WordInfo for: "compreſſio"

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Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- compressio
  - external link: compressio
Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- compressio
  - Compréssio, Verbale. Cic.
    A pressing or thrusting togither.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- compressio
  - compressĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. [com primo], a pressing together, compression.
    I. Prop.
    A. In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.: ventris, Gell. 16, 3: musculorum, Scrib. Comp. 84.—
    B. Esp.,
    1. An embracing: artae amantūm, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —
    2. Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—
    II. Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—
    B. A suppression, repression: bellorum civilium, Oros. 7, 6: corporalium cupiditatum, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, 19.
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