English → Latin
“compress” in Latin
pēnicillumA painter's brush; paintingcomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences ocondēnsōto make very dense, press close together, condensecoartōto press together, compress, contract, confine; to abridge, shorten (of time); to abridge, compress (of discourse)astringōto draw close, bind or tie together; tighten, contract; to check, repress, restrain; to put under obligation, oblige, neargūmentumargument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof; a point, a theme; a topic, thesis
The English word compress itself goes back to Latin premō, through compressare.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compress s.
(in surgery) penicillus or penicillum. to put a compress on, penicillum superimponere.
compress v.
comprimere. condensare (to make tight).
To compress matter (in a book, speech, etc.), coartare (or coarctare): coartare et peranguste refercire (to compress in a narrow compass, Cic.: opposed to dilatare atque explicare): astringere (e.g., argumenta, Quint.): To compress many subjects into one book, plura in unum librum coartare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compress?
- The usual Latin words for “compress” are pēnicillum, comprimō, condēnsō; also coartō, astringō, argūmentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.