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  • 1 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 2 adductus

        adductus adj.    [P. of adduco], strict, severe: Nero, Ta.: servitium, Ta.
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    adducta -um, adductior -or -us, adductissimus -a -um ADJ
    contracted, drawn together; frowning, grave; compressed, terse; strict, severe

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  • 3 castigatus

        castigatus adj.    [P. of castigo], small, contracted: pectus, O.
    * * *
    castigata -um, castigatior -or -us, castigatissimus -a -um ADJ
    tightly drawn, restrained, confined, compressed; small/slender; strict, severe

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  • 4 circumscrīptus

        circumscrīptus adj.    [P. of circumscribo].— In rhet., in periods, periodic: verborum ambitūs.
    * * *
    circumscripta -um, circumscriptior -or -us, circumscriptissimus -a - ADJ
    concisely expressed, succinct; compressed; rounded-off into periods, periodic

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  • 5 contrāctus

        contrāctus adj. with comp.    [P. of contraho], drawn together, compressed, contracted, short, narrow, restricted, limited: nares contractiores habent introitūs: cuticula, wrinkled, Iu.: frons, H.: vestigia vatum, the narrow path, H.: ipsos in usūs locus, too narrow, V. — Fig.: ambitus verborum, brief: studia contractiora, more limited: paupertas, stinted, H.: Contractus leget, in retirement, H.
    * * *
    I
    contracta, contractum ADJ
    close/narrow/restricted/pinched; short (time); abridged, terse; restrained
    II
    contracta, contractum ADJ
    violated; dishonored; touched carnally; stolen, purloined, taken by stealth
    III
    shrinking/narrowing; undertaking; legal/commercial agreement/contract

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  • 6 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
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    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 7 compresse

    compressius, compressissime ADV
    briefly, succinctly, in a compressed manner; urgently, pressingly, insistently

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  • 8 conpresse

    I
    compressius, compressissime ADV
    briefly, succinctly, in a compressed manner; urgently, pressingly
    II
    conpressius, conpressissime ADV
    brief, succinctly; urgently, insistently

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  • 9 constrictus

    constricta -um, constrictior -or -us, constrictissimus -a -um ADJ
    small/limited in size; marked by contraction/tightening; compressed/contracted

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  • 10 pressulus

    pressula, pressulum ADJ

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  • 11 castigatus

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 12 castigo

    castīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [castum-ago, as purgo = purum-ago], to set right by word or deed, to correct, chastise, punish; to blame, reprove, chide, censure, find fault with (syn.: animadvertere, punire; more forcible than reprehendere and vituperare; weaker than culpare;

    class. in prose and poetry): pueros non verbis solum, sed etiam verberibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; so,

    verberibus,

    Plin. 8, 3, 3, § 6; cf. Liv. 26, 27, 8; Curt. 8, 6, 5:

    magnā clade,

    Liv. 39, 1, 4:

    baculo,

    Front. Strat. 1, 1, 3:

    quo saepius (magister) monuerit, hoc rarius castigabit,

    Quint. 2, 2, 5:

    laudat Pompeius... segniores castigat atque incitat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3;

    so opp. laudare,

    Liv. 27, 8, 18; Tac. Agr. 21:

    castigando increpandoque plus quam leniter agendo, proficere,

    Liv. 27, 9, 8:

    servos exuviis bubulis,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 26:

    aliquem dictis plurumis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 8, 67; Verg. A. 5, 387:

    verbis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88; Liv. 36, 20, 4:

    litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    per litteras,

    Tac. A. 3, 35:

    leniter,

    Liv. 30, 15, 10; 36, 31, 8:

    vehementissime,

    Petr. 109, 1:

    in hoc me ipse castigo quod, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 4:

    segnitiem hominum atque inertiam,

    id. de Or. 1, 41, 184; Liv. 31, 6, 5:

    nimiam lenitatem,

    id. 39, 55, 1:

    moras,

    Verg. A. 4, 407:

    dolos,

    id. ib. 6, 567:

    vitia,

    Juv. 2, 35; Vulg. Psa. 117, 18; id. Heb. 12, 6 al.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To correct some error, to set right, mend ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose) ( = corrigere, emendare): carmen, *Hor. A. P. 294:

    amicae verba,

    Juv. 6, 455:

    examen improbum in trutină,

    Pers. 1, 6:

    vitia sua,

    Plin. Pan. 46, 6.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to restrain; lit. and trop. (rare for the more usu. coërcere, cohibere, etc.):

    quid illum credis facturum, nisi eum... servas, castigas, mones?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 31:

    equum tenacem, non parentem frenis asperioribus castigare,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13; Tac. A. 6, 13:

    castigatus animi dolor,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 50:

    risum crebris potiunculis,

    Petr. 47, 7:

    lapsus,

    Stat. Th. 6, 700; cf. under P. a.—Hence,
    b.
    Of relations of space, to enclose, surround, encompass, confine, shut in:

    insula castigatur aquis,

    Sil. 12, 355.— Hence, castīgātus, a, um, P. a. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose), confined, compressed; hence,
    1.
    As a designation of physical beauty, small, slender, close:

    pectus,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 21:

    frons,

    Stat. S. 2, 1, 43.—
    2.
    Trop., restrained, checked:

    luxuria tanto castigatior, quanto posset esse liberior, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 24: castigatissima disciplina,

    the strictest, Gell. 4, 20, 1 Hertz (Cod. Reg. castissima).— Adv.: castīgātē.
    a.
    (Acc. to castigatus, 1.) Compressedly, briefly:

    castigatius,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6:

    castigatius eloqui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 14.—
    b.
    (Acc. to 2.) Restrainedly, within bounds:

    vixit modeste, castigate, etc.,

    Sen. Contr. 6, 8:

    vivere,

    Amm. 22, 3, 12.

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  • 13 comprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 14 conprimo

    com-prĭmo ( conp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press or squeeze together, compress (very freq and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    (corpora) inter se compressa teneri,

    Lucr. 6, 454:

    dentis,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 21:

    cum plane (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145; cf.:

    compressa in pugnum manus,

    Quint. 2, 20, 7; 11, 3, 104:

    (oculos) opertos compressosque,

    id. 11, 3, 76:

    compressā palmā,

    with the clinched hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

    compressam forcipe lingua,

    Ov. M. 6, 556: labra, * Hor. S. 1, 4, 138:

    tamquam compressa manu sit (terra),

    Lucr. 6, 866:

    manibus dorsum boum,

    Col. 2, 3, 1:

    murem,

    Phaedr. 4, 2, 14:

    ordines (aciei),

    to make more dense, Liv. 8, 8, 12:

    versus ordinibus,

    to write closely, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21:

    mulierem,

    to lie with, Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 57; 5, 3, 30; id. Phorm. 5, 9, 29; Liv. 1, 4, 2 al.—Hence the equivocation in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; id. Rud. 4, 4, 29 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 6.—Also of the treading of a peacock, Col. 8, 11, 5.— Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be unemployed, at leisure, Liv. 7, 13, 7; cf.:

    compressas tenuisse manus,

    Luc. 2, 292.—
    II.
    Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.
    A.
    To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; prop.:

    animam,

    to hold one's breath, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

    manum,

    to keep off, id. Heaut. 3, 3, 29:

    linguam alicui,

    to silence him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 192; cf. I. supra, and id. Mil. 2, 6, 88:

    aquam (opp. inmittere),

    Dig. 39, 3, 1, § 1:

    tela manu,

    Stat. Th. 11, 33:

    alvum,

    to check a diarrhœa, Cels. 1, 10; 6, 18, 7; so,

    stomachum,

    to bind, make costive, id. 4, 5 fin.; and transf. to the person: si morbus [p. 395] aliquem compresserit, id. praef.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb (very freq.):

    vocem et orationem,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 16:

    gressum,

    Verg. A. 6, 389:

    consilium,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 6:

    comprimere atque restinguere incensam illius cupiditatem,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 59; cf. id. Cael. 31, 25:

    conatum atque audaciam furentis hominis,

    id. Phil. 10, 5, 11:

    Clodii conatus furoresque,

    id. Off. 2, 17, 58; cf. Liv. 3, 38, 7:

    amor compressus edendi,

    Verg. A. 8, 184:

    tribunicios furores,

    Cic. Mur. 11, 24:

    ferocitatem tuam istam,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    seditionem,

    Liv. 2, 23, 10:

    motus,

    id. 1, 60, 1:

    multi temere excitati tumultus sunt compressique,

    id. 26, 10, 10:

    plausum,

    Cic. Deiot. 12, 34:

    exsultantem laetitiam,

    id. Top. 22, 86:

    voce manuque Murmura,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    conscientiam,

    to silence, Cic. Fin. 2, 17, 54 et saep. —
    2.
    Transf. to the person:

    non ego te conprimere possum sine malo?

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81:

    ac sedare exasperatos Ligures,

    Liv. 42, 26, 1; cf. id. 5, 45, 7:

    cujus adventus Pompeianos compressit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 65:

    comprime te, nimium tinnis,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 32:

    vix comprimor, quin involem illi in oculos,

    id. Most. 1, 3, 46.—
    C.
    With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge ( = supprimo), to keep to one's self, keep back, withhold, suppress, conceal (rare, but in good prose;

    most freq. in Cic.): frumentum,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8:

    annonam,

    Liv. 38, 35, 5:

    multa, magna delicta,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6:

    orationem illam,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 2:

    famam captae Carthaginis ex industriā,

    Liv. 26, 51, 11.—Hence, compressus, a, um, P. a., pressed together, i. e. close, strait, narrow:

    calculus oris compressioris,

    Cels. 2, 11; so in comp., Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49; 17, 11, 16, § 80.—
    2.
    Costive:

    venter,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    alvus,

    id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.
    1.
    In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

    compressius loqui (opp. latius),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—
    2.
    Pressingly, urgently:

    compressius violentiusque quaerere,

    Gell. 1, 23, 7; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6.

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  • 15 constringo

    con-stringo, strinxi, strictum, 3, v. a., to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    vineam alligato recte, dum ne nimium constringas,

    Cato, R. R. 33, 1:

    sarcinam,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 96:

    galeam,

    Val. Fl. 3, 80.— Poet.:

    Haec Amor ipso suo constringet pignera signo,

    stamp, seal, Prop. 3, 20, 17 (4, 20, 7).—
    B.
    In partic., freq.,
    1.
    To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person, etc.).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    corpora vinculis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226; Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    illum laqueis,

    Cic. Sest. 41, 88.—
    (β).
    Without abl.:

    manus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 1; id. Mil. 3, 1, 11:

    aliquem pro moecho,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 23; cf.:

    aliquem quadrupedem,

    i. e. hands and feet, id. And. 5, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27; Suet. Calig. 35; * Hor. S. 1, 6, 23 al.:

    tu mentis es compos? Tu non constringendus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97; cf. id. Pis. 20, 48.—
    (γ).
    With ad:

    te hodie constringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66.—
    2.
    T. t. of medic. lang., to draw together, contract:

    constringens vis suci,

    Plin. 23, 6, 54, § 100:

    in febribus constrictis,

    id. 23, 7, 63, § 120 al. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hold in check, etc. (a [p. 440] favorite trope of Cic.;

    elsewh. less freq.): illa pars animi vinciatur et constringatur amicorum custodiis,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    conjurationem omnium horum conscientiā,

    id. Cat. 1, 1, 1:

    fidem religione potius quam veritate,

    id. Balb. 5, 12:

    psephismata jure jurando,

    id. Fl. 6, 15:

    leges immutabili necessitate,

    Quint. 2, 13, 1:

    orbem terrarum novis legibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 10, 26:

    (mulieres), quae Oppiis quondam aliisque legibus constrictae, nunc, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 33 fin.:

    scelus fraudemque odio civium supplicioque,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202; Liv. 34, 3, 1:

    superstitione constricti,

    Quint. 12, 2, 26:

    nec ullā religione, ut scelus tegat, se posse constringi,

    Curt. 6, 7, 8.—
    B.
    In partic., of discourse or reasoning, to bring into a narrow compass, to compress:

    (sententia) cum aptis constricta verbis est, cadit etiam plerumque numerose,

    Cic. Brut. 8, 34:

    constricta narratio (opp. latius fusa),

    Quint. 2, 13, 5:

    quae (ars logica) rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinaret et ratione quādam constringeret,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188.— Hence, constrictus, a, um, P. a., compressed, contracted, abridged, short, brief, concise, compact:

    frons,

    knit, Petr. 132, 15; cf.

    supercilia (opp. dissidentia),

    Quint. 1, 11, 10:

    arbor,

    pruned, confined, Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90; cf.:

    folium tenuius et constrictius et angustius,

    id. 21, 10, 32, § 58:

    nives perpetuo rigore,

    condensed, Curt. 7, 3, 11:

    pulticula constrictior,

    thicker, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18, 108.— Sup. not in use.—
    * Adv.: con-strictē, closèly:

    constrictius jungi alicui,

    Aug. Doctr. Christ. 1, 28.

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  • 16 contraho

    con-trăho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw or bring several objects together, to collect, assemble (freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit. (syn. colligo;

    opp. dissipo): quae in rerum naturā constarent quaeque moverentur, ea contrahere amicitiam, dissipare discordiam,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    cohortes ex finitimis regionibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    id. B. G. 1, 34; cf.:

    omnes copias Luceriam,

    Cic. Att. 8, 1, 2; and:

    omnia in unum locum,

    id. ib. 8, 11, B, 3:

    omnes copias eo,

    Nep. Ages. 3, 1:

    navibus circiter LXXX. coactis, contractisque,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf.:

    magnam classem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 4:

    naves,

    Suet. Calig. 19:

    agrestes,

    Ov. F. 4, 811:

    captivos,

    Liv. 37, 44, 3:

    utrumque ad colloquium,

    id. 28, 18, 2:

    undique libros,

    Suet. Aug. 31; cf.

    exemplaria,

    id. Gram. 24:

    muscas in manu,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122; cf.

    serpentes,

    id. 28, 9, 42, § 151: ii, qui in idem (collegium) contracti fuerint, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 34 (43), 1—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To bring about, carry into effect, accomplish, execute, get, contract, occasion, cause, produce, make, etc. (very freq.):

    amicitiam,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 48:

    vinculum amicitiae,

    Val. Max. 4, 7 init.:

    aliquid litigii,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 31; cf.

    lites,

    id. Capt. prol. 63: qui hoc [p. 458] mihi contraxit, id. Cas. 3, 2, 21; cf.:

    negotium mihi,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; and:

    numinis iram mihi (arte),

    Ov. M. 2, 660:

    bellum Saguntinis,

    Liv. 24, 42, 11:

    aliquid damni,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 91:

    molestias,

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 5; cf. Sall. H. 2, 41, 8 Dietsch:

    aes alienum,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25:

    causam certaminis,

    Liv. 22, 28, 4; cf.

    certamen,

    id. 23, 26, 11; 25, 34, 10 al.:

    necessitates ad bellum,

    id. 44, 27, 12:

    culpam,

    to incur, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 1 al.:

    cruditatem,

    Quint. 7, 3, 38; cf. id. 2, 10, 6:

    morbum,

    Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65:

    pestilentiam,

    id. 36, 27, 69, § 202:

    saginam corporis,

    Just. 21, 2:

    causam valetudinis ex profluvio alvi,

    Suet. Aug. 97 fin. et saep.: porca contracta, owed, due, sc. for the expiation of a crime, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57 fin. —
    2.
    In the lang. of business, t. t., to make a contract, conclude a bargain, to contract:

    rationem, rem cum illo,

    Cic. Clu. 14, 41; cf. id. Off. 1, 17, 53; id. Sull. 20, 56; id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

    in tribuendo suum cuique et rerum contractarum fide,

    id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

    ex rebus contrahendis,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 61:

    in contrahendis negotiis,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 40:

    adfinitas inter Caesarem et Pompeium contracta nuptiis,

    Vell. 2, 44, 3 et saep.—
    b.
    Transf. beyond the sphere of business:

    cum aliquo,

    to have intercourse with, to associate with, Cic. Off. 1, 2, 4:

    nihil cum populo,

    id. Tusc. 5, 36, 105.—
    II.
    In partic., with the prevailing idea of shortening or diminishing by drawing together (cf.: cogo, colligo, etc.), to draw close or together, to draw in, contract, shorten, narrow, lessen, abridge, diminish (freq. and class.; opp. porrigo, dilato, tendo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    animal omne membra quocumque volt flectit, contorquet, porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    pulmones tum se contrahunt adspirantes, tum intrante spiritu dilatant,

    id. N. D. 2, 55, 136:

    contractum aliquo morbo bovis cor,

    id. Div. 2, 16, 37; cf.:

    se millepeda tactu,

    Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136:

    bina cornua (opp. protendere),

    id. 9, 32, 51, § 101: collum. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41;

    opp. tendere,

    Quint. 11, 3, 82:

    frontem,

    to wrinkle, contract, Cic. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125:

    supercilia (opp. deducere),

    Quint. 11, 3, 79:

    medium digitum in pollicem,

    id. 11, 3, 92; cf.:

    contractum genibus tangas caput,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 61:

    gravissimo frigore solus atque contractus vigilabit in lectulo,

    Hier. Ep. 53:

    castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    vela,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; Quint. 12, prooem. § 4; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

    orbem (lunae),

    Ov. M. 15, 198:

    umbras,

    id. ib. 3, 144:

    orationem (with summittere),

    Quint. 11, 1, 45; cf. id. 12, 11, 16:

    tempora dicendi,

    id. 6, 5, 4 et saep.:

    lac,

    to curdle, coagulate, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 117.—Of bees:

    contracto frigore pigrae ( = contractae frigore pigro),

    Verg. G. 4, 259; cf.:

    pigrum est enim contractumque frigus,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 2:

    horrida tempestas contraxit caelum,

    narrows, Hor. Epod. 13, 1:

    vulnera,

    Plin. 24, 8, 33, § 48; cf.

    cicatrices,

    id. 12, 17, 38, § 77:

    ventrem,

    to stop, check, Cels. 4, 19; cf.

    alvum,

    id. ib.:

    vomitiones,

    Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 11.—
    2.
    Esp., archit. t. t., to narrow, make smaller or tapering:

    columnam,

    Vitr. 4, 3, 4; cf. id. 3, 3, 12; 4, 7, 2:

    pyramis XXIV. gradibus in metae cacumen se contrahens,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 31.—
    B.
    Trop., to draw in, lessen, check, restrain ( = certis limitibus quasi coartare et circumscribere;

    opp. remittere, diffundere): cui non animus formidine divum contrahitur?

    Lucr. 5, 1219; cf.:

    te rogo, ne contrahas ac demittas animum,

    do not suffer your spirits to droop, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4; and:

    animos varietas sonorum (opp. remittere),

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38: terram quasi tristitiā (sol;

    opp. laetificas),

    id. N. D. 2, 40, 102:

    ut et bonis amici quasi diffundantur et incommodis contrahantur,

    are made sad, id. Lael. 13, 48 (cf. id. Tusc. 4, 6, 14):

    ex quibus intellegitur, appetitus omnes contrahendos sedandosque,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103; cf.

    cupidmem,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 39 et saep. —Hence, contractus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), drawn together into a narrow space, i. e. compressed, contracted, close, short, narrow, abridged, restricted, limited, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    tanto contractioribus ultimis digitis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 95:

    nares contractiores habent introitus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 145:

    contractior ignis,

    smaller, Lucr. 5, 569:

    aequora,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 33; cf.

    freta,

    Ov. F. 6, 495:

    locus (with exiguus),

    Verg. G. 4, 295:

    Nilus contractior et exilior,

    Plin. Pan. 30, 3: contractiora spatia ordinum, Col. 5, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, etc.:

    et brevis ambitus verborum,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 162; cf.:

    contractior oratio,

    id. ib. 31, 120:

    propositum dicendi (opp. uberius),

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    summissā atque contractā voce (opp. erectā et concitatā),

    id. 11, 3, 175; so,

    vox,

    id. 11, 3, 64: parvum opusculum lucubratum his jam contractioribus noctibus, Cic. Par. prooem. § 5.—
    2.
    In gen.:

    quae studia in his jam aetatibus nostris contractiora esse debent,

    Cic. Cael. 31, 76:

    paupertas,

    stinted, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 20 (cf.:

    angusta pauperies,

    id. C. 3, 2, 1);

    in the same sense transf. to the person: ad mare descendet vates tuus et sibi parcet Contractusque leget,

    retired, solitary, id. ib. 1, 7, 12; cf.

    homo,

    Verg. M. 78.— Adv.: contractē, on a contracted scale; only in comp.:

    assuescamus. servis paucioribus serviri, habitare contractius,

    Sen. Tranq. 9, 3; Lact. 2, 8, 39 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contraho

  • 17 pressulus

    pressŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [pressus], somewhat pressed in or compressed (postclass.):

    ampulla pressula rotunditate,

    App. Flor. p. 346, 26.—Hence, adv.: pressŭlē, while pressing on, against, or to one's self (post-class.):

    filium pressule saviata,

    App. M. 4, p. 156, 38:

    lacinia adhaerens pressule,

    closely, id. ib. 10, p. 254, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pressulus

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