comprimo

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

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.—

Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion.

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.—

Trop.

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. —

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.—

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.—

Costive:

venter,

Cels. 1, 3:

alvus,

id. 3, 6: morbi, connected with costiveness, id. praef.— Adv.: compressē.

In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly:

compressius loqui (opp. latius),

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17.—

Pressingly, urgently:

compressius violentiusque quaerere,

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

compressus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from comprimo.

compressus, ūs, m. [comprimo], a pressing together, compression (only in abl. sing.).

In gen.: semen tepefactum vapore et compressu suo diffindit (terra), * Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

pennarum,

Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98. —

Esp., an embracing, copulation, Plaut. Am. prol. 109; id. Ep. 4, 1, 15; id. Truc. 2, 6, 17; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 29; Macr. S. 5, 19.

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frēno ( fraeno), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. pres. pass. frenarier, Prud. Psych. 191), v. a. [frenum], to furnish with a bridle, to bridle (mostly in poets).

Lit.:

frenati equi,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 15, 4:

equos,

Verg. A. 5, 554; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13; cf. Liv. 21, 27:

ora cervi capistris,

Ov. M. 10, 125:

colla draconum (Medea),

id. ib. 7, 220; cf.

dracones,

id. Tr. 3, 8, 3:

frenato delphine sedens Thetis,

id. M. 11, 237; cf.:

vecta est frenato pisce Thetis,

Tib. 1, 5, 46: frenata acies, i. e. the cavalry (opp. pedestris), Sil. 11, 266.—

Transf., in gen., to bridle, curb, restrain, check (syn.: coerceo, comprimo, etc.).

Prop.:

(Aeolus ventos) Imperio premit ac vinclis et carcere frenat,

Verg. A. 1, 54:

agmina ductor,

Sil. 9, 418: cum tristis hiems glacie cursus frenaret aquarum, Verg. G. 4, 136:

alvum frenat brassica,

Ser. Samm. 29:

tussim medicamine,

id. 17.—

Trop., to bridle, curb, check, restrain, govern:

frenatam tot malis linguam resolvimus,

Plin. Pan. 66, 5:

qui eas (voluptates) sua temperantia frenavit ac domuit,

Liv. 30, 14, 7:

ejus (Clodii) furores, quos nullis jam legibus, nullis judiciis frenare poteramus,

Cic. Mil. 28, 77:

spes avidas,

Sil. 10, 341:

impetum (scribendi),

Phaedr. 4, 25, 7:

dolores corde,

to shut up, Sil. 8, 290:

gentes superbas justitiā (Dido),

Verg. A. 1, 523; cf.:

Aemoniam (Pelias),

Val. Fl. 1, 22:

ne quis temere frenari eos dicere posset, quominus de eo libere querantur,

Liv. 26, 29, 7.

stīpo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [stephô, to surround, crowd upon, stemma, stephanos; cf.: stipator, stipulor], to crowd or press together, to compress (class.; esp. of personal objects, and in part. perf.; cf.: comprimo, compono).

Lit.:

qui acceperant majorem numerum (assium), non in arcā ponebant, sed in aliquā cellā stipabant, id est componebant, quo minus loci occuparet,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.:

ingens argentum,

Verg. A. 3, 465:

apes mella Stipant,

id. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433:

materies stipata,

Lucr. 1, 345:

nec tamen undique corporea stipata tenentur omnia naturā,

id. 1, 329; cf. id. 2, 294; 1, 611; 1, 664:

Graeci stipati, quini in lectulis, saepe plures,

Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

velut stipata phalanx,

Liv. 33, 18:

ita in arto stipatae erant naves, ut, etc.,

id. 26, 39:

fratrum stipata cohors,

Verg. A. 10, 328.— Poet.: stipare Platona Menandro, i. e. to pack up together the works of Plato, Menander, etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 11:

custodum gregibus circa seu stipat euntem,

closely surrounds her with, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 13; cf.

mid.: cuncta praecipiti stipantur saecula cursu,

throng, crowd, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 311.—

Transf., to press, cram, stuff, or fill full of any thing:

ut pontes calonibus et impedimentis stipatos reperit,

Suet. Calig. 51:

hos (poëtas) ediscit et hos arcto stipata theatro Spectat Roma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60; cf.:

curia cum patribus fuerit stipata,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 143:

multo Patrum stipatur curia coetu,

Sil. 11, 503:

recessus equi,

Petr. 89:

tribunal,

Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4:

calathos prunis,

Col. 10, 405:

nucein sulfure,

Flor. 3, 19:

calceum,

Tert. Virg. Vel. 12:

tectum omne,

App. M. 3, p. 130, 13.—

With a personal object, of a dense crowd, to surround, encompass, environ, attend, accompany, [p. 1761] etc. (syn.:

comitor, prosequor): Catilina stipatus choro juventutis, vallatus indicibus atque sicariis,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

qui stipatus semper sicariis, saeptus armatis, munitus indicibus fuit,

id. Sest. 44, 95:

stipati gregibus amicorum,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1:

telis stipati,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 17:

qui senatum stiparit armatis,

id. ib. 3, 12, 31:

stipatus lictoribus,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

senectus stipata studiis juventutis,

id. Sen. 9, 28:

comitum turba est stipata suarum,

Ov. M. 3, 186:

juventus stipat ducem,

Val. Fl. 7, 557; Plin. Pan. 23; Capitol. Max. et Balb. 13.— Absol.:

magnă stipante catervă,

Verg. A. 4, 136; Liv. 42, 39:

huc coetus ministrūm stipantur,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 87. —Hence, * stīpātus, a, um, P. a., begirt, surrounded:

ab omni ordine, sexu, aetate stipatissimus,

Sid. Ep. 3, 2.