LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

exprimō

exprimō (present infinitive exprimere, perfect active expressī, supine expressum)
Classical[ˈɛk.sprɪ.moː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛk.spri.mo]

Meaning

  1. to squeeze out
  2. to press (out); to express
  3. to imitate or copy
  4. to pronounce or express
  5. to take after
  6. to translate

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exprimōexprimēbamexprimamexpressīexpresseramexpresserō
2nd sg.exprimisexprimēbāsexprimēsexpressistīexpresserāsexpresseris
3rd sg.exprimitexprimēbatexprimetexpressitexpresseratexpresserit
1st pl.exprimimusexprimēbāmusexprimēmusexpressimusexpresserāmusexpresserimus
2nd pl.exprimitisexprimēbātisexprimētisexpressistisexpresserātisexpresseritis
3rd pl.exprimuntexprimēbantexprimentexpressērunt
expressēre		expresserantexpresserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exprimamexprimeremexpresserimexpressissem
2nd sg.exprimāsexprimerēsexpresserīsexpressissēs
3rd sg.exprimatexprimeretexpresseritexpressisset
1st pl.exprimāmusexprimerēmusexpresserīmusexpressissēmus
2nd pl.exprimātisexprimerētisexpresserītisexpressissētis
3rd pl.exprimantexprimerentexpresserintexpressissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exprimorexprimēbarexprimar
2nd sg.exprimeris
exprimere		exprimēbāris
exprimēbāre		exprimēris
exprimēre
3rd sg.exprimiturexprimēbāturexprimētur
1st pl.exprimimurexprimēbāmurexprimēmur
2nd pl.exprimiminīexprimēbāminīexprimēminī
3rd pl.exprimunturexprimēbanturexprimentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exprimarexprimerer
2nd sg.exprimāris
exprimāre		exprimerēris
exprimerēre
3rd sg.exprimāturexprimerētur
1st pl.exprimāmurexprimerēmur
2nd pl.exprimāminīexprimerēminī
3rd pl.exprimanturexprimerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exprimeexprimere
pres. 2nd pl.exprimiteexprimiminī
fut. 2nd sg.exprimitōexprimitor
fut. 3rd sg.exprimitōexprimitor
fut. 2nd pl.exprimitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exprimuntōexprimuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexprimereexprimī
perfect infinitiveexpressisseexpressum esse
future infinitiveexpressūrum esseexpressum īrī
present participleexprimēns—
perfect participle—expressus
expressa, expressā, expressae, expressam, expressārum, expressās, expresse, expressīs, expressō, expressōrum, expressōs
future participleexpressūrus
expressūra, expressūrā, expressūrae, expressūram, expressūrārum, expressūrās, expressūre, expressūrī, expressūrīs, expressūrō, expressūrōrum, expressūrōs, expressūrum		exprimendus
exprimundus, exprimenda, exprimendā, exprimendae, exprimendam, exprimendārum, exprimendās, exprimende, exprimendīs, exprimendōrum, exprimendōs
gerundexprimendī, exprimendō, exprimendumsupineexpressum, expressū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

verbum e verbo exprimere
to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).
aliquid ad verum exprimere
to make a copy true to nature.
ad verbum transferre, exprimere
to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).
litteras exprimere (opp. obscurare)
to pronounce the syllables distinctly.
exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing.

ex-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. premo,
I. to press or squeeze out, to force out (class.).
I. Lit.: oleum ex malobathro, Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129: sucum expresso semini, id. 20, 1, 2, § 3: sucum flore, id. 21, 19, 74, § 127: sucum radici, id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161: oleum amygdalis, id. 13, 1, 2, § 8: sudorem de corpore, Lucr. 5, 487: lacrimulam oculos terendo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23: si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen, Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44: liquorem per densa foramina (cribri), Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.: aquam in altum, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39: aquam in altitudinem, Vitr. 8, 7: quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat, had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.: pecuniam alicui, Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—
B. Transf.
1. With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring: spongiam ex oleo vel aceto, Cels. 5, 24 med.: lanam ex vino vel aceto, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.: Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas, Ov. A. A. 3, 224: spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas, Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128: oleam, id. 12, 27, 60, § 130: folia rosae, id. 21, 18, 73, § 122: tuberculum, id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—
2. To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos, Hor. A. P. 33; cf.: alicujus furorem ... verecundiae ruborem, Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140: expressa in cera ex anulo imago, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54: imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.: effigiem de signis, id. ib.: optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc., id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.: vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens, exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17: pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit, has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.
II. Trop.
A. To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10: utilitas expressit nomina rerum, has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset, Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3: expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi, Liv. 2, 13, 4: confessionem concessi maris hosti, id. 37, 31, 5: confessionem cruciatu, Suet. Galb. 10: deditionem ultimā necessitate, Liv. 8, 2, 6: pecunia vi expressa et coacta, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165: tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris, Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9: risum magis quam gemitum, Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut: expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret, have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112: expressit, ut polliceretur, Curt. 6, 7. —
B. Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo): cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit, i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4: lex expressa ad naturam, id. Leg. 2, 5, 13: vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa, id. de Or. 3, 12, 47: rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. § 63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79: mores alicujus oratione, id. de Or. 2, 43, 184: multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt, id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30: in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur, id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.: ut Euryalum exprimat infans, may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object: diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus, id. Fin. 2, 2, 6: exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus, tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1: verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7: quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus, Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32: mores in scriptis exprimere, Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate: si modo id exprimere Latine potuero, Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: κατάληψιν, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31: nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit, id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.: verbum de verbo expressum extulit, Ter. Ad. prol. 11: fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter: nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius, with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41: verba, Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object: oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90: moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus, id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).
A. Lit.: species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf.: litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: corpora lacertis expressa, powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. § 19:protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans, fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—
B. Trop.
1. In gen.: habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum, Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.: est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata, id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.): indicia solida et expressa, id. Planc. 12; cf.: veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies, id. Off. 3, 17, 69: expressa sceleris vestigia, id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62: expressiora et illustriora, id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and: quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam? Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—
2. Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation: vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur, Quint. 1, 11, 4: expressior sermo, id. 1, 1, 37: expressior loquacitas generi picarum est, Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē. *
1. Lit., with pressure, strongly: artus expressius fricare, Scrib. Comp. 198.—
2. Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly: conscripta exempla, Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10: quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit, Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly: ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur, Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinexprimō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin exprimō From ex- (“out of, from”) + premō (“press”).

Descendants
  • Catalanesprémer
  • Catalanexprimir
  • Englishexpress
  • Frenchépreindrefrom Old French espriembre
  • Frenchexprimer
  • Germanausdrücken
  • Italianesprimere
  • Italianspremere
  • Occitanesprémer
  • Occitanespremir

Quick answers

What does exprimō mean in Latin?
exprimō, a verb, means “to squeeze out; to press (out); to express”.
What are the principal parts of exprimō?
exprimō, exprimere, expressī, expressum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce exprimō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛk.sprɪ.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛk.spri.mo].
Where does exprimō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exprimō.