com-prĭmo Copy link Outline I. In gen.II. Esp. with the access. idea of restraining free motion. ...A. To hold back, hold, keep in, restrain; ...B. Trop.1. Of passions, dispositions, intentions, actions, etc., ...2. Transf. to the personC. With the access. idea of withholding evidence or knowledge , ...2. Costive1. In a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly ...2. Pressingly, urgently ⓘcomprĭmis: pres ind act 2nd sg • 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 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.
comprĭmō Copy link Outline 1 comprimer, serrer, presser : serrer les doigts et faire le poing ; ...2 [fig.] tenir enfermé : ( ) ; accaparer le blé || tenir ...3 arrêter : arrêter sa marche ; arrêter les applaudissements ; son arrivée ... ⓘcomprĭmis: pres ind act 2nd sg • comprĭmō, pressī, pressum, ĕre (cum et premo), tr., 1. comprimer, serrer, presser : digitos comprimere et pugnum facere Cic. Ac. 2, 145, serrer les doigts et faire le poing ; compressa in pugnum manus Quint. 2, 20, 7, main serrée pour faire le poing ; compressis labris Hor. S. 1, 4, 138, ayant les lèvres fermées ; compressis ordinibus Liv. 8, 8, 12, serrant les rangs ; compressis, quod aiunt, manibus Liv. 7, 13, 7, ayant, comme on dit, les bras croisés || animam compressi Ter. Phorm. 868, j'ai retenu mon souffle ; tibi istas posthac comprimito manus Ter. Haut. 590, une autre fois retiens tes mains || [médec.] resserrer [le ventre, etc.] : Cels. Med. 1, 10 ; 6, 18, etc. || mulierem Pl. Aul. 30 ; Ter. Phorm. 1018, etc., déshonorer une femme 2. [fig.] tenir enfermé : frumentum Cic. Att. 5, 21, 8 (Domo 14 ) ; annonam Liv. 38, 35, 5, accaparer le blé || tenir caché : orationem Cic. Att. 3, 12, 2, tenir caché un discours ; famam captæ Carthaginis compresserunt Liv. 26, 41, 11, ils étouffèrent la nouvelle de la prise de Carthage 3. arrêter : gressum Virg. En. 6, 388, arrêter sa marche ; plausum Cic. Dej. 34, arrêter les applaudissements ; ejus adventus Pompeianos compressit Cæs. C. 3, 65, 2, son arrivée arrêta les Pompéiens ; vix comprimor quin involem... Pl. Most. 203, c'est à peine si je me retiens de me jeter sur... || comprimer, arrêter : conatum atque audaciam alicujus Cic. Phil. 10, 11, arrêter les entreprises et l'audace de qqn ; animi conscientiam Cic. Fin. 2, 54, étouffer (faire taire) sa conscience ; hæc cogitatio animum comprimit Cic. Tusc. 2, 53, cette pensée comprime (apaise) les mouvements de l'âme.
comprimis Copy link COMPRIMIS, Idem volunt esse quod Imprimis. v. g. Cic. pro Quint. 24 L. Albius vir bonus, et comprimis honestus. Sed melius diuiditur Cum primis. v. v. sub CVM.
comprimo Copy link ⓘcomprĭmis: pres ind act 2nd sg COMPRIMO, essi, essum, ere. [συμπιέζω, συνέχω, ἐφίστημι, καταστέλλω, συστέλλω] Simul premere, vndique vel vebementer premere, premendo cobibere. […] 🗁 Page Scan