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  • 1 dē - gravō

        dē - gravō —, ātus, āre,    to weigh down, overpower, burden: caput, O.: circumventum cornu, L.: onere degravati, Ph. — Fig., to drag down, burden, incommode: peritos nandi volnera degravant, L.: gremium, O.

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  • 2 dē-vincō

        dē-vincō vīcī, vīctus, ere,    to conquer completely, overcome, subdue: Galliam, Cs.: Capuam: Poenos classe: devicti reges, H.: devicta Asia, V.: devicto (mihi) restabat, O.: devicta bella, victoriously concluded, V.—Fig., to supersede, overpower: a quo ipsius victoriae condicio devicta est: bonum publicum privatā gratiā devictum, S.

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  • 3 ex-superō or exuperō

        ex-superō or exuperō āvī, ātus, āre,    to mount up, tower: exsuperant flammae, V. — To surmount, pass over: iugum, V.: solum Helori, V. —Fig., to be superior, prevail, be conspicuous, excel: si non poterunt exsuperare, cadant, O.: Virtute, V.: violentia Turni exsuperat magis, V.—To surpass, exceed, excel: exuperat eius stultitia haec omnia, T.: Tarquinios superbiā, L.: morum nobilitate genus, O.: (summa) operum fundamenta exsuperatura, i. e. exceed the cost of, L.: cuncta exsuperans patrimonia census, Iu.—To be too much for, overpower, overcome: summum Iovem, C. poët.: sensum omnem talis damni, L.: virīs meas, O.: moras (sc. scalarum), obstacles, V.

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  • 4 exuperō

        exuperō    see exsupero.
    * * *
    exuperare, exuperavi, exuperatus V
    excel; overtop; surpass; overpower

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  • 5 ob-ruō

        ob-ruō uī, utus, ere,    to overwhelm, overthrow, cover, cover over, hide, bury: ibi vivi obruerentur, be buried alive, S.: confossus undique obruitur, Cu.: sese harenā, hide in the sand: thesaurum, bury.—To sink, submerge, cover with water, overflow: submersas obrue puppīs, V.: me undis, H.: obrutus adulter aquis, O.: Aegyptum Nilus.—To sow, plant, cover with earth: semina terrā, O.—To cover, bury, cast down, destroy: telis Nostrorum obrui, V.: Si mereor, tuā obrue dextrā, V.—To overload, surfeit: vino se.—Fig., to overwhelm, bury, conceal, put out of sight, abolish: adversa perpetuā oblivione: omen: orationem, i. e. refute, L.: talis viri interitu sex suos obruere consulatūs, destroyed the glory of.—To overwhelm, overload, weigh down, oppress: criminibus obrutus: aere alieno: faenore, L.: qui in augendā obruitur re, in the pursuit of wealth, H.—To overcome, overpower, surpass, eclipse, obscure: successoris famam, Ta.: obruimur numero, are outnumbered, V.

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  • 6 opprimō

        opprimō essī, essus, ere    [ob+premo], to press against, press together, press down, close: Os opprime, shut your mouth! T.: ora loquentis, close, O.: flammam in ore, repress: onere armorum oppressi, weighed down, Cs.: opprimi ruinā conclavis, be crushed: classem, sink: Tellus Sustulit oppressos voltūs, covered (by the sea), O.: omnibus unum Opprimere est animus, overwhelm, O.—Fig., to press upon, weigh down, burden, overwhelm: institit, oppressit, he prosecuted urgently, resistlessly: insontem oblato falso crimine, L.: opprimi aere alieno: metu, L.: oppressi somno, Cs.—To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash: quae oratio a censore opprimenda est: ea fraus oppressa magnā caede hostium, baffled, L.: litterae oppressae, multered: libertatem, subvert, N.: potentiam, overthrow: quaestionem, quash, L.—To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue: legionis opprimendae consilium, Cs.: nationem: Duxit ab oppressā Karthagine nomen, from the conquest of Carthage, H.—To fall upon, surprise, seize, catch: somnus virginem opprimit, T.: inscios Menapios, Cs.: incautos, L.: Antonium mors oppressit: muscam, Ph.: rostra, occupy: quem Fraude loci Oppressum rapit, betrayed, V.: si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex), Iu.—To hide, conceal, suppress: quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur: iram, S.: ita eius rei oppressa mentio est, L.
    * * *
    opprimere, oppressi, oppressus V
    press down; suppress; overthrow; crush, overwhelm, fall upon, oppress

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  • 7 percellō

        percellō culī, culsus, ere    [1 CEL-], to beat down, throw down, overturn, upset: perculeris iam tu me, T.: eos Martis vis perculit.— To strike, smite, hit: femur, L.: deam, O.—Fig., to cast down, overthrow, ruin, destroy: adulescentiam.— To strike with consternation, deject, daunt, dispirit, discourage, dishearten: metu perculsi, S.: haec te vox non perculit?: Mentes perculsae stupent, H.: quos pavor perculerat in silvas, drove in dismay, L.
    * * *
    percellere, perculi, perculsus V
    strike down; strike; overpower; dismay, demoralize, upset

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  • 8 collabefacto

    collabefactare, collabefactavi, collabefactatus V
    cause to topple over; make to reel/totter (L+S); overpower/subdue; melt (metal)

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  • 9 conlabefacto

    conlabefactare, conlabefactavi, conlabefactatus V
    cause to topple over; make to reel/totter (L+S); overpower/subdue; melt (metal)

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  • 10 degravo

    degravare, -, degravatus V TRANS
    weigh/press/drag down; rest heavily on; overpower, overwhelm; burden

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  • 11 exsupero

    exsuperare, exsuperavi, exsuperatus V
    excel; overtop; surpass; overpower

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  • 12 opprimo

    , oppressi, oppressum
    to suppress, overwhelm, overpower, check.

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  • 13 collabefacto

    col-lăbĕfacto ( conl-), āre, v. a., to make to reel, shake, or totter (perh. only in the two foll. exs.):

    motu collabefactat onus,

    Ov. F. 1, 566.— Poet. of liquefying metals:

    rigorem auri,

    to overpower, subdue, Lucr. 1, 493; cf. collabefio.

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  • 14 conlabefacto

    col-lăbĕfacto ( conl-), āre, v. a., to make to reel, shake, or totter (perh. only in the two foll. exs.):

    motu collabefactat onus,

    Ov. F. 1, 566.— Poet. of liquefying metals:

    rigorem auri,

    to overpower, subdue, Lucr. 1, 493; cf. collabefio.

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  • 15 degravo

    dē-grăvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to weigh or press down, to overpower (not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    unda caput,

    Prop. 3, 7, 58 (4, 6, 58 M.); so,

    caput,

    Ov. M. 5, 352:

    altam ulmum (vitis),

    id. Tr. 5, 3, 35:

    partīs navigii,

    Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10:

    circumventum cornu,

    Liv. 3, 62:

    litora ingenti passu,

    Ov. M. 13, 777 al. — Absol.:

    pulverum mole degravante,

    Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 83.—
    II.
    Trop., to drag down, burden, incommode:

    peritos nandi lassitudo et vulnera et pavor degravant,

    Liv. 4, 33 fin.:

    haec gremium, laxos degravat illa sinus,

    Ov. F. 4, 436:

    aetas aliquem,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 1. Cf. absol.:

    vulnus degravabat,

    id. 7, 24.

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  • 16 exsupero

    ex-sŭpĕro ( exup-), āvi, ātum ( gen. plur. part. sync. exsuperantum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 18 Müll.), 1, v. n. and a. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Neutr., to mount up, appear above (very rare).
    A.
    Lit.: exsuperant flammae;

    furit aestus ad auras,

    Verg. A. 2, 759.—
    B.
    Trop., to get the upper hand, to overcome, prevail, excel:

    sol et vapor omnis,

    Lucr. 5, 385:

    arma capessant, Et si non poterunt exsuperare, cadant,

    Ov. F. 6, 372:

    praesens dolor,

    Lucr. 6, 1277:

    quantum ipse feroci Virtute exsuperas,

    Verg. A. 12, 20:

    Hannibal exsuperans astu,

    Sil. 1, 57.—
    II.
    Act., to project or tower above any thing, to surmount, rise above, exceed.
    A.
    Lit.:

    vites exsuperant ulmos,

    Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 12:

    exsuperat jugum,

    passes over, Verg. A. 11, 905:

    clivum,

    Sen. Ep. 31:

    amnem,

    Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 62:

    Nilus exsuperavit sedecim cubita,

    id. 18, 18, 47, § 168; cf.:

    binas libras ponderis,

    id. 9, 17, 30, § 64.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To surpass, exceed: quis homo te exsuperavit usquam gentium impudentiā? Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

    omnes Tarquinios superbiā,

    Liv. 3, 11, 13:

    genus morum nobilitate,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 2:

    aliquid latitudine,

    Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 50:

    laudes alicujus,

    Liv. 28, 43, 7:

    cuncta exsuperans patrimonia census,

    Juv. 10, 13:

    tu vero, pater, vive et me quoque exsupera,

    survive, outlive, Val. Max. 5, 9 fin.:

    aestatem,

    to outlast, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 33.—
    2.
    To be too much for, to overpower, overcome: id summum exsuperat Jovem, Poët. in Cic. Div. 2, 10, 25:

    materia vires exsuperante meas,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 56:

    caecum consilium,

    Verg. A. 7, 591:

    multitudo Gallorum, sensum omnem talis damni exsuperans,

    Liv. 7, 24, 2.—Hence, exsŭpĕrans ( exup-), antis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), surpassing, excellent, supreme (post-class.):

    mulier exsuperanti forma,

    Gell. 6, 8, 3.— Comp.: uter esset exsuperantior, certabatur, Gell. 14, 3, 11.— Sup., App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 8.

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  • 17 obprimo

    opprĭmo ( obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,

    to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:

    fauces manu,

    Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down:

    taleam pede,

    to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:

    opprimi ruinā conclavis,

    to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20:

    terrā oppressus,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 51:

    classem,

    to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    senem injectu multae vestis,

    to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so,

    dormiens oppressit eum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,

    struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press together; to close, shut:

    os opprime,

    shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—
    B.
    To press or bear down:

    opprimi onere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—
    C.
    To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash:

    quae oratio a censore opprimenda est,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

    sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere,

    Liv. 2, 4:

    tumultum,

    id. 31, 11:

    fraudem,

    to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—
    D.
    To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue:

    reliquias hujus belli,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3:

    Graeciam,

    Nep. Them. 8, 2:

    nationem,

    Cic. Font. 12, 36:

    invidiam acerbitate,

    Nep. Dion. 6:

    libertatem,

    to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3:

    ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

    aliquem iniquo judicio,

    id. Quint. 2, 7:

    intolerandam potentiam,

    to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.:

    insontem oblato falso crimine,

    id. 1, 51:

    quaestionem,

    id. 26, 15:

    si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex),

    Juv. 10, 75:

    litteras,

    to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—
    E.
    To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    mvidiā,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

    totius corporis doloribus,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 3:

    metu,

    Liv. 24, 33:

    timore,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 15:

    senatus oppressus et afflictus,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—
    F.
    To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.:

    adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,

    to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:

    imprudentem,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

    incautos,

    Liv. 26, 12:

    Antonium mors oppressit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

    ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),

    id. ib. 2, 4, 67, §

    150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,

    to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—
    G.
    To bury, hide, conceal, suppress:

    quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:

    iram,

    Sall. J. 72, 1:

    ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    infamiam,

    Just. 12, 13, 10. —
    H.
    To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.

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  • 18 obruo

    ob-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 ( inf. pres. pass. OBRI for obrui, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341; v. in the foll. I. B. 1.), v. a. (n. Lucr. 3, 775; v. infra), to overwhelm, overthrow, strike down; to cover, cover over with any thing; also to hide in the ground, bury by heaping over (class.; cf.: opprimo, subruo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    aliquem caestu,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 191:

    concidit, et totis fratrem gravis obruit armis,

    id. Th. 11, 573; Verg. A. 5, 692:

    confossus undique obruitur,

    Curt. 8, 11:

    ranae marinae dicuntur obruere sese harenā solere,

    bury themselves in the sand, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    thesaurum,

    to bury, id. Sen. 7, 21:

    ova,

    to hide in the earth, id. N. D. 2, 52, 129:

    aegros veste,

    to cover, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16: oceanum rubra tractim obruit aethra, covered, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.); so,

    terram nox obruit umbris,

    Lucr. 6, 864.—
    B.
    In partic., to bury, inter a dead body (perh. only post-Aug.), Tac. A. 1, 29 fin.:

    cadaver levi caespite obrutum est,

    Suet. Calig. 59: cujus ossa in Vulcanali obruta sunt, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. statua, p. 290 Müll.: QVOD SE VOLVIT OBRI. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341.—
    2.
    To sink in the sea, cover with water:

    puppes,

    Verg. A. 1, 69:

    quos Obruit Auster,

    overwhelmed, sunk, id. ib. 6, 336:

    navem,

    Dig. 9, 2, 29:

    obrutus adulter aquis,

    Ov. Her. 1, 6:

    obruerit cum tot deus aequoris undis,

    id. P. 3, 6, 29:

    vultus,

    id. Tr. 1, 2, 34:

    Aegyptum Nilus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 52.—
    C.
    To sow seed; cover with earth:

    semina terrā,

    Ov. R. Am. 173:

    milium,

    Col. 11, 2, 72:

    lupinum,

    id. 11, 2, 81:

    betam,

    id. 11, 3, 42.—
    D.
    To overload, surfeit with any thing:

    se vino,

    Cic. Deiot. 9. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To overwhelm, bury, conceal, put out of sight, abolish, consign to oblivion:

    ut adversā quasi perpetuā oblivione obruamus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.:

    ea quae umquam vetustas obruet aut quae tanta delebit oblivio?

    id. Deiot. 13, 37; and:

    (sermo) nec umquam de ullo perennis fuit, et obruitur hominum interitu,

    id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

    talis viri interitu sex suos obruere consulatus,

    to dim, cloud, destroy the glory of six consulships, id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.—
    2.
    Neutr.:

    et domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto obruat,

    i. e. fall to ruin, Lucr. 3, 775.—
    B.
    To overwhelm, overload, weigh down, oppress with any thing:

    criminibus obrutus atque oppressus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20; so,

    copiā sententiarum atque verborum,

    id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3:

    ambitione, et foro,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    aere alieno,

    id. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf.

    faenore,

    Liv. 6, 14; 35, 7:

    magnitudine negotii,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4.—
    C.
    To overcome, overpower, surpass, eclipse, obscure:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. Agr. 17:

    obruimur numero,

    are outnumbered, Verg. A. 2, 424:

    obruit Idaeam quantum tuba Martia buxum,

    Val. Fl. 1, 320:

    M. Brutus Vatinium dignatione obruerat,

    Vell. 2, 69:

    Venus Nymphas obruit,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 293.

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  • 19 opprimo

    opprĭmo ( obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,

    to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:

    fauces manu,

    Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down:

    taleam pede,

    to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:

    opprimi ruinā conclavis,

    to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20:

    terrā oppressus,

    id. ib. 2, 23, 51:

    classem,

    to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:

    senem injectu multae vestis,

    to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so,

    dormiens oppressit eum,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,

    struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press together; to close, shut:

    os opprime,

    shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—
    B.
    To press or bear down:

    opprimi onere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—
    C.
    To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash:

    quae oratio a censore opprimenda est,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30:

    sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere,

    Liv. 2, 4:

    tumultum,

    id. 31, 11:

    fraudem,

    to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—
    D.
    To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue:

    reliquias hujus belli,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3:

    Graeciam,

    Nep. Them. 8, 2:

    nationem,

    Cic. Font. 12, 36:

    invidiam acerbitate,

    Nep. Dion. 6:

    libertatem,

    to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3:

    ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

    aliquem iniquo judicio,

    id. Quint. 2, 7:

    intolerandam potentiam,

    to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.:

    insontem oblato falso crimine,

    id. 1, 51:

    quaestionem,

    id. 26, 15:

    si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex),

    Juv. 10, 75:

    litteras,

    to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—
    E.
    To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    mvidiā,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

    totius corporis doloribus,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 3:

    metu,

    Liv. 24, 33:

    timore,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 15:

    senatus oppressus et afflictus,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—
    F.
    To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.:

    adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,

    to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:

    imprudentem,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

    incautos,

    Liv. 26, 12:

    Antonium mors oppressit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:

    ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),

    id. ib. 2, 4, 67, §

    150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,

    to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—
    G.
    To bury, hide, conceal, suppress:

    quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:

    iram,

    Sall. J. 72, 1:

    ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,

    Liv. 23, 22:

    infamiam,

    Just. 12, 13, 10. —
    H.
    To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.

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