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  • 21 dē-vorō

        dē-vorō āvī, ātus, āre,    to swallow, gulp down, devour, consume: id quod devoratur: Pro epulis auras, O.—To swallow up, ingulf, absorb: devorer telluris hiatu, O.: vel me Charybdis devoret, O.— To seize greedily, swallow eagerly, devour: spe praedam: spe devoratum lucrum.—To repress, suppress, check: lacrimas, O.—To consume, waste: pecuniam: beneficia Caesaris.—Fig., to swallow, bear patiently, endure: hominum ineptias: molestiam.—To accept eagerly, enjoy: illos libros: verbum (voluptatis): eius oratio a multitudine devorabatur.

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  • 22 dis-simulō

        dis-simulō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make unlike, disguise: tauro dissimulante deum, concealing the divinity, O.: se, to assume another form, O.: capillos Dissimulant plumae, i. e. take the place of, O.—To dissemble, hide, conceal, keep secret: etsi ea dissimulas, pretend that it is not so, T.: dissimulatus amor, T.: neque dissimulari tantum scelus poterat: rem diutius, Cs.: occultam febrem, H.: gaudia, O.: se scire, etc: quin delecter: de coniuratione, S.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: Ridens dissimulare, pretend not to take my meaning, H.: dissimulant, repress their feelings, V.— To disregard, pass unnoticed, ignore: Aeolia sine supplicio dissimulata, Ta.: conscientiā belli Sacrovir diu dissimulatus, Ta.

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  • 23 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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  • 24 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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  • 25 re-tardō

        re-tardō āvī, ātus, āre,    to keep back, hinder, delay, detain, impede, retard: (stellarum) motūs retardantur: equos retardant Flumina, V.: tua ne retardet Aura maritos, H.: in quo cursu, tum retardando, tum, etc., lagging behind.—Fig., to retard, repress, check, keep back, avert, hinder: ad quem (agrum) fruendum: impetūs hostium esse intellegunt retardatos: celeritatem persequendi: animos testium: auxilium: me a scribendo.

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  • 26 retineō

        retineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [re-+teneo], to hold back, keep back, keep, detain, retain, restrain: me, T.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Cs.: in loco milites, Cs.: venit id tempus, ut retinendus esset, must be kept (to dinner): biduum tempestate retentus, detained, Cs.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines: euntem, O.: consulem, L.: naves pro bonis Tarquiniorum ab Aristodemo retentae sunt, i. e. as security, L.: manūs ab ore, O.— To hold fast, keep possession of, retain, keep: arcum manu: retentā utrāque nave, Cs.: mansuetudine provinciam: oppidum, Cs.—Fig., to hold in check, keep within bounds, restrain, check, repress: Pudore liberos, i. e. control, T.: cursum in suā potestate: Gaudia, O.: verba dolore, O.: quos natura retinere in officio non potuisset: si ab hostibus metu retenti sumus, L.: lingua retenta metu, O.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum inrumperent, Cs.— To hold fast, keep, retain: amicos observantiā: gravitatem: ferociam animi in voltu, S.: proeliorum memoriam, Cs.: Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures, H.— To keep, preserve, maintain, uphold: retinere in vitā: integram causam: suum ius: pristinam virtutem, Cs.: caritatem in pastores: de finibus retentae defensaeque sententiae: vehementer id retinebatur, ne, etc., was insisted on. —To occupy, engross, fix the attention of: studium in legendo erectum retinetur: animos hominum in legendo: Ore suo volucrīs vagas, O.
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    retinere, retinui, retentus V
    hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain,preserve

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  • 27 re-tundō

        re-tundō rettudī or retudī, tūsus or tūnsus, ere,    to beat back, blunt, dull: ferrum: in Massagetas ferrum, H.: gladios in rem p. destrictos: coniurationis tela.—Fig., to blunt, dull, deaden, weaken, restrain, check, repress: (censori stili) mucronem: animum, T.: impetum erumpentium, L.: Aetolorum linguas, silence, L.: superbiam, Ph.

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  • 28 supprimō (subp-)

        supprimō (subp-) pressī, pressus, ere    [sub+ premo].—Of vessels, to sink, send to the bottom: quattuor (naves) suppressae, L.— To keep back, withhold: eam (pecuniam).— To hold back, keep back, check, stop, detain, restrain: hostem nostros insequentem, Cs.: aërii cursūs habenas, O.: vocem, let fall, O.: partem vocis, O.—Fig., to conceal, suppress: quae (senatūs consulta) supprimebantur, L.: coniurationis indicium, Cu.: nomen alcuius, Ta.— To check, repress: aegritudinem: impetum militum, L.: querelas, O.: iram, L.

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  • 29 teneō

        teneō tenuī, —, ēre    [2 TA-], to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast: flabellulum, T.: facem, V. telum, L.: cruentum gladium: manu Fragmina, O.: Dextra tenet ferrum, O.: ore cibum, Ph.: Hanc teneo sinu, O.; cf. cum res non coniecturā, sed oculis ac manibus teneretur, i. e. was palpable. —Fig., to hold in mind, take in, understand, conceive, comprehend, know: rem tenes, you understand the situation, T.: teneo, I understand, T.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur: quo pacto cuncta tenerem, H.—Implying possession or control, to hold, possess, be master of, control, occupy: multa hereditatibus tenebantur sine iniuriā: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, H.: loca, L.: colles praesidiis, Cs.: terras, H.: alterum cornu, command, N.: provincias aliaque omnia, S.: rem p. opes paucorum tenere coeperunt, to control public affairs: ut res p. vi tribuniciā teneretur, should be mastered, cf. qui tenent (sc. rem p.), qui potiuntur, i. e. who are in supreme power: me Galatea tenebat, i. e. held my affections, V.: teneone te? i. e. are you restored to me? T.—Implying persistence, to hold fast, keep, occupy, watch, guard, defend, maintain, retain: legio locum non tenuit, Cs.: Capitolia celsa, V.: in manicis te sub custode, H.: Athenae tuae sempiternam in arce oleam tenere potuerunt.—Of a way or course, to hold, keep, maintain, follow up: secundissimo vento cursum, to hold one's course: vento intermisso cursum, Cs.: Quove tenetis iter? V.: tenuit tamen vestigia Bucar, L.: Aeneam... ab Siciliā classe ad Laurentem agrum tenuisse (sc. cursum), sailed, L.: medio tutissimus ibis... Inter utrumque tene, O.; cf. hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, blows the wrong way, N.—Fig., to hold fast, guard, preserve, uphold, keep, insist on: consuetudinem meam: non tenebat ornatum suum civitas: ius suum: haec duo in amicitiā, etc.: imperium in suos: silentium, L. — To hold fast, maintain, support, defend, uphold, insist: illud arcte tenent, voluptatem esse summum bonum: propositum, maintain, Cs.: suas leges: quo causae teste tenentur, H.: plebs tenuit, ne consules in proximum annum crearentur, L.: tenuere patres, ut Fabius consul crearetur, L.— Of the memory, to hold, keep: tui memoriam cum summā benevolentiā, preserve a recollection of: memoriā tenetis, res esse, etc., you remember numeros memini, si verba tenerem, recollect, V.: dicta tenere, H.—Of disposition or desire, to possess, occupy, control: quae te tanta pravitas mentis tenuerit, ut, etc., has had possession of you: magna me spes tenet: nisi forte quem perniciosa libido tenet, S.: neque irā neque gratiā teneri, to be controlled: pompā, ludis, to be fascinated: ab <*>ratore iam obsessus est ac tenetur.— To hold position, maintain oneself, stay, be posted: quā abscisae rupes erant, statio paucorum armatorum tenebat, L.: tenent Danai, quā deficit ignis, V.— To hold out, hold on, last, endure, continue, maintain itself, prevail: imber per noctem totam tenuit, L.: tenet fama, lupam, etc, L.: fama tenuit, haud plus fuisse modio, L.—Implying attainment, to reach, arrive at, attain, occupy: montes Sabini petebant et pauci tenuere, L.: portum, L.: Hesperiam, O.—Fig., to reach, gain, acquire, obtain, attain: per cursum rectum regnum tenere: virtute regnum, L.: teneri res aliter non potest: causam, O.—Implying restraint, to hold fast, hold back, hinder, restrain, detain, check, control, stay: naves, quae vento tenebantur, Cs.: classem ibi tenebat, L.: si id te non tenet, advola: Marcellum ab gerundis rebus: ne diutius teneam: tene linguam, O.: pecus omne tenendum, V.: manum, H.: quo me decet usque teneri? V.: lacrimas in morte miserā: exercitum in stativis, L.—With pron reflex., to keep back, remain, stay: castris sese, Cs.: castris se pavidus tenebat, L.: a conventu se remotum domi, N.: me ab accusando, refrain.— Fig., to hold, hold back, repress, restrain, bind, fetter: iracundiam: risum: iram, Cu.: ea, quae occurrunt, keep to themselves: Sed te, ne faceres, tenuit reverentia famae, O.—Implying constraint, to bind, hold, obligate, be binding on, control: quamquam leges eum non tenent: interdicto non teneri: ut plebi scita omnes Quirites tenerent, L.: teneri alienis foederibus, L.: poenā teneri, to be liable: testibus in re perspicuā teneri, to be convicted.— Implying comprehension, to take in, comprise, comprehend, include: haec magnos formula reges tenet. H.: ut homines deorum agnatione et gente teneantur: id quod (genus officiorum) teneatur hominum societate.
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    tenere, tenui, tentus V
    hold, keep; comprehend; possess; master; preserve; represent; support

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  • 30 coherceo

    cohercere, cohercui, cohercitus V TRANS
    enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish

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  • 31 cohibeo

    confine, restrain, hold back, repress.

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  • 32 compescor

    I.
    to fasten together, hold in check, restrain, curb
    II.
    to suppress, repress, check, restrain.

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  • 33 coerceo

    cŏ-ercĕo, cui, cĭtum, 2, v. a. [arceo], to enclose something on all sides or wholly, to hold together, to surround, encompass:

    qui (mundus) omnia complexu suo coërcet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 58; cf. id. ib. 2, 40, 101; Ov. M. 1, 31:

    quā circum Galli lorica coërcet,

    where the Gallic coat of mail encloses, Lucr. 6, 954; cf.

    of a band holding the hair together,

    Ov. M. 1, 477; 2, 413; Hor. C. 2, 19, 19; 1, 10, 18:

    est animus vitaï claustra coërcens,

    holding together the bands of life, Lucr. 3, 396.—
    B.
    Esp. with the access. idea of hindering free motion by surrounding; to restrain, confine, shut in, hold in confinement, repress (freq. and class.):

    (amnis) nullis coërcitus ripis,

    Liv. 21, 31, 11; cf. Ov. M. 1, 342:

    (aqua) jubetur ab arbitro coërceri,

    to be kept in, repressed, Cic. Top. 9, 39 (cf., just before, the more usual arcere, v. arceo, II.); Dig. 43, 22, 1, §§ 6 and 8;

    47, 11, 10: impetum aquarum,

    Curt. 8, 13, 9.—Of pruning plants:

    vitem serpentem multiplici lapsu et erratico, ferro amputans coërcet ars agricolarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 52;

    so of the vine,

    Col. 3, 21, 7; 4, 1, 5; Quint. 9, 4, 5; cf. id. 8, 3, 10.—Hence, sacrum (lucum), to trim, clip, Cato, R. R. 139:

    quibus (operibus) intra muros coërcetur hostis,

    Liv. 5, 5, 2:

    (mortuos) noviens Styx interfusa coërcet,

    Verg. A. 6, 439; cf.:

    Tantalum atque Tantali Genus coërcet (Orcus),

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 38:

    carcere coërcere animalia,

    Plin. 10, 50, 72, § 141:

    Hypermnestra... gravibus coërcita vinclis,

    Ov. H. 14, 3; cf.: eos morte, exsilio, vinclis, damno coërcent, [p. 360] Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

    aliquem custodiā,

    Dig. 41, 1, 3, § 2:

    Galliae Alpibus coërcitae,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5:

    miles coërcitus in tot receptis ex potestate hostium urbibus,

    Liv. 36, 24, 7.— Poet.: Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae juvenes, hold together, i. e. command, lead on, Verg. A. 9, 27.—
    II.
    Trop.,
    A.
    Of discourse, to keep within limits, control, confine, restrain, limit (syn.:

    contineo, cohibeo): ut (nos) quasi extra ripas diffluentes coërceret,

    Cic. Brut. 91, 316; cf. id. Fin. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 12, 1, 20; 9, 2, 76; 10, 4, 1;

    and, the figure taken from bridling or curbing horses (cf.: frenisque coërcuit ora,

    Ov. M. 5, 643; and:

    spumantiaque ora coërcet,

    id. ib. 6, 226):

    exsultantia,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1; cf. id. 10, 3, 10:

    Augustus addiderat consilium coercendi intra terminos imperii,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—Of words bound by measure:

    numeris verba coërcere,

    Ov. P. 4, 8, 73.—But most freq.,
    B.
    Morally, to hold some fault, some passion, etc., or the erring or passionate person in check, to curb, restrain, tame, correct, etc. (syn.:

    contineo, cohibeo, refreno, reprimo, domo): cupiditates,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194; Quint. 12, 2, 28:

    temeritatem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 47:

    improbitatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

    rabiem gentis,

    Liv. 41, 27, 4:

    faenus,

    id. 32, 27, 3:

    procacitatem hominis manibus,

    Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

    suppliciis delicta,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 79 al.:

    aliquid poenae aut infamiae metu,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    omnibus modis socios atque cives,

    Sall. C. 29 fin.:

    genus hominum neque beneficio, neque metu coërcitum,

    id. J. 91, 7:

    duabus coërcitis gentibus,

    Liv. 31, 43, 4; 39, 32, 11; Caes. B. C. 1, 67:

    verberibus potius quam verbis,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 5; so Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Off. 3, 5, 23;

    v. A. supra: pueros fuste,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 134; Tac. G. 25:

    incensum ac flagrantem animum,

    id. Agr. 4:

    licentiam,

    id. H. 1, 35.— Poet.:

    carmen, quod non Multa dies et multa litura coërcuit,

    corrected, finished, Hor. A. P. 293.

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  • 34 cohibeo

    cŏ-hĭbĕo, ui ( perf. subj. cohibessit, Lucr. 3, 444 Lachm.), ĭtum, 2, v. a. [habeo].
    I.
    To hold together, to hold, contain, confine, embrace, comprise (class.;

    syn. contineo): omnes naturas ipsa (universa natura) cohibet et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 13, 35; Lucr. 3, 441 sq.; 1, 517; 1, 536:

    (nubes) ut fumus constare nequirent, Nec cohibere nives gelidas et grandinis imbres,

    id. 6, 107:

    aliquid in se,

    id. 2, 1031; cf. Cic. Fat. 9, 19:

    at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris,

    Verg. A. 3, 424:

    semen occaecatum,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

    nodo crinem,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 22:

    namque marem cohibent callosa (ova) vitellum,

    id. S. 2, 4, 14:

    auro lacertos,

    to encircle, Ov. H. 9, 59:

    bracchium togā,

    Cic. Cael. 5, 11:

    deos parietibus,

    Tac. G. 9.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare): sed interest inter causas fortuito antegressas, et inter causas cohibentis in se efficientiam naturalem, Cic. Fat. 9, 19.—
    II.
    With the access. idea of hindering free motion, to hold, keep, keep back, hinder, stay, restrain, stop, etc. (in a lit. sense in prose rare, but trop. very freq.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    cohibete intra limen etiam vos parumper,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 1:

    nec muris cohibet patriis media Ardea Turnum,

    Verg. A. 9, 738:

    carcere ventos,

    Ov. M. 14, 224:

    ventos in antris,

    id. ib. 15, 346: cervos arcu, to stop, poet. for to kill, Hor. C. 4, 6, 34:

    nec Stygiā cohibebor undā,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 8:

    tempestatibus in portibus cohiberi, Auct. B. Afr. 98: cohiberi in vinculis,

    Curt. 6, 2, 11:

    Pirithoum cohibent catenae,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 80:

    claustra cohibentia Janum,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 255:

    ab aliquā re,

    Liv. 22, 3, 9; Tac. A. 1, 56:

    sanguis spongiā in aceto tinctā cohibendus est,

    Cels. 8, 4; cf. Plin. 27, 11, 69, § 93:

    alvum,

    id. 29, 3, 11, § 49:

    milites intra castra,

    Curt. 10, 3, 6:

    aquilones jugis montium,

    id. 8, 9, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Cohibere aliquid or cohibere se, to stop something (or one ' s self), to hold in check, to restrain, limit, confine, keep back, repress, tame, subdue (syn.:

    contineo, refreno, arceo, coerceo): motus animi perturbatos,

    Cic. Off. 2, 5, 18:

    furentis impetus crudelissimosque conatus,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 5; cf.:

    furorem alicujus,

    id. ib. 5, 13, 37:

    temeritatem,

    id. Ac. 1, 12, 45:

    gaudia clausa in sinu tacito,

    Prop. 2 (3), 25, 30:

    iras,

    Verg. A. 12, 314:

    pravas aliorum spes,

    Tac. A. 3, 56:

    ac premeret sensus suos,

    id. ib. 3, 11:

    bellum,

    Liv. 9, 29, 5:

    malum,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    sumptus,

    Arn. 2, p. 91:

    violentias effrenati doloris,

    Gell. 12, 5, 3:

    altitudinem aedificiorum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43:

    (provinciae) quae procuratoribus cohibentur,

    i. e. are ruled, id. H. 1, 11: non tu te cohibes? be moderate in grief, * Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 46; so Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Gell. 4, 9, 3.—
    (β).
    With quominus:

    vix cohibuere amici, quominus eodem mari oppeteret,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.— Pass.:

    ne flumine quidem interjecto, cohiberi quominus, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 10.—
    (γ).
    With inf., Calp. Ecl. 4, 20 (but in Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 60; id. Caecin. 23, 66; Auct. B. G. 8, 23, prohibere is the true reading).—
    2.
    Aliquid ab aliquā re or aliquo, to keep something from something (or somebody), to ward off:

    manus ab alieno,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 12:

    manus, oculos, animum ab auro gazāque regiā,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66:

    effrenatas suas libidines a liberis et a conjugibus vestris,

    id. Mil. 28, 76:

    adsensionem a rebus incertis,

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 1.—Hence, cŏhĭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., confined, limited, moderate:

    dicendi genus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 7.— Comp.:

    habitudo cohibitior,

    Aus. Grat. Act. 27, 2.

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  • 35 combibo

    1.
    com-bĭbo ( conb-), bĭbi, 3, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to drink with any one as a companion (very rare):

    aeque combibendi et convivandi peritissimus,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 15.—
    II.
    Act., to drink completely up, to absorb, to imbibe (the most common signif., rare before the Aug. per., in Cic. only once trop.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    combibunt guttura sucos,

    Ov. M. 13, 944; 7, 287: atrum venenum corpo re, * Hor. C. 1, 37, 28:

    ore lacrimas alicujus,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 326:

    lacrimas meas,

    to repress, conceal, id. H. 11, 54, Sen. Ep. 49, 1. —Of the absorbing of the rays of the sun:

    cute soles,

    Mart. 10, 12, 7; cf. the foll.—
    2.
    Transf. to inanimate objects:

    metreta amurcam,

    Cato, R. R. 100 Schneid. N. cr.:

    ara cruorem,

    Ov. M. 13, 410:

    testa oleum,

    Col. 12, 50, 17, p. 527 Bip.:

    uvae mustum,

    id. 12, 39, 1 ' caepa jus, id. 12, 10, 2:

    baca salem,

    id. 12, 47, 10, p. 519 Bip.:

    sic modo combibitur ingens Erasinus in arvis,

    is swallowed up, Ov. M. 15, 275.—Of the absorbing of the sun's rays:

    scrobes solem pluviasque,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 80; so,

    cupressus flammas,

    Stat. Th. 10, 675.—And poet. of imbibing, i. e. receiving spots (after perfundere):

    combibit os maculas,

    Ov. M. 5, 455.—
    B.
    Trop.: artes, * Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9; so,

    illapsos per viscera luxus,

    Sil. 11, 402.
    2.
    combĭbo ( conb-), ōnis, m. [1. combibo], a pot-companion, perh. only Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 13, and Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2.

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  • 36 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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  • 37 conbibo

    1.
    com-bĭbo ( conb-), bĭbi, 3, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr., to drink with any one as a companion (very rare):

    aeque combibendi et convivandi peritissimus,

    Sen. Ep. 123, 15.—
    II.
    Act., to drink completely up, to absorb, to imbibe (the most common signif., rare before the Aug. per., in Cic. only once trop.).
    A.
    Prop.:

    combibunt guttura sucos,

    Ov. M. 13, 944; 7, 287: atrum venenum corpo re, * Hor. C. 1, 37, 28:

    ore lacrimas alicujus,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 326:

    lacrimas meas,

    to repress, conceal, id. H. 11, 54, Sen. Ep. 49, 1. —Of the absorbing of the rays of the sun:

    cute soles,

    Mart. 10, 12, 7; cf. the foll.—
    2.
    Transf. to inanimate objects:

    metreta amurcam,

    Cato, R. R. 100 Schneid. N. cr.:

    ara cruorem,

    Ov. M. 13, 410:

    testa oleum,

    Col. 12, 50, 17, p. 527 Bip.:

    uvae mustum,

    id. 12, 39, 1 ' caepa jus, id. 12, 10, 2:

    baca salem,

    id. 12, 47, 10, p. 519 Bip.:

    sic modo combibitur ingens Erasinus in arvis,

    is swallowed up, Ov. M. 15, 275.—Of the absorbing of the sun's rays:

    scrobes solem pluviasque,

    Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 80; so,

    cupressus flammas,

    Stat. Th. 10, 675.—And poet. of imbibing, i. e. receiving spots (after perfundere):

    combibit os maculas,

    Ov. M. 5, 455.—
    B.
    Trop.: artes, * Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9; so,

    illapsos per viscera luxus,

    Sil. 11, 402.
    2.
    combĭbo ( conb-), ōnis, m. [1. combibo], a pot-companion, perh. only Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 13, and Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 2.

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  • 38 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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  • 39 decoquo

    dē-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To boil away, boil down, diminish by boiling.
    A.
    Lit.:

    usque quo ad tertiam partem decoxeris,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26;

    so acetum ad quartas, ad tertias,

    Col. 12, 34; Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140:

    in dimidiam partem,

    Col. 12, 24, 1:

    aquam,

    id. 12, 26:

    pars quarta (argenti) decocta erat,

    had melted away, passed off into dross, Liv. 32, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    With acc., to diminish, repress, consume, waste:

    multum inde decoquent anni,

    Quint. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 31:

    accensam sed qui bene decoquat iram,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 349.— Poet., with a personal object:

    hic campo indulget, hunc alea decoquit,

    Pers. 5, 57.—
    2.
    Absol.
    a.
    Of personal subjects, to run through the property of one's self or others; to become a bankrupt:

    tenesne memoria, praetextatum te decoxisse?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 18:

    qui primus hoc cognomen acceperit decoxit creditoribus suis,

    Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 133.—
    b.
    To waste away, become impaired, decline:

    res ipsa jam domino decoxit,

    Col. 11, 1, 28:

    quibus (annis) inertiā Caesarum (imperium) quasi decoxit,

    Flor. 1, Prooem. 8:

    templorum vectigalia cotidie decoquunt,

    Tert. adv. Gent. 42:

    spero non tibi decoquet ornithon,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16.
    II.
    To boil, cook.
    A.
    Lit.:

    axungiam fictili novo,

    Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 138:

    cyathum aceti in calice novo,

    id. 32, 7, 25, § 78:

    lentem in vino,

    id. 22, 25, 77, § 147:

    rapa aqua,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 126: olus, * Hor. S. 2, 1, 74 et saep.—Hence,
    2.
    Part. perf. subst.
    a.
    dēcocta, ae, f. (sc. aqua), an icy-cold decoction, invented by Nero as a drink, Suet. Ner. 48; Juv. 5, 50; cf. Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39. With aqua, Mart. 14, 116.—
    b.
    dē-coctum, i, n., a medicinal drink, potion, Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; 27, 12, 84, § 108 al.—
    B.
    Transf., pass. (acc. to coquo, no. I. b.), to ripen, dry, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226; Pall. 1, 34, 7.—
    2.
    To concoct, fabricate, invent: consilia nefarii facinoris, Decl. M. Posc. Latr.—
    3.
    Trop.: suavitatem habeat orator austeram et solidam, non dulcem et decoctam, a severe and solid, not a luscious and mellow sweetness (the fig. being taken from wine), Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, dēcoctĭus, adj. comp. (cf. no. II. B. 2.), riper, of composition; more carefully elaborated:

    aspice et haec, si forte aliquid decoctius audis,

    Pers. 1, 125.

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  • 40 dissimulo

    dissĭmŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [dissimilis], to feign that a thing is not that which it is; to dissemble, disguise; to hide, conceal, keep secret (cf.: fingo, simulo, confingo, comminiscor—very freq. and class.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    nihil fingam, nihil dissimulem, nihil obtegam,

    Cic. Att. 1, 18:

    aliquid (with tegere),

    Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 2;

    with obtegere,

    Suet. Ner. 29;

    with celare,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 105;

    with occultare,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105; Caes. B. C. 2, 31, 6; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 86:

    nec, ut emat melius, nec ut vendat, quicquam simulabit aut dissimulabit vir bonus,

    id. Off. 3, 15; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 4:

    quaedam in actione dissimulata,

    Quint. 6, 4, 14: consonantium quaedam insequente vocali dissimulatur, is obscured, said of elision in poetry, id. 11, 3, 34:

    occultam febrem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 23; cf.

    metum,

    id. C. 2, 20, 17:

    gaudia,

    Ov. M. 6, 653:

    nomen suum,

    id. Tr. 4, 9, 32:

    natum cultu,

    id. M. 13, 163:

    se,

    to assume another form, id. ib. 2, 731:

    deum,

    i. e. concealing his divinity, id. H. 4, 56; id. F. 5, 504; cf. also pass. with mid. force:

    dissimulata deam,

    id. ib. 6, 507; Stat. Silv. 1, 2, 14;

    and virum veste longa (Achilles),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 690.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    dissimulabam me harum sermoni operam dare,

    Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 54; so id. Most. 5, 1, 23; Cic. Att. 8, 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 2, 2; Suet. Caes. 10; 73; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 5 al. —
    (γ).
    With a rel. clause:

    nec judices, a quo sint moti, dissimulant,

    Quint. 12, 9, 7; so id. 6 prooem. § 7; Verg. A. 4, 291 al.—
    * (δ).
    With quasi:

    dissimulabo, hos quasi non videam,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 2.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: plane ea est;

    sed quomodo dissimulabat!

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 53; id. Most. 4, 3, 23; id. Men. 4, 2, 44; 78; Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Mur. 19, 40 (opp. fateri); Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 1; Hor. S. 1, 9, 66; Ov. H. 17, 151 et saep.:

    dissimulant,

    they repress their feelings, Verg. A. 1, 516.—
    (ζ).
    With de:

    primo fingere alia, dissimulare de conjuratione, etc.,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    de condicione sua,

    Dig. 40, 13, 4.—
    * II.
    To leave unnoticed, to neglect:

    damnosam curationem,

    Veg. Vet. 1 prooem. §

    5: quod dissimulatum,

    Amm. 21, 3.— Hence, dissĭmŭlanter, adv., dissemblingly, clandestinely, secretly:

    non aperte, nec eodem modo semper, sed varie dissimulanterque conclusis,

    Cic. Brut. 79, 274; id. Fam. 1, 5, b. fin.; Liv. 40, 23; Suet. Tib. 21 (opp. Palam); Ov. H. 20, 132 al.— Comp. and sup. do not occur.

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  • Repress — Re*press , n. The act of repressing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repress — I verb allay, bottle up, bridle, censor, check, choke, comprimere, control, cork, crush, curb, damp, dampen, deaden, domineer, dull, enchain, gag, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold in, hush, inhibit, keep down, keep in, keep in check, keep under… …   Law dictionary

  • repress — late 14c., to check, restrain, from L. repressus, pp. of reprimere hold back, check, from re back + premere to push (see PRESS (Cf. press) (v.1)). Used of feelings or desires from late 14c.; in the purely psychological sense, it represents Ger.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • repress — *suppress Analogous words: *restrain, curb, check, inhibit: subdue, overcome (see CONQUER) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • repress — [v] keep back, hold in black out*, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork*, crush, curb, gridlock*, hinder, hold back, inhibit, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps*, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome,… …   New thesaurus

  • repress — ► VERB 1) subdue by force. 2) restrain, prevent, or inhibit. 3) suppress (a thought or feeling) in oneself so that it becomes or remains unconscious. DERIVATIVES represser noun repressible adjective repression noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

  • repress — 01. As a child, she always had to [repress] her anger because her parents wouldn t allow her to argue with them. 02. If you always [repress] your feelings, you could end up with high blood pressure or something. 03. His long [repressed]… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • repress — [[t]rɪpre̱s[/t]] represses, repressing, repressed 1) VERB If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. [V n] People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares... [V n] It is anger that is… …   English dictionary

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