press (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To apply physical pressureII. To make cheese, oil, by pressingIII. To urge forcibly, in war1. urgeo, si, 2 (to bear hard upon)2. prĕmo, 3 (esp. to direct hostile movements against)3. insto, stĭti, 1 (to urge the attack onIV. To urge with persistencyV. To impress for serviceB. Intrans.I. To incline by pressureII. To be urgent • press (v.): A. Trans.: 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. 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. III. To urge forcibly, in war: 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. 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. 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. IV. To urge with persistency: insto, 1; insisto, 3: v. to urge. V. To impress for service: Phr.: to p. sailors, *nautas vi cogere, comparare. B. Intrans.: 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. 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.
press (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Act of pressing, in fig. senseII. A machine1. prēlum (most gen. term)2. torcŭlar, āris, n. (for making wine or oil)3. pressōrium (late and rare) • press (subs.): I. Act of pressing, in fig. sense: v. pressure. II. A machine: 1. prēlum (most gen. term): for wine or oil, Cato: Col.: Virg. Esp. in mod. Latin, the printing-press: to send (a work) to the p., prelo subjicere, Ruhnk. (Kr.): to be in the p., sub prelo esse, Kr.: to issue from the p., prelo exire: see also to print, publish. 2. torcŭlar, āris, n. (for making wine or oil): Plin. 18, 26, 62: Vitr.: Col. Also, torcularium, Cato. 3. pressōrium (late and rare): Amm. Phr.: an error of the p., *mendum s. erratum typographicum; vitium typographicum (a stronger expr.); also *sphalma preli: a book full of errors of the p., *liber mendosissimus, mendis typographicis creberrimus. Meton.: a free p., *jus omnia, quaecunque scribuntur, in publicum edendi; libertas scripta omnia in publicum edendi, s. publicandi: in that country the p. is under control, *nemini illic scripta publicare licet nisi potestate per litteras data.
PRESS Copy link • PRESS 1. v. To squeeze, impose constraint, premere (in nearly all the senses of the English word): comprimere (to press together): exprimere (to press out): imprimere (to press in or upon anything, aliquid alicui rei or in re): niti, vergere (to press with its weight upon a body; against anything, in aliquid; Vid: Plin., 2, 65, 65): urere (to cause pain by pressing; to pinch, as a shoe): vexare: pungere: cruciare (to oppress, harass). To press a person’s hand, manum alicujus prensare: to press a kiss upon anybody’s lips, alicui or alicujus labris basium imprimere (poetical); osculum alicui applicare (poetical): to press anybody to one’s bosom, aliquem premere ad pectus or ad corpus suum (poetical); aliquem arctius complecti, aliquem amplexi (to embrace): to be pressed to death in a crowd, prae turba elidi exanimarique. To urge, premere aliquem (general term): urgere aliquem, or absolutely (to urge or press hard): instare alicui, or absolutely (to press close upon the heels; all these three especially as military terms of pressing an enemy): vexare (to harass, annoy, attack, etc., on different sides; also as a military term): propellere (to drive forward). To press the enemy in front and in rear, hostem a fronte et a tergo urgere: to be hard pressed, in angustias adductum esse; in angustias esse or versari; acriter urgeri (by creditors): when the creditors pressed hard, instantibus creditoribus: necessity pressed him, necessitas eum premebat: to press one’s self upon anybody, se ingerere or se obtrudere alicui; se venditare alicui: to be pressed for time or by business, multis occupationibus distineri. To try earnestly to persuade, petere ab aliquo: contendere a aliquo, ut: instare (absolutely or with infinitive, or with ut, ne): sollicitare aliquem ad aliquid, or with ut. To press anybody earnestly, summe contendere ab aliquo (e.g., cum a me peteret, et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem, Cic.): Hortensius presses you to confer, etc., tibi instat Hortensius ut eas in consilium, etc.: if you press him, te instante. To act upon with weight, make smooth by compression, put anything in a press, prelo premere: to press grapes, uvas in torcular deferre prelisque subjicere, ut quantum possit exprimatur (Col. 12, 52, 10): to press clothes, vestes ponderibus premere (Sen.); cloth, *pannum ponderibus premere (after Sen.): *pannum prelo bene solidare (Bau.). To force, constrain; to press sailors, nautas vi comparare (after Caes., B.G., 3, 9, in.): remiges in supplementum extrahere (after Liv., 26, 36, extr.). 2. s. Instrument by which anything is pressed, prelum (general term); torculum, torcular (for grapes, etc.): tormemum (for clothes; Sen., Tranq., 1, 3; later, pressorium). To put clothes in a press, vestes ponderibus premere (Sen.): the beam of a press, arbor vectis: press-room, torcular; cella torcularia. Instrument for printing; printing, prelum (general term). To send a book to press, *librum litterarum formis exscribendum curare: *librum prelo subjicere: *librum edere (to publish): to be in the press, *sub prelo esse (☞ not sub prelo sudare); *litterarum formis exscribi; *prelum exercere or subiisse: a book fresh from the press, liber adhuc musteus (Plin.): to come from the press, *prodire ex officina typographica; edi; emitti: a sheet that has passed through the press, *plagula typis exscripta: to have passed through the press, *prelum reliquisse: error of the press, *mendum typographicum (when a wrong letter is used, etc.): *erratum typographicum (if a wrong word is put, as Cic., Att., 6, 1, 17, erratum fabrile; post-Augustan error; Vid: Quint., 1, 5, 47): *peccatum typographi (as a fault of the compositor, Cic., Tusc., 3, 20, 47, paucis verbis tria magna peccata): *vitium typographicum (a blunder destroying the sense; Vid: Quint., 1, 5, 5 sq.): a book disfigured by errors of the press, *liber mendosus or mendose descriptus: a book free from errors of the press, *liber emendate descriptus or ab omnibus mendis purus. Act of printing and publishing; e.g., the liberty of the press, *libertas sentiendi, quae velis, et quae sentias litterarum formis exscribendi; or *libertas, quae sentias, litterarum formis describendi: in a republic the freedom of the press is a first principle, etc., in civitate sentire quae velis, et quae sentias litterarum formis exscribere licet (after Tac., Hist., 1, 1, 4): in a free country the freedom of the press should be conceded, in libera civitate linguam mentemque liberas esse oportet.