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1 mordeo
mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).I.Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):2.canes mordere possunt,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:mordens pulex,
biting, Mart. 14, 83:(serpens) fixum hastile momordit,
bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,
taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,
Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:morsi a rabioso cane,
Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,
Cat. 64, 316.—In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):B.tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,
Pers. 4, 30:ostrea,
Juv. 6, 305:sordes farris mordere canini,
id. 5, 11.—Transf.1.To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):2.laterum juncturas fibula mordet,
takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:mordebat fibula vestem,
Ov. M. 8, 318:id quod a lino mordetur,
where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,
id. 7, 5, 4:arbor mordet humum,
takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—To nip, bite, sting:II.matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,
nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,
Mart. 8, 14, 2:radix gustu acri mordet,
bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:linguam,
id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:oculos,
id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:urtica foliis non mordentibus,
stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;B.class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,
bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:morderi dictis,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:jocus mordens,
a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:mordear opprobriis falsis,
shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,
to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,
Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,
that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:dolore occulto morderi,
to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,
detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:morderi conscientiā,
to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:hunc mordebit objurgatio,
Quint. 1, 3, 7.—To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):C.hoc tene, hoc morde,
Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.). -
2 mando
1.mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manusdo], to commit to one's charge, to enjoin, commission, order, command (syn.: praecipio, edico); constr. alicui aliquid, with ut, ne, the simple subj., or with inf. (class.).I.Lit.(α).Alicui aliquid:(β).tibi de nostris rebus nihil sum mandaturus per litteras,
Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1:praeterea typos tibi mando,
id. Att. 1, 10, 3:si quid velis, huic mandes,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7:L. Clodio mandasse, quae illum mecum loqui velles,
Cic. Fam. 3, 4, 1:alicui mandare laqueum,
to bid go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 57.—With ellipsis of dat.:tamquam hoc senatus mandasset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 39, § 84:excusationem,
Suet. Oth. 6:haec ego numquam mandavi,
Juv. 14, 225.—With ut or ne:(γ).Voluseno mandat, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:mandat ut exploratores in Suebos mittant,
id. ib. 6, 10, 3:Caesar per litteras Trebonio magnopere mandaverat, ne, etc.,
id. B. C. 2, 13.—With simple subj.:(δ).huic mandat, Remos reliquosque Belgas adeat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 11.—With object-clause:(ε).mandavit Tigranen Armeniā exturbare,
Tac. A. 15, 2:non aliter cineres mando jacere meos,
Mart. 1, 88, 10.—Impers. pass.:II.fecerunt ut eis mandatum fuerat,
Vulg. Gen. 45, 21.—Transf.A.In gen., to commit, consign, enjoin, confide, commend, intrust any thing to a person or thing:B.ego tibi meas res mando,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 54:bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 61:ludibrio habeor... ab illo, quoi me mandavisti, meo viro,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:(adulescens) qui tuae mandatus est fide et fiduciae,
id. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 99:aliquem alicui alendum,
Verg. A. 3, 49:alicui magistratum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 59:honores,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 81:filiam viro,
to give in marriage, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 32:aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque,
Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:se fugae,
to betake one's self to flight, Caes. B. G. 2, 24:fugae et solitudini vitam suam,
Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:semen terrae,
i. e. to sow, Col. 1, 7, 6:hordea sulcis,
Verg. E. 5, 36:corpus humo,
to bury, id. A. 9, 214:aliquid memoriae,
Cic. Quint. 6, 24:litteris,
to commit to writing, id. de Or. 2, 12, 52:scriptis actiones nostras,
id. Off. 2, 1, 3:historiae,
id. Div. 2, 32, 69:monumentis,
id. Ac. 2, 1, 2:fruges conditas vetustati,
to keep for a long time, to suffer to grow old, id. N. D. 2, 60, 151:Alcibiadem interficiendum insidiis mandare,
Just. 5, 2, 5.— Absol.:Claudio mandante ac volente (opp. invito),
Vop. Aur. 16, 2.—To charge a person to announce something, to send word to a person or place only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):A.mandare ad Pisonem, noli, etc.,
Suet. Calig. 25:mandabat in urbem, nullum proelio finem exspectarent,
sent word, Tac. A. 14, 38:ferre ad nuptam quae mittit adulter, quae mandat,
Juv. 3, 46:senatui mandavit, bellum se ei illaturum,
Eutr. 5, 5:consulantes, si quid ad uxores suas mandarent,
Flor. 3, 3, 6.—P. a. as subst.: mandā-tum, i, n., a charge, order, commission, injunction, command.In gen.:B.ut mandatum scias me procurasse,
have performed the commission, Cic. Att. 5, 7, 3:hoc mandatum accepi a Patre,
Vulg. Joh. 10, 18.—More freq. in plur.:omnibus ei de rebus, quas agi a me voles, mandata des, velim,
Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 2:dare mandata alicui in aliquem,
id. ib. 3, 11, 5:dare alicui mandata, ut, etc.,
id. Phil. 6, 3, 6:accipere ab aliquo,
id. ib. 8, 8, 23:persequi,
to perform, execute, fulfil, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 2:audire,
id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:alicujus exhaurire,
id. Att. 5, 1, 5:exponere in senatu,
id. de Or. 2, 12, 49:exsequi,
id. Phil. 9, 4, 9; Sall. J. 35, 5:facere,
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 64; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 72:perficere,
Liv. 1, 56:efficere,
Sall. J. 58:facere,
Curt. 7, 9, 17:deferre,
to deliver, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1:perferre,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18:neglegere,
to neglect, not perform, Ov. H. 16, 303:fallere,
id. M. 6, 696:haec mandata,
Liv. 21, 54, 4: legatis occulta mandata data sint, ut, Just. 34, 1, 5.— Poet., with inf.:producetque virum, dabit et mandata reverti,
and enjoin him to return, Ov. H. 13, 143.—Esp. as legal term.1.A commission constituting a mutual obligation; hence, in gen., a contract:2.mandatum constitit, sive nostra gratia mandamus, sive alienā: id est, sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandem tibi, erit mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 155 sqq.:itaque mandati constitutum est judicium non minus turpe, quam furti,
i. e. for breach of contract, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111:actio mandati,
an action for the non-performance of a contract, Dig. 17, 1, 8, § 3.—An imperial command, mandate, Plin. Ep. 10, 110, 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 111:C.principum,
Front. Aquaed. 3.—Esp. of the secret orders of the emperors:(Galba) mandata Neronis de nece sua deprenderat,
Suet. Galb. 9; id. Tib. 52:occulta mandata,
Tac. A. 2, 43:fingere scelesta mandata,
id. ib. 2, 71; 3, 16; id. H. 4, 49.—In eccl. lang., the law or commandment of God:2.mandatum hoc, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, non supra te est,
Vulg. Deut. 30, 11:nec custodisti mandata,
id. 1 Reg. 13, 13:maximum et primum mandatum,
id. Matt. 22, 38.mando, di, sum (in the dep. form mandor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), 3, v. a. [akin to madeo, properly to moisten; hence], to chew, masticate (syn. manduco).I.Lit. (class.):II.animalia alia sugunt, alia carpunt, alia vorant, alia mandunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122:asini lentissime mandunt,
Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 54; Col. 6, 2, 14.— Poet.:(equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum,
i. e. champ, Verg. A. 7, 279:tristia vulnera saevo dente,
i. e. to eat the flesh of slaughtered animals, Ov. M. 15, 92.—In part. perf.: mansum ex ore daturum, Lucil. ap. Non. 140, 14; Varr. ib. 12:omnia minima mansa in os inserere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:ut cibos mansos ac prope liquefactos demittimus,
Quint. 10, 1, 19.—Transf., in gen., to eat, devour (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): quom socios nostros mandisset impiu' Cyclops, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 683 P. (Ann. v. 141 Vahl.):3.apros,
Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:Diomedes immanibus equis mandendos solitus objectare advenas,
to throw to them for food, Mel. 2, 2.— Poet.: mandere humum (like mordere humum), to bite the ground, said of those who fall in battle, Verg. A. 11, 669; so,compressa aequora,
Val. Fl. 3, 106: corpora Graiorum maerebat mandier igni, to be consumed, Matius in Varr. L. L. 6, § 95 Müll.mando, ōnis, m. [2. mando], a glutton, gormandizer: mandonum gulae, Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 16; cf. manduco. -
3 mandō
mandō dī, sus, ere [MAD-], to chew, masticate: dentibus manditur cibus: (equi) fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum, i. e. champ, V.: tristia saevo Volnera dente, i. e. the flesh of slaughtered animals, O.— To eat, devour: membra, V.: humum, to bite the ground, V.—Fig., to gnaw, lay waste: rostra ipsa.* * *Imandare, mandavi, mandatus Ventrust, commit to one's charge, deliver over; commission; order, commandIImandere, mandi, mansus Vchew, champ, masticate, gnaw; eat, devour; lay waste -
4 premo
I.Lit.:B.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.—Transf.1.Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:2.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.—Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:3.premere frena manu,
Ov. M. 8, 37:ferrum,
to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:capulum,
id. 2, 615.—Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:4.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.—To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):5.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.—To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):6.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.—To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:7.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.—To press down, burden, load, freight:8.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.—To press into, force in, press upon:b.(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. —To make with any thing ( poet.):9.aeternā notā,
Ov. F. 6, 610:littera articulo pressa tremente,
id. H. 10, 140:multā via pressa rotā,
id. ib. 18, 134.—To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:b.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. —In partic.(α). (β).To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:(γ). 10.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.—To press closely, compress, press together, close:b.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.—In partic.(α).To shorten, tighten, draw in:(β).pressis habenis,
Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:laxas dure habenas,
id. ib. 1, 63).—To keep short, prune:(γ).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.—To check, arrest, stop:11.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.—To press out, bring out by pressure:12.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.—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.):B.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.—Transf.1.To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):2.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.—To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:b.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.—To surpass, exceed:c.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.—To rule ( poet.):3.dicione premere populos,
Verg. A. 7, 737:imperio,
id. ib. 1, 54:Mycenas Servitio premet,
id. ib. 1, 285.—To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:4.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.—To compress, abridge, condense:5.haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,
Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—To check, arrest, repress, restrain:6.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.—To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:I. A.(vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,
Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.Lit.:B.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.—Trop.1.Of the voice or manner, subdued:2.haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:II.color pressus,
Pall. 4, 13, 4:color viridi pressior,
Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:spadices pressi,
Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—Esp., of an orator or of speech.A.Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):B.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.—Close, exact, accurate:B.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.—Closely, tightly.1.Lit.:2.vites pressius putare,
Pall. 12, 9:pressius colla radere,
Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—Trop.a.Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:b.loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:(β).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.—Without ornament, simply:(γ).unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,
Cic. Brut. 55, 202:aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,
Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—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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