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  • 1 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.
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    opprimere, oppressi, oppressus V
    press down; suppress; overthrow; crush, overwhelm, fall upon, oppress

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  • 2 mergō

        mergō mersī, mersus, ere    [MERG-], to dip, dip in, immerse, plunge, sink, bury: se in mari: putealibus undis, O.: mersa navis, Cu.: te sub aequore, V.: Ter matutino Tiberi mergetur, bathe, Iu. — To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm: te mersurae aquae, O.: mersā rate, Iu.— To plunge, thrust, drive, bury: mersisque in corpore rostris, O.— To cover, bury, hide: suos in cortice voltūs, O.—Fig., to plunge, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, ruin: quae forma viros fortunave mersit, V.: quem funere mersit acerbo, brought to a painful death, V.: se in voluptates, L.: Quosdam mergit longa honorum Pagina, drags down, Iu.: mersus secundis rebus, overwhelmed with prosperity, L.: vino somnoque mersi, buried in drunken sleep, L.: rebus mersis in ventrem, swallowed up, Iu.: mergentibus sortem usuris, sinking his capital, L.: mersis fer opem rebus, to utter distress, O.
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    mergere, mersi, mersus V
    dip, plunge, immerse; sink, drown, bury; overwhelm

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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 coarguō

        coarguō uī, —, ere    [com- + arguo], to overwhelm with proof, refute, silence, expose, convict, prove guilty: refelli, coargui putat esse turpissimum: tot testibus coargui: Lentulum dissimulantem coarguunt sermonibus, S.: ut coram coarguebantur, fassi omnes, L.: aliquem avaritiae: commutati indicii. — To prove, demonstrate, show, establish, expose, refute: fuga laboris desidiam coarguit: crimen suspicionibus: improbitatem: Lacedaemoniorum tyrannidem, N.: quam (legem) usus coarguit, has proved injudicious, L.: domini aures, betrays, O.: Osos non esse Germanos, Ta.
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    coarguere, coargui, - V TRANS
    refute; show, demonstrate; overwhelm w/proof; silence; convict; prove guilty

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  • 6 cooperiō

        cooperiō ruī, rtus, īre    [com-+operio], to cover, cover over, overwhelm, bury: Cyrsilum lapidibus: ab exercitu lapidibus cooperiri, L.: atrā nube coopertum, Ta.—P. pass., buried, involved, covered: sceleribus: miseriis, S.: famosis versibus, H.
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    cooperire, cooperui, coopertus V TRANS
    cover wholly/completely, cover up; overwhelm, bury deep

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  • 7 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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  • 8 mergo

    mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. madsh-, majan, to dip; Zend, masga, marrow; Germ. Mark; Engl. marrow], to dip, dip in, immerse; absol. also to plunge into water, to sink.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    eos (pullos) mergi in aquam jussit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    aves, quae se in mari mergunt,

    id. ib. 2, 49, 124:

    putealibus undis,

    Ov. Ib. 391:

    Stygia undā,

    id. M. 10, 697:

    prodigia indomitis merge sub aequoribus,

    Tib. 2, 5, 80:

    ab hoc (the sword-fish) perfossas naves mergi,

    Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15:

    mersa navis omnes destituit,

    Curt. 4, 8, 8:

    mersa carina,

    Luc. 3, 632:

    cum coepisset mergi,

    Vulg. Matt. 14, 30:

    in immensam altitudinem mergi, ac sine ulla respirandi vice perpeti maria,

    Sen. Dial. 4, 12, 4:

    naves,

    Eutr. 2, 20:

    partem classis,

    Vell. 2, 42, 2:

    pars maxima classis mergitur,

    Luc. 3, 753 sq.:

    nec me deus aequore mersit,

    Verg. A. 6, 348:

    sub aequora,

    Ov. M. 13, 948; Luc. 3, 753:

    ter matutino Tiberi mergetur,

    bathe, Juv. 6, 523.— Poet., of overwhelming waters, to engulf, swallow up, overwhelm, etc.:

    sic te mersuras adjuvet ignis aquas,

    Ov. Ib. 340:

    mersa rate,

    Juv. 14, 302.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To sink down, sink in, to plunge, thrust, or drive in, to fix in, etc. ( poet. and post-Aug. prose):

    palmitem per jugum mergere, et alligare,

    to thrust, push, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

    aliquem ad Styga,

    Sen. Thyest. 1007:

    manum in ora (ursae),

    to thrust into, Mart. 3, 19, 4:

    mersisque in corpore rostris Dilacerant (canes) falsi dominum sub imagine cervi,

    Ov. M. 3, 249: fluvius in Euphratem mergitur, runs or empties into, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 128: visceribus ferrum. to thrust into, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 447.—Of heavenly bodies, etc.:

    Bootes, Qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano,

    sinks into, Cat. 66, 68.—
    2.
    In partic., to hide, conceal:

    mersitque suos in cortice vultus,

    Ov. M. 10, 498:

    vultum,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1348:

    diem or lucem, of the setting of the sun,

    id. Thyest. 771:

    terra caelum mergens, i. e. occidentalis, because there the sky seems to sink into the sea,

    Luc. 4, 54. —Of those on board a vessel: mergere Pelion et templum, i. e. to sail away from until they sink below the horizon:

    condere,

    Val. Fl. 2, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., to plunge into, sink, overwhelm, cover, bury, immerse, drown:

    aliquem malis,

    Verg. A. 6, 512:

    funere acerbo,

    to bring to a painful death, id. ib. 11, 28:

    mergi in voluptates,

    to plunge into, yield one's self up to sensual delights, Curt. 10, 3, 9:

    se in voluptates,

    Liv. 23, 18:

    mergit longa atque insignis honorum pagina,

    Juv. 10, 57.—Esp. in part. pass.:

    Alexander mersus secundis rebus,

    overwhelmed with prosperity, Liv. 9, 18:

    vino somnoque mersi jacent,

    dead drunk and buried in sleep, id. 41, 3; Luc. 1, 159; cf.:

    lumina somno,

    Val. Fl. 8, 66:

    cum mergeretur somno,

    Vulg. Act. 20, 9.—Esp. of those whose fortune is swallowed up in debts or debauchery: mersus foro, bankrupt, Plaut [p. 1137] Ep. 1, 2, 13:

    aere paterno Ac rebus mersis in ventrem,

    Juv. 11, 39:

    censum domini,

    Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67:

    mergentibus sortem usuris,

    sinking, destroying his capital, Liv. 6, 14:

    ut mergantur pupilli,

    be robbed of their fortune, ruined, Dig. 27, 4, 3:

    mersis fer opem rebus,

    bring aid to utter distress, Ov. M. 1, 380.—Of drinking to excess:

    potatio quae mergit,

    Sen. Ep. 12.

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  • 9 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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  • 10 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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  • 11 ab-sorbeō

        ab-sorbeō buī, ptus, ēre,    to swallow down, devour: placentas, H.: decies solidum, i. e. the value of a million, H.—To engulf, swallow up, overwhelm: oceanus vix tot res.—To engross: absorbet (tribunatus) orationem meam, i. e. fills exclusively.—To import: res ad victum.

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  • 12 circum-fundō

        circum-fundō fūdī, fūsus, ere,    to pour around: mare circumfusum urbi, flowing around, L.: gens circumfusis invia fluminibus, O.: circumfuso in aere, circumambient, O.: circumfusa nubes, V.— To surround, encompass, cover, envelop: terram circumfundit aër: (mortuum) cerā, N.: terra circumfusa mari, encompassed by.—In tmesis: circum dea fudit amictu, V.—Pass. or reflex., of a throng, to press, crowd around, throng, surround, cling: a tergo se, L.: circumfunduntur hostes, Cs.: equites ab lateribus circumfusi, L.: hostes undique circumfusi erant, S.: (Nymphae) circumfusae Dianam Corporibus texere suis, surrounding, O.: circumfusa turba lateri meo, L.: circumfundit eques (sc. se), Ta. — Poet.: iuveni circumfunditur, i. e. clings to him, O.—Fig.: undique circumfusae molestiae: periculum, ab circumfusis undique voluptatibus, L. — To enclose, environ, surround, overwhelm: circumfusus praesidiorum copiis: circumfusus hostium concursu, N. — Fig.: circumfusi caligine.

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  • 13 cumulō

        cumulō āvī, ātus, āre    [cumulus], to heap, accumulate, pile: arma in acervum, L.—To fill full, fill, load, pile, cover: locum strage muri, L.: cumulatae flore ministrae, O.: altaria donis, V.: struem rogi odoribus, Ta.—Fig., to augment, increase, heap, amass, accumulate: invidiam, L.: aes alienum usuris, L.: gloriam eloquentiā.—To fill, overload, overwhelm, crown, complete: alqm laude: civitas cumulata tuis iniuriis: meum cor cumulatur irā: alio scelere hoc scelus: ad cumulandum gaudium: Quam (veniam) cumulatam morte remittam, i. e. will by my death do a greater favor in return, V.
    * * *
    cumulare, cumulavi, cumulatus V TRANS
    heap/pile up/high, gather into a pile/heap; accumulate, amass; load/fill full; increase/augment/enhance; perfect/finish up; (PASS) be made/composed of

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  • 14 dē-mergō

        dē-mergō sī, sus, ere,    to sink, submerge, plunge, dip, immerse, bury: caput: demersis rostris, V.: in Tusci demersus fluminis undis, O.: naves, L.: orbes (of the sun), i. e. to set, O.: dapes in alvum, O. — Fig., to plunge, cast down, lower, overwhelm: animus caelestis quasi demersus in terram: quem extulerat, demergere est adorta (fortuna), N.: patriam demersam extuli: demersae leges alicuius opibus: plebs aere alieno demersa, L.: domus ob lucrum Demersa exitio, H.

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  • 15 dēprimō

        dēprimō pressī, pressus, ere    [de + premo], to press down, weigh down, sink down, depress: terram: ad mentum depresso supercilio: depresso aratro, V.— To sink (in water): partem navium, Cs.: carinam, O.: classis depressa.—Fig., to press down, depress, overwhelm: improbitate depressa veritas emergit: alium, L.: hostem, L.: preces, to silence, N.— To depreciate, disparage: meam fortunam.
    * * *
    deprimere, depressi, depressus V TRANS
    suppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color)

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  • 16 ē-vincō

        ē-vincō vīci, vīctus, ere,    to overcome, conquer, subdue, vanquish, overwhelm: evicit omnia miles, L.: lacrimis evicta meis, V.: blandimentis vitae evicta (i. e. ad vivendum), Ta.: evinci ambitu in gaudium, to be forced, Ta.: Aeduos, Ta.: somnos, to resist, O.: amnis oppositas evicit gurgite moles, V. — To pass in safety: remis Charybdin, O.: fretum, O. — Fig., to prevail over: solis imago Evicit nubīs, breaks through, O.: evincit miseratio superbiam, L.: platanus caelebs Evincet ulmos, supplant, H.—To bring to pass, prevail. evincunt instando, ut litterae darentur, L.—To prove, evince: Si puerilius his ratio esse evincet amare, H.

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  • 17 in-volvō

        in-volvō vī, ūtus, ere,    to roll, roll upon: Ossae involvere Olympum, V.: montes, O.: armenta secum, sweep away, V.—To roll about, wrap up, envelop, involve: Involvēre diem nimbi, V.: prodire involuto capite: sinistras sagis, Cs.: involvi fumo, O.—To cover, overwhelm: aquā navem, V.—Fig., to inwrap, wrap, infold, envelop, surround: se litteris, devote: pacis nomine bellum involutum: Obscuris vera, V.: meā Virtute me, H.: fraudibus involuti, Ta.

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  • 18 mersō

        mersō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [mergo], to dip, immerse: gregem fluvio, V.: mersor civilibus undis, plunge into, H.
    * * *
    mersare, mersavi, mersatus V
    dip (in), immerse; overwhelm, drown

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  • 19 onerō

        onerō āvī, ātus, āre    [onus], to load, burden, fill, freight: celeritas onerandi, expedition in loading, Cs.: costas aselli pomis, V.: tauri cervix oneratur aratro, is burdened, O.: umerum pallio, T.: epulis onerari, gorge oneself, S., O.: dapibus mensas, cover, V.: manūsque ambas iaculis, arm, V.: pantheram saxis, stone, Ph.—To heap up, stow away, store: vina cadis, V.: canistris Dona Cereris, V.—Fig., to load, burden, weigh down, tire out, oppress, overwhelm, overload: te mendaciis: iudicem argumentis: malis, V.: eum spe praemiorum, L.: alquem promissis, S.: iniuriam invidiā, i. e. makes odious, L.—To aggravate, increase: alcuius inopiam, L.: curas, T.: dolorem, Cu.
    * * *
    onerare, oneravi, oneratus V
    load, burden; oppress

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  • 20 operiō

        operiō (operībat, Pr.), uī, ertus, īre    [2 PAR-], to cover, cover over: capite operto esse: fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi: novis Minyeïdas alis, O.: amphoras auro, N.: reliquias pugnae, bury, Ta.: ad necem operiere loris, i. e. lashed soundly, T.—To shut, close: ostium, T.: opertā lecticā: scrobibus opertis, filled in, O.—Fig., to hide, conceal, dissemble: hoc, T.—To overwhelm, burden: iudicia operta dedecore.
    * * *
    operire, operui, opertus V TRANS
    cover (over); bury; overspread; shut/close; conceal; clothe, cover/hide the head

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