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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• press (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To apply physical pressure: prĕmo, ssi, ssum, 3: they p.'d their babes to their breasts, pressere ad pectora natos, Virg. Aen. 7, 518. Esp. comps. (1). comprĭmo, 3 (to press together; compress): Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 145: Hor. To p. any one's hand, *manum (dextram) alicujus prehensam comprimere. (2). imprĭmo, 3 (to p. upon): to p. a cupping-glass upon the body, cucurbitulam (corpori) imp., Cels. 2, 11: more usu. = to imprint, q. v. (3). exprĭmo, 3 (to p. out): Cic.: Plin. (4). dēprĭmo, 3 (to p. down or deep): Lucr.: Virg. See also to crush; squeeze.
    2. II. To make cheese, oil, by pressing: prĕmo, 3: to p. cheese, caseum p., Virg. E. 1, 35: to p. oil, oleum p., Col. 12, 50. The act of p.ing, pressura, ib. 36.
    3. III. To urge forcibly, in war:
      1. 1. urgeo, si, 2 (to bear hard upon): to be (hard) p.'d by the enemy, ab hoste urgeri, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: Liv. 10, 36, med.: Sall. Fig.: to p. any one with questions, u. aliquem interrogando, Cic. Or. 40, 137.
      2. 2. prĕmo, 3 (esp. to direct hostile movements against): to p. the enemy from a position of advantage, (hostes) ex superiore loco p., Caes. B. G. 19. Join: [nostros] premere et instare, id. B. C. 3, 46.
      3. 3. insto, stĭti, 1 (to urge the attack on: with dat.): to p. an enemy's retreat, cedenti (hosti) i., Liv. 10, 36, init. Join: instare atque urgere, Cic.
    4. IV. To urge with persistency: insto, 1; insisto, 3: v. to urge.
    5. V. To impress for service: Phr.: to p. sailors, *nautas vi cogere, comparare.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To incline by pressure: nītor, sus and xus, 3: to p. inwards (of the globe), in interiora n., Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165. Also in sim. sense, vergere [in centrum], ferri [in inferiora], ib. See also to incline.
    2. II. To be urgent: flāgĭto, 1: but the postman p.'s, sed fl. tabellarius, Cic. Fam. 15, 18, extr. See also to press upon; urge.