army), to close, L.—To embrace, T., L.—Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be idle, L.—To hold, keep in, restrain, check, curb: animam, to hold the breath, T.: manūs, to keep off, T.: gressum, V.—To keep back, suppress, withhold, conceal: frumentum: delicta: famam, L. — Fig., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb, subdue: libidines: voluptates: animos: conatūs aliorum, L.: furores: seditionem, L.: voce manuque Murmura, O.: amor compressus edendi, i. e. satisfied, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincomprimō
Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin comprimō From con- (“with”) + premō (“to press”).
Descendants
- Catalancomprimir
- Englishcompress
- Frenchcomprimer
- Italiancomprimere
- Portuguesecomprimir
- Spanishcomprimir
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