compress Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. arto or arcto, 12. denso, condenso, 13. comprĭmo, 3II. Fig.1. cŏarto or cŏarcto, 12. conclūdo, si, sum, 33. astringo (ads.), nxi, ctum, 3 (esp. of reducing an argument to its closest form)4. constringo, 3 (similar to astringo5. prĕmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (rare) • compress: I. Lit.: to force together by pressure: 1. arto or arcto, 1: all things are capable of being c.'d, omnia artari possunt, Lucr.: Mart. (So also the comp. coarto or coarcto, which is stronger: v. to contract and inf. II.). 2. denso, condenso, 1: v. to condense. 3. comprĭmo, 3: v. to press together. II. Fig.: to bring within a small compass; esp. in words: 1. cŏarto or cŏarcto, 1: to c. matters and crowd them together in speech within a very close compass, c. et peranguste refercire in oratione, Cic.: to c. into a single volume, in unum librum c., Plin. Ep. 2. conclūdo, si, sum, 3: fortune has c.'d so many things into one day, fortuna tot res in unum conclusit diem, Ter.: to c. the civil law into one small and narrow point, jus civile in parvum et angustum locum c., Cic. 3. astringo (ads.), nxi, ctum, 3 (esp. of reducing an argument to its closest form): to c. an argument or chain of reasoning, argumentum, rationem (arte) a., Cic. 4. constringo, 3 (similar to astringo: cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188): Quint. 5. prĕmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (rare): these arguments which are expanded by us, Zeno used to c. in this way, haec quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat, Cic.
COMPRESS Copy link • COMPRESS 1. s. (in surgery) penicillus or penicillum. to put a compress on, penicillum superimponere. 2. v. comprimere. condensare (to make tight). To compress matter (in a book, speech, etc.), coartare (or coarctare): coartare et peranguste refercire (to compress in a narrow compass, Cic.: opposed to dilatare atque explicare): astringere (e.g., argumenta, Quint.): To compress many subjects into one book, plura in unum librum coartare.