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to press close together

  • 1 confercio

    con-fercĭo, no perf., fertum, 4, v. a. [farcio], to stuff or cram together, to press close together (in verb. finit. very rare; in part. perf. and P. a. class.).
    (α).
    Verb. finit.:

    ventus cum confercit, franguntur montes nimborum,

    Lucr. 6, 158:

    se (apes),

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 35:

    myrrham in follis,

    Plin. 12, 15, 35, § 68.—
    (β).
    Part. perf.:

    viā sibi inter confertas naves factā,

    Liv. 37, 11, 13:

    quo magis astu Confertos ita acervatim mors accumulabat,

    Lucr. 6, 1263; cf.:

    agrestem in arta tecta,

    Liv. 3, 6, 3.—Hence, confer-tus, a, um, P. a.; lit., pressed together; hence,
    A.
    Pressed close, crowded, thick, dense (opp. rarus): caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. 5, p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.):

    tune inane quicquam putes esse, cum ita completa et conferta sint omnia, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 40, 125:

    plures simul conferti,

    Liv. 29, 34, 12: in confertā multitudine, * Suet. Tib. 2:

    agmen,

    Verg. G. 3, 369 (conjunctum, Serv.):

    moles,

    Tac. A. 4, 62.—Esp.,
    2.
    In milit. lang., of the close, compact order of battle:

    ut numquam conferti, sed rari magnisque intervallis proeliarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 16: acies, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Liv. 10, 29, 6; 42, 59, 5; Tac. A. 6, 35; 14, 36; Verg. A. 2, 347.— Comp., Liv. 9, 27, 9.— Sup., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 23:

    hostes,

    Sall. C. 60, 7:

    turba,

    Liv. 2, 12, 6; Sall. J. 98, 1:

    turmatim et quam maxume confertis equis Mauros invadunt,

    id. ib. 101, 4:

    conferto gradu inrupere,

    Tac. A. 12, 35.—
    B.
    With abl., stuffed, filled full, full:

    ingenti turbā conferta deorum templa,

    Liv. 45, 2, 7.— Trop.:

    otiosa vita, plena et conferta voluptatibus,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 23; so id. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; id. Fin. 2, 20, 64:

    cibo,

    id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; * Quint. 5, 14, 27:

    legio conferta maniplis,

    Sil. 7, 390.—
    * Adv.: confertē, in acc. with A. 2. (for the more usual confertim, q. v.), in a compact body; only comp.:

    confertius resistentes,

    Amm. 24, 7, 7.

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  • 2 arto

    arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).
    I.
    A.. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576:

    libros,

    Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2:

    vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari,

    Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:

    angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc.,

    id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—
    B.
    Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail:

    fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56:

    tempus,

    to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1:

    se,

    to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. —
    II.
    In gen., to finish, conclude, Petr. 85, 4.—Hence, artātus, a, um, P. a., contracted into a small compass; hence, narrow, close; and of time, short:

    pontus,

    Luc. 5, 234:

    tempus,

    Vell. 1, 16.

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  • 3 calco

    calco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. calx], to tread something or upon something, to tread under foot.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit. (very freq.; mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;

    not in Cic.)' astructos morientum acervos,

    Ov. M. 5, 88; 12, 391:

    calcata vipera,

    trodden upon, id. ib. 10, 23; 12, 391;

    13, 804: alius manum aeger, ut pede ac vestigio Caesaris calcaretur, orabat,

    Tac. H. 4, 81:

    cineres ossaque legionum,

    id. ib. 5, 17:

    calcata lacinia togae,

    Suet. Calig. 35: uvam, [p. 268] to tread grapes, Cato, R. R. 112 fin.; Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2; Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897; Col. 6, 15, 1.— To stamp, beat:

    in mortario,

    Apic. 2, 3:

    solum ferratis vectibus,

    Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To tread down, to oppress, trample upon (the figure is taken from a victorious warrior who tramples upon his prostrate opponents):

    amorem,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11, 5; cf.

    hostem,

    Juv. 10, 86:

    gentem,

    Just. 12, 16, 11:

    libertas nostra in foro obteritur et calcatur,

    Liv. 34, 2, 2:

    calcatum jus,

    Claud. in Eutr. 2, 125.—
    2.
    To scorn, contemn, spurn, despise, abuse:

    insultetque rogis, calcet et ossa mea,

    Prop. 2, 8, 20:

    aliquid quasi fastidiendo calcare,

    Quint. 5, 13, 22:

    calcatum foedus,

    Stat. Th. 3, 208.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Of objects in space, to tread, pass over: calcanda semel via leti, * Hor. C. 1, 28, 16; Petr. 118, 5:

    scopulos, litora,

    Ov. H. 2, 121:

    durum aequor,

    the frozen sea, id. Tr. 3, 10, 39:

    campum,

    Claud. VI. Cons Hon. 515:

    calcatos lucos Jovi,

    frequented by, Sil. 3, 675.—
    B.
    Of the cock, to tread, Col. 8, 5, 24.—
    C.
    In gen., to press close together, to press in:

    oleas in orculam calcato,

    Cato, R. R. 117 fin.:

    tomentum in culcita,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 52, 1; 28, 2; Pall. Jan. 20; Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173; Verg. G. 2, 244.

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  • 4 cōnferciō

        cōnferciō īre    [com- + farcio], see confertus.
    * * *
    confercire, confersi, confertus V TRANS
    stuff/cram/pack/press (close) together; fill densely; raise a shout in unison

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  • 5 condenseo

    condenso, āre (access form * con-densĕo, ēre:

    quia se condenseat aër,

    Lucr. 1, 392; cf. denseo = denso), v. a. [condensus], to make very dense, to condense, to press close together (rare;

    not in Cic.): oves se congregant ac condensant in locum unum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9: aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Col. 2, 18, 6:

    condensari,

    id. 7, 8, 4:

    humus condensata subsidit,

    id. 4, 1, 7; 4, 17, 8.

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  • 6 condenso

    condenso, āre (access form * con-densĕo, ēre:

    quia se condenseat aër,

    Lucr. 1, 392; cf. denseo = denso), v. a. [condensus], to make very dense, to condense, to press close together (rare;

    not in Cic.): oves se congregant ac condensant in locum unum,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 9: aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 13; Col. 2, 18, 6:

    condensari,

    id. 7, 8, 4:

    humus condensata subsidit,

    id. 4, 1, 7; 4, 17, 8.

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  • 7 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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  • 8 conprimo

    I
    conprimere, conpressi, conpressus V TRANS
    press/squeeze together, fold, crush; hem/shut/keep/hold in; copulate (male); suppress/control/stifle/frustrate/subdue/cow, put down; hold breath; silence
    II
    conprimere, conpressi, conpressus V
    press, squeeze together, close

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  • 9 dēnseō

        dēnseō —, —, ēre    [densus], to make thick, thicken, pack, close, press: favilla corpus in unum densetur, O.: Iuppiter Denset erant quae rara, V.: pectine opus, O.: Agmina densentur campis, V.: hastilia, hurl a shower of, V.: ictūs, Ta.: iuvenum densentur funera, H.: densetur caelum, darkens, O.
    * * *
    densere, -, densetus V TRANS
    thicken/condense, press/crowd together; multiply; cause to come thick and fast

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  • 10 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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  • 11 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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  • 12 opprimō

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

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  • 13 stringo

    stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a. [root strig; Gr. strang-, to squeeze; stranx, a drop; cf. O. H. Germ. streng; Engl. strong], to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together, etc. (syn. ligo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    te stringam ad carnarium,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 66:

    stringit vitta comas,

    Luc. 5, 143: caesariem crinali cultu, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 85:

    stricta matutino frigore vulnera,

    Liv. 22, 51:

    pectora pigro gelu,

    Luc. 4, 652:

    strictos insedimus amnes,

    Val. Fl. 1, 414:

    mare gelu stringi et consistere,

    Gell. 17, 8, 16:

    quercus in duas partes diducta, stricta denuo et cohaesa,

    having closed together, id. 15, 16, 4:

    habenam,

    to draw tight, Stat. Th. 11, 513:

    ferrum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6.—
    B.
    Transf. (through the intermediate idea of drawing close), to touch, touch upon, touch lightly or slightly, to graze (syn. tango):

    litus ama, et laevas stringat sine palmula cautes,

    Verg. A. 5, 163; cf.:

    stringebat summas ales miserabilis undas,

    Ov. M. 11, 733:

    aequor (aurā),

    id. ib. 4, 136:

    metas interiore rotā,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 12:

    latus,

    Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 24:

    vestigia canis rostro,

    Ov. M. 1, 536 et saep.:

    equos,

    to stroke, Charis. 84 P.:

    tela stringentia corpus,

    i. e. slightly touching, Verg. A. 10, 331; cf. Sen. Ben. 2, 6, 1:

    coluber Dente pedem strinxit,

    Ov. M. 11, 776:

    strictus ac recreatus ex vulnere in tempus,

    Flor. 4, 12, 44.—
    2.
    To pull or strip off, to pluck off, cut off, clip off, prune, etc. (cf. destringo):

    oleam ubi nigra erit, stringito,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1; so,

    oleam,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 12:

    bacam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 2:

    quernas glandes,

    Verg. G. 1, 305:

    folia ex arboribus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58; Liv. 23, 30, 3:

    frondes,

    Verg. E. 9, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28:

    hordea,

    Verg. G. 1, 317:

    arbores,

    Col. 6, 3, 7:

    celeriter gladios strinxerunt,

    drew from the sheath, unsheathed, Caes. B. C. 3, 93:

    strictam aciem offerre,

    Verg. A. 6, 291:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 10, 577; so,

    gladios,

    id. ib. 12, 278; Ov. M. 7, 333:

    ensem,

    id. ib. 8, 207;

    14, 296: ferrum,

    Liv. 7, 40 al.:

    cultrum,

    id. 7, 5, 5; 3, 50, 3; and poet. transf.:

    manum,

    to bare, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 14; id. Tr. 5, 2, 30 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of speech, to touch upon, treat briefly, Sil. 8, 48.—Hence, to compress, abridge:

    narrationis loco rem stringat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 128 Spald.—
    B.
    To hold in check, to rule, sway (syn. coërceo):

    quaecumque meo gens barbara nutu Stringitur, adveniat,

    Claud. B. Get. 371.—
    C.
    To waste, consume, reduce:

    praeclaram stringat malus ingluvie rem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 8.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To touch, move, affect; esp. to affect painfully, to wound, pain:

    atque animum patriae strinxit pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 9, 294:

    quam tua delicto stringantur pectora nostro,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 21:

    nomen alicujus,

    id. ib. 2, 350.—
    E.
    To draw in hostility, attack with:

    in hostes stringatur iambus,

    Ov. R. Am. 377:

    bellum,

    Flor. 3, 21, 1.—Hence, strictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), drawn together, close, strait, tight, etc.
    A.
    Lit.:

    laxaret pedem a stricto nodo,

    Liv. 24, 7, 5:

    duriora genti corpora, stricti artus,

    Tac. G. 30:

    strictissima janua,

    Ov. R. Am. 233:

    si strictior fuerit pedatura,

    Hyg. Grom. 3, 1:

    emplastrum,

    thick, Scrib. Comp. 45 fin.:

    venter,

    i. e. bound up, costive, Veg. 3, 16:

    strictior aura,

    more severe, colder, Aus. Idyll. 14, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of language, brief, concise:

    quo minus (Aeschines) strictus est,

    Quint. 10, 1, 77:

    qui (Demosthenes) est strictior multo (quam Cicero),

    id. 12, 10, 52.—
    2.
    Of character, severe, strict:

    Catones,

    Manil. 5, 106:

    mentes,

    id. 1, 769:

    lex,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 87.—
    3.
    Rigid, exact (law Lat.):

    restitutio stricto jure non competebat,

    Dig. 29, 2, 85; 39, 3, 3 al.— Adv.: strictē and strictim, closely, tightly:

    in foramen conicies,

    Pall. Mart. 8, 2.— Comp., Pall. 1, 6.— Sup., Gell. 16, 3, 4.—
    2.
    Fig., accurately:

    strictius interpretari,

    Dig. 8, 2, 20.

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  • 14 cohaerens

    cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.
    I.
    Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

    Cic. Univ. 5:

    omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

    id. ib. 4:

    neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

    id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

    omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

    nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

    Lucr. 6, 1010:

    solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

    id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

    inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

    continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

    alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

    Quint. 8, 3, 68;

    so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

    Curt. 3, 11, 4;

    and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

    id. 3, 11, 5;

    of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

    id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—
    2.
    Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

    cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

    turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—
    2.
    Of things.
    a.
    In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

    quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

    Curt. 5, 1, 2.—
    b.
    In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

    em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

    i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

    tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

    dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

    non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

    id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

    animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

    male cohaerens cogitatio,

    Quint. 10, 6, 6:

    sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

    id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

    sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

    have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

    vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

    id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

    haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—
    3.
    Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

    omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

    virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

    vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

    id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—
    II. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    With dat.:

    temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

    Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

    nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

    scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

    id. M. 4, 553:

    fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

    Dig. 47, 2, 63:

    superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

    ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

    quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

    Curt. 4, 4, 11:

    experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

    Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

    qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

    adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—
    2.
    With cum and abl.:

    quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

    Cic. Top. 12, 53.—
    3.
    With in and abl.:

    cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

    Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—
    4.
    Absol.:

    jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

    i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—
    B.
    Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

    quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

    si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 89:

    ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

    creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8:

    potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

    Vell. 2, 47, 2.—
    2.
    To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

    sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,
    1.
    cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

    aptius et cohaerentius,

    Gell. 1, 1, 6.—
    * 2.
    cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

    dimicatum est,

    Flor. 2, 17, 5.—
    3.
    cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

    quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

    Gell. 15, 16, 4.

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  • 15 cohaereo

    cŏ-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cling together, to be united, either of that whose parts cling together, to cohere, or of that which cleaves to something else, to adhere.
    I.
    Of a whole as composed of parts, or of the parts of a whole, to cling together, be united, to cohere, press or crowd together.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    mundus ita apte cohaeret, ut dissolvi nullo modo queat, nisi ab eodem a quo est colligatus,

    Cic. Univ. 5:

    omnia autem duo ad cohaerendum tertium aliquid anquirunt et quasi nodum vinculumque desiderant,

    id. ib. 4:

    neque enim materiam ipsam cohaerere potuisse, si nullā vi contineretur,

    id. Ac. 1, 6, 24:

    omni naturā cohaerente et continuatā,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 28:

    nec res ulla magis primoribus ex elementis Indupedita suis arte conexa cohaeret Quam validi ferri natura,

    Lucr. 6, 1010:

    solidā primordia... Quae minimis stipata cohaerent partibus arte,

    id. 1, 610; 2, 67:

    inter se juga velut serie cohaerentia,

    continuous, Curt. 7, 3, 21.—Of persons in a throng, etc.:

    alii extremo complexu suorum cohaerentes,

    Quint. 8, 3, 68;

    so of soldiers in line of battle: conferti et quasi cohaerentes tela vibrare non poterant,

    Curt. 3, 11, 4;

    and of two contending armies: duae quippe acies ita cohaerebant, ut armis arma pulsarent,

    id. 3, 11, 5;

    of ships: binas quadriremes Macedones inter se ita junxerant, ut prorae cohaererent,

    id. 4, 3, 14: conexis et cohaerentibus aedificiis, * Tac. G. 16.—
    2.
    Pregn., to consist in or of, be composed of; with abl. (rare):

    cum alia quibus cohaererent homines e mortali genere sumpserint, quae fragilia essent et caduca, animum esse ingeneratum a deo,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 24; cf.: mundus omnibus partibus inter se congruentibus cohaeret et nititur, etc., Cic. Leg. ap. Lact. 5, 8, 10.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of persons united by kindred, friendship, etc., to be near, close, united:

    turpes ac perniciosos, etiamsi nobis sanguine cohaereant, amputandos,

    Quint. 8, 3, 75:

    est enim mihi perjucundum quod viri optimi mihique amicissimi adeo cohaesistis ut invicem vos obligari putetis,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 1.—
    2.
    Of things.
    a.
    In discourse, to belong together, be closely connected:

    quae... si suis quaeque temporibus reddere voluero, interrumpendae sunt res Asiae, quas... sicut inter se cohaerent, ita opere ipso conjungi aptius videri potest,

    Curt. 5, 1, 2.—
    b.
    In thought, to be consistent, agree together:

    em, Paululum obsoni, ipsus tristis, de inproviso nuptiae—Non cohaerent,

    i.e. cannot all be here at once, Ter. And. 2, 2, 24:

    tam eras excors, ut... non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime dijuncta atque contraria,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18:

    dubitandum non est quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere. Itaque accepimus Socratem exsecrari solitum eos qui primum haec naturā cohaerentia opinione distraxissent,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 11:

    non quaero jam, verumne sit: illud dico, ea, quae dicat, praeclare inter se cohaerere,

    id. Fin. 5, 27, 79:

    animadvertisti, quam multa dicta sint, quamque, etiam si minus vera, tamen apta inter se et cohaerentia,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

    male cohaerens cogitatio,

    Quint. 10, 6, 6:

    sensus inter se juncti, atque ita cohaerentes, ne, etc.,

    id. 7, 10, 16; 9, 4, 20; 9, 4, 63:

    sermo hercule familiaris et cottidianus non cohaerebit, si verba inter nos aucupamur,

    have a consistent meaning, be intelligible, Cic. Caecin. 18, 52:

    vix diserti adulescentis cohaerebat oratio,

    id. Cael. 7, 15; and of harmony in the arrangement of words: conlocabuntur igitur verba, ut aut inter se aptissime cohaereant extrema cum primis eaque sint quam suavissimis vocibus, etc., id. Or. 44, 149:

    haec collocatio verborum... quae junctam orationem efficit, quae cohaerentem, etc.,

    id. de Or. 3, 43, 172; Quint. 9, 4, 66.—
    3.
    Pregn., to hold together, i.e. remain, exist, maintain itself:

    omnibus modis fulciendi sunt, qui ruunt nec cohaerere possunt propter magnitudinem aegritudinis,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61:

    virtutes sine vitā beatā cohaerere non possunt, nec sine virtute vita beata,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 80:

    vix haec, si undique fulciamus, jam labefacta... nixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt,

    id. Har. Resp. 27, 60.—
    II. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    With dat.:

    temptanti dextera flxa est Cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, lignoque cohaesit,

    Ov. M. 5, 125; 11, 76:

    nec equo mea membra cohaerent,

    id. Am. 1, 4, 9:

    scopuloque affixa cohaesit,

    id. M. 4, 553:

    fructus quamdiu solo cohaerent,

    Dig. 47, 2, 63:

    superficies... quae natura solo cohaeret,

    ib. 44, 7, 44, § 1 fin.:

    quippe turris... muris hostium propemodum cohaerebat,

    Curt. 4, 4, 11:

    experimentum marmorati est in subigendo donec rutro non cohaereat,

    Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 177:

    qui cohaerent Mesopotamiae Rhoali vocantur,

    adjoin, id. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—
    2.
    With cum and abl.:

    quidquid enim sequitur quamque rem, id cohaeret cum re necessario,

    Cic. Top. 12, 53.—
    3.
    With in and abl.:

    cohaerentis videmus in conchis (margaritas), etc.,

    Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109.—
    4.
    Absol.:

    jamque ea (navis) quae non cohaerebat,

    i.e. which did not collide, Curt. 4, 4, 7.—
    B.
    Trop., to be closely connected with, in agreement or harmony with something else, to be consistent with:

    quod illa, quae prima dicuntur, si vehementer velis congruere et cohaerere cum causā, ex eis ducas oportet, quae post dicenda sunt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 19:

    si continget, etiam (id quod fingemus) verae alicui rei cohaereat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 89:

    ut non tamquam citharoedi prooemium adfictum aliquid, sed cohaerens cum omni corpore membrum videatur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

    creditis tot gentes... non sacris, non moribus, non commercio linguae nobiscum cohaerentes, eodem proelio domitas esse, etc.,

    Curt. 6, 3, 8:

    potentia male cohaerens inter Pompeium et Caesarem,

    Vell. 2, 47, 2.—
    2.
    To be vitally connected with, to depend upon a thing; with abl.:

    sed ita legibus Sullae cohaerere statum civitatis adfirmat, ut iis solutis stare ipsa non possit,

    Quint. 11, 1, 85.—Hence,
    1.
    cŏhae-rens, entis, P. a. (cohering, i.e.), being in accord, corresponding:

    aptius et cohaerentius,

    Gell. 1, 1, 6.—
    * 2.
    cŏhaerenter, adv., continuously, uninterruptedly:

    dimicatum est,

    Flor. 2, 17, 5.—
    3.
    cŏhaesus, a, um. P. a., pressed together:

    quercus stricta denuo et cohaesa,

    Gell. 15, 16, 4.

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  • 16 com-primō (conp-)

        com-primō (conp-) pressī, pressus, ere,    to press together, bring together, compress, close: (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat: labra, H.: oculos (of the dead), O.: murem, Ph.: ordines (of the army), to close, L.—To embrace, T., L.—Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be idle, L.—To hold, keep in, restrain, check, curb: animam, to hold the breath, T.: manūs, to keep off, T.: gressum, V.—To keep back, suppress, withhold, conceal: frumentum: delicta: famam, L. — Fig., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb, subdue: libidines: voluptates: animos: conatūs aliorum, L.: furores: seditionem, L.: voce manuque Murmura, O.: amor compressus edendi, i. e. satisfied, V.

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  • 17 compello

    1.
    com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16;

    to dispellere,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149;

    and to aspellere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).
    I.
    Lit. of herds, flocks:

    tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

    armentum in speluncam,

    Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.:

    pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,

    id. 9, 31, 7:

    greges in unum,

    Verg. E. 7, 2:

    pecus totius provinciae,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco ( poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects:

    primordia,

    Lucr. 2, 564:

    homines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    naves (hostium) in portum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    hostes intra oppida murosque,

    id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.:

    adversarios intra moenia,

    Nep. Ages. 5, 3:

    hostem fugatum in naves,

    Liv. 10, 2, 2:

    Dardanos in urbem,

    id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15:

    oppidanos intra munimenta,

    Curt. 8, 11, 1:

    hostes in fugam,

    Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.:

    bellum Medulliam,

    to turn the war thither, Liv. 1, 33, 4:

    is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,

    drove them into so close corners, Nep. Ham. 2, 4:

    Pompeium domum suam,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

    ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,

    Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18:

    ossa in suas sedes,

    Cels. 6, 7 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring or press together:

    amores nostros dispulsos,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149:

    cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.,
    B.
    To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.
    (α).
    With ad (freq. in Suet.):

    aliquem ad virtutem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

    ad arma,

    Cic. Marcell. 5, 13:

    ad bellum,

    Ov. M. 5, 219:

    ad deditionem fame,

    Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19:

    ad necem,

    Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7:

    ad confessionem,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    ad pugnam,

    id. ib. 21:

    ad rapinas,

    Luc. 7, 99:

    ad defectionem,

    Curt. 10, 1, 45:

    ad laqueum,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

    ad impudicitiam,

    Dig. 1, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    in eundem metum,

    Liv. 25, 29, 8:

    in socordiam,

    Col. 11, 1, 11:

    in mortem,

    Quint. 7, 3, 7:

    in metum,

    Tac. H. 2, 27. —
    (γ).
    With ut:

    callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2. —
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    aliquem jussa nefanda pati,

    Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

    aliquā indignatione compellendus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138:

    ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.:

    periculis compulsus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.
    2.
    compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo], to accost one.
    I.
    Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.):

    aliquem voce,

    Verg. A. 5, 161; and:

    notis vocibus,

    id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839:

    blande hominem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43:

    familiariter,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24:

    talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,

    Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585:

    Tauream nomine,

    Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20:

    aliquem multo honore,

    Verg. A. 3, 474:

    verbis amicis,

    id. ib. 2, 372:

    aliquam de stupro,

    to invite to unchastity, Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.:

    compellare,

    Hyg. Fab. 57.—
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,

    Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

    neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 5:

    pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8:

    ne compellarer inultus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
    B.
    Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello):

    Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52:

    Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,

    id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.

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  • 18 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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  • 19 conpello

    1.
    com-pello ( conp-), pŭli, pulsum, 3, v. a., to drive together to a place, to collect, assemble (opp. expello, Cic. Pis. 7, 16;

    to dispellere,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149;

    and to aspellere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 46; class.).
    I.
    Lit. of herds, flocks:

    tum compellendum (agnos) in gregem ovium,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:

    armentum in speluncam,

    Liv. 1, 7, 5; cf.:

    pecoris vim ingentem in saltum avium,

    id. 9, 31, 7:

    greges in unum,

    Verg. E. 7, 2:

    pecus totius provinciae,

    Cic. Pis. 36, 87: haedorum gregem hibisco ( poet. for ad hibiscum), Verg. E. 2, 30.—Also of other objects:

    primordia,

    Lucr. 2, 564:

    homines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    naves (hostium) in portum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:

    hostes intra oppida murosque,

    id. B. G. 7, 65; so of the driving or forcing of enemies in a body; cf.:

    adversarios intra moenia,

    Nep. Ages. 5, 3:

    hostem fugatum in naves,

    Liv. 10, 2, 2:

    Dardanos in urbem,

    id. 41, 19, 9; Suet. Vit. 15:

    oppidanos intra munimenta,

    Curt. 8, 11, 1:

    hostes in fugam,

    Just. 4, 4.—Hence fig.:

    bellum Medulliam,

    to turn the war thither, Liv. 1, 33, 4:

    is (hostes) eo compulit ut locorum angustiis clausi, etc.,

    drove them into so close corners, Nep. Ham. 2, 4:

    Pompeium domum suam,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

    ad monumentorum deversoria plebe compulsā,

    Suet. Ner. 38: quam (imaginem) virga semel horrida... Nigro compulerit gregi, * Hor. C. 1, 24, 18:

    ossa in suas sedes,

    Cels. 6, 7 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To bring or press together:

    amores nostros dispulsos,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 149:

    cur eam tantas in angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112.—Far more freq.,
    B.
    To drive, bring, move, impel, incite, urge, compel, force, constrain to something; constr. with ad, in, more rarely with ut, the inf. or absol.
    (α).
    With ad (freq. in Suet.):

    aliquem ad virtutem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 10:

    ad arma,

    Cic. Marcell. 5, 13:

    ad bellum,

    Ov. M. 5, 219:

    ad deditionem fame,

    Suet. Aug. 14; Curt. 9, 1, 19:

    ad necem,

    Suet. Aug. 66; id. Calig. 23; id. Ner. 35: ad mortem, id. Tib. 56; Quint. 7, 3, 7:

    ad confessionem,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    ad pugnam,

    id. ib. 21:

    ad rapinas,

    Luc. 7, 99:

    ad defectionem,

    Curt. 10, 1, 45:

    ad laqueum,

    Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12:

    ad impudicitiam,

    Dig. 1, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in hunc sensum compellor injuriis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

    in eundem metum,

    Liv. 25, 29, 8:

    in socordiam,

    Col. 11, 1, 11:

    in mortem,

    Quint. 7, 3, 7:

    in metum,

    Tac. H. 2, 27. —
    (γ).
    With ut:

    callidum senem callidis dolis Conpuli et perpuli, mihi omnia ut crederet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 4; Suet. Caes. 1; 24; id. Vesp. 2; Tac. Or. 4; Curt. 8, 8, 2. —
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    aliquem jussa nefanda pati,

    Ov. F. 3, 860; Luc. 3, 144; Suet. Tib. 62; id. Dom. 14; Curt. 5, 1, 35; Just. 16, 5; 30, 3; Gai Inst. 2, 237.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    ceteras nationes conterruit, compulit, domuit,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33:

    aliquā indignatione compellendus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 138:

    ille qui aspellit, is conpellit,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 46; freq. in perf. part.:

    periculis compulsus,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 11; Caes. B. C. 3, 41; Liv. 27, 30, 3.
    2.
    compello ( conp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. compello; cf. 2. appello, āre, from 1. appello, ĕre, and jugare, from root of jungo], to accost one.
    I.
    Without implying reproach, to accost, address (mostly poet.): exin compellare pater me voce videtur his verbis, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41 (Ann. v. 45 Vahl.); so, aliquem, id. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 256 ib.):

    aliquem voce,

    Verg. A. 5, 161; and:

    notis vocibus,

    id. ib. 6, 499; cf. Ov. M. 14, 839:

    blande hominem,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 72; cf. id. Stich. 2, 1, 43:

    familiariter,

    id. Men. 2, 3, 23: carmine, * Cat. 64, 24:

    talibus agrestem com pellat Oreada dictis,

    Ov. M. 8, 787; 12, 585:

    Tauream nomine,

    Liv. 23, 47, 2; Curt. 4, 13, 20:

    aliquem multo honore,

    Verg. A. 3, 474:

    verbis amicis,

    id. ib. 2, 372:

    aliquam de stupro,

    to invite to unchastity, Val. Max. 6, 1, 2; in like sense absol.:

    compellare,

    Hyg. Fab. 57.—
    II. A.
    In gen.:

    mimus nominatim Accium poëtam compellavit in scaenā,

    Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

    neque aspexit mater, quin eum fratricidam impiumque detestans compellaret,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 5:

    pro cunctatore segnem, pro cauto timidum compellabat,

    Liv. 22, 12, 12; 34, 2, 8:

    ne compellarer inultus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; 1, 7, 31; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
    B.
    Esp., jurid. t. t., of authorities, to summon one to answer a charge; or of adversaries, to arraign one before a tribunal, to accuse of crime (cf. 2. appello):

    Q. Ciceronem compellat edicto,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 17; id. Red. in Sen. 5, 12; 13, 52:

    Nigidius minari in contione, se judicem, qui non adfuerit, compellaturum,

    id. Att. 2, 2, 3; so id. Phil. 3, 7, 17; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Liv. 43, 2, 11; Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Caes. 17.

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  • 20 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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