suppress Copy link Outline I. To put down, crush1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 32. partially, for a time3. opprĭmo, 3 (to overwhelm, crush, usu. with ref. to open enemies)4. sēdo, 1 (to quiet, quell)5. coerceo, 2II. To keep quiet, prevent anything from becoming known1. opprĭmo, 32. reprĭmo, 33. supprĭmo, 34. also simple verb, prĕmo, 35. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to put an end to)III. To restrain, prevent from rising or breaking out1. supprĭmo, 32. reprĭmo, 3 • suppress: I. To put down, crush: 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3: to s. a sedition, seditionem c., Liv. 2, 23: to s. applause by word and gesture, murmura voce manuque c., Ov. M. 1, 206: Cic. 2. partially, for a time: reprĭmo, 3: v. to repress. 3. opprĭmo, 3 (to overwhelm, crush, usu. with ref. to open enemies): v. to overwhelm. See also infr. (II.). 4. sēdo, 1 (to quiet, quell): to s. a mutiny (by restoring order): seditionem s., Cic. Rep. 1, 38: Caes. 5. coerceo, 2: v. to restrain. II. To keep quiet, prevent anything from becoming known: 1. opprĭmo, 3: to s. and conceal anything, aliquid o. atque abscondere, Cic. R. Am. 41, extr.: to s. infamy, infamiam o., Just. 2. reprĭmo, 3: (the recollection of a thing) not extinct but s.'d, non extincta sed repressa, Cic. Coel. 30. 3. supprĭmo, 3: to s. a rumour, famam s., Liv. 5, 1. 4. also simple verb, prĕmo, 3: to s. one's anger (hide it), iram p., Tac. A. 6, 50: Virg. 5. exstinguo, nxi, nctum, 3 (to put an end to): to s. (silence) rumours, rumores ex., Caes. B. C. 1, 60. In same sense, rumorem abolere, Tac. Phr.: s.ing the name of her informant, sublato nomine auctoris, Sall. Cat. 23. III. To restrain, prevent from rising or breaking out: 1. supprĭmo, 3: to s. one's vexation, aegritudinem s., Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75: to s. tears, lacrimas s., Albin. 2. reprĭmo, 3: to s. a groan, gemitum r., Ov. M. 9, 163: to s. anger, iracundiam r., Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 8.