LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

pressō1

pressō (present infinitive pressāre, perfect active pressāvī, supine pressātum)
Classical[ˈprɛs.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈprɛs.so]

Meaning

  1. to press, squeeze

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pressōpressābampressābōpressāvīpressāverampressāverō
2nd sg.pressāspressābāspressābispressāvistīpressāverāspressāveris
3rd sg.pressatpressābatpressābitpressāvitpressāveratpressāverit
1st pl.pressāmuspressābāmuspressābimuspressāvimuspressāverāmuspressāverimus
2nd pl.pressātispressābātispressābitispressāvistispressāverātispressāveritis
3rd pl.pressantpressābantpressābuntpressāvērunt
pressāvēre
pressāverantpressāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pressempressārempressāverimpressāvissem
2nd sg.pressēspressārēspressāverīspressāvissēs
3rd sg.pressetpressāretpressāveritpressāvisset
1st pl.pressēmuspressārēmuspressāverīmuspressāvissēmus
2nd pl.pressētispressārētispressāverītispressāvissētis
3rd pl.pressentpressārentpressāverintpressāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.pressorpressābarpressābor
2nd sg.pressāris
pressāre
pressābāris
pressābāre
pressāberis
pressābere
3rd sg.pressāturpressābāturpressābitur
1st pl.pressāmurpressābāmurpressābimur
2nd pl.pressāminīpressābāminīpressābiminī
3rd pl.pressanturpressābanturpressābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.presserpressārer
2nd sg.pressēris
pressēre
pressārēris
pressārēre
3rd sg.pressēturpressārētur
1st pl.pressēmurpressārēmur
2nd pl.pressēminīpressārēminī
3rd pl.pressenturpressārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.pressāpressāre
pres. 2nd pl.pressātepressāminī
fut. 2nd sg.pressātōpressātor
fut. 3rd sg.pressātōpressātor
fut. 2nd pl.pressātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.pressantōpressantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepressārepressārī
perfect infinitivepressāvissepressātum esse
future infinitivepressātūrum essepressātum īrī
present participlepressāns—
perfect participle—pressātus
future participlepressātūruspressandus
gerundpressandī, pressandō, pressandumsupinepressātum, pressātū

presso, āre, v. freq. a. premo,
I. to press (poet.): vomicam, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 11: pressatur pede pes, mucro mucrone, viro vir, Furius Antias ap. Macr. S. 6, 3: cineres ad pectora pressant, Ov. M. 8, 538: ubera manibus pressanda, i. e. to be milked, id. ib. 15, 472; cf.: ubera palmis, Verg. E. 3, 99: uvam pede, Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 18: molliter ubera ovium, Ambros. Virg. 3, 4, 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  2. Latinpressō

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin pressō From premō + -tō.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpremsar
  • Englishpress
  • Frenchpresser
  • Romanianpresafrom French presser
  • Germanpressen
  • Germanpressieren
  • Italianpressare
  • Portugueseprensar
  • Spanishprensar
  • Danishpresse
→ Norwegian
  • Norwegian Bokmålpresse
  • Norwegian Bokmålpressere
  • Norwegian Nynorskpresse
  • Norwegian Nynorskpressere
→ Serbo-Croatian
  • → Cyrillicпресовати
  • → Latinpresovati
adverb
pressō2
*pressō

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionclosely, nearly

Origins

From pressus (“concise”), passive past participle of premo (“I press; I pursue”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianpresso
  • Corsicanpressu
  • Neapolitanpriesso
  • Sicilianpressu
  • Venetanpreso
  • Venetanpres
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanprés
  • Franco-Provençalprés
  • Old Catalanpres
  • Old Frenchprés

Quick answers

What does pressō mean in Latin?
pressō, a verb, means “to press, squeeze”.
What are the principal parts of pressō?
pressō, pressāre, pressāvī, pressātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce pressō?
In classical Latin, [ˈprɛs.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈprɛs.so].
Where does pressō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-? → Latin pressō.