noun
pressus
Meaning
- a pressing
pressus, ūs, m. premo,
I. a pressing, pressure (class.).
(a). With gen. subj.:
animus intentione suā depellit pressum omnem ponderum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—(b). With gen. obj.: hic pressu duplici palmarum continet anguem, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 109: ipso oris pressu, i. e. a proper pressure of the lips, so as not to pronounce too broadly, id. de Or. 3, 11, 43.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pressus adj. with comp.
P. of premo, closed, close, shut tight : presso obmutuit ore, V.: oscula iungere pressa, i. e. ardent , O.: presso gutture, i. e. hoarsely , V.— Repressed, suppressed, kept down, slow : pede presso cedentes, L.: pressoque legit vestigia gressu, O.—Fig., of utterance, repressed, subdued, low : modi: vox, thick .—Of style, concise, close, precise, accurate : Thucydides verbis: oratio pressior.—Of sounds, precise, definite, articulate : sonos vocis pressos efficit (lingua).
pressus ūs, m
PREM-, a pressing, pressure : ponderum: palmarum, C. poët.—Fig.: ipso oris pressu et sono, i. e. expression .