impression Copy link Outline I. The act of pressing anything onII. That which is produced by the actIII. Effect produced upon troops by attackIV. Effect produced upon the mindV. An indistinct idea • impression: I. The act of pressing anything on: impressio: Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58. Or expr. by imprĭmo: v. to impress (I.). II. That which is produced by the act: impressio, cf. Cic. l. c.: the i.s of coins, impressiones nummorum, Aug. III. Effect produced upon troops by attack: Phr.: when they made no i., postquam nihil commovebant, Liv. 30, 18, init.; cf. infr., (hostem) turbare ac statu movere: no i. was made on either line, ita conflixerunt ut in neutram partem inclinarent acies, Liv. 7, 33. IV. Effect produced upon the mind: expr. by mŏveo, commŏveo, permŏveo, 2: the consul's speech had produced an i. upon the commons, moverat plebem oratio consulis, Liv. 3, 20, init.: to produce an i. upon the bench, mentem judicum perm., Cic. Or. 38, init.: v. to influence, excite: cf. to impress (III.). V. An indistinct idea: Phr.: to have an i. that ..., suspicari (?): cf. Cic. Br. 14, 15.