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

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L&S Lewis & Short (1)
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Text provided under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license by the Perseus Digital Library, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Digitized from Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (1879). Data originally from PerseusDL/lexica and accessed from github.com/nkprasad12/lexica.
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oppressī | ve: perf part pass masc/neut gen sg · perf part pass masc nom/voc pl · perf ind act 1st sg

• opprĭmo (obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a. [ob-premo], to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).
  1. I. Lit.: voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere, to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: fauces manu, Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down: taleam pede, to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27: opprimi ruinā conclavis, to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20: terrā oppressus, id. ib. 2, 23, 51: classem, to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33: senem injectu multae vestis, to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so, dormiens oppressit eum, Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—
    1. B. Transf.: oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem, struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To press together; to close, shut: os opprime, shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—
    2. B. To press or bear down: opprimi onere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—
    3. C. To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash: quae oratio a censore opprimenda est, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30: sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere, Liv. 2, 4: tumultum, id. 31, 11: fraudem, to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—
    4. D. To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue: reliquias hujus belli, Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3: Graeciam, Nep. Them. 8, 2: nationem, Cic. Font. 12, 36: invidiam acerbitate, Nep. Dion. 6: libertatem, to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3: ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur, Cic. Lael. 21, 78: aliquem iniquo judicio, id. Quint. 2, 7: intolerandam potentiam, to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.: insontem oblato falso crimine, id. 1, 51: quaestionem, id. 26, 15: si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex), Juv. 10, 75: litteras, to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—
    5. E. To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8: mvidiā, id. ib. 2, 2, 4: totius corporis doloribus, id. Fam. 9, 14, 3: metu, Liv. 24, 33: timore, Caes. B. G. 4, 15: senatus oppressus et afflictus, Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—
  3. F. To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.: adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere, to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15: imprudentem, Ter. And. 1, 3, 22: incautos, Liv. 26, 12: Antonium mors oppressit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando), id. ib. 2, 4, 67, § 150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra, to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—
  4. G. To bury, hide, conceal, suppress: quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet, Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121: iram, Sall. J. 72, 1: ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est, Liv. 23, 22: infamiam, Just. 12, 13, 10. —
  5. H. To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.
GAF Gaffiot (1)
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Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire illustré latin-français (1934). Digital data kindly provided by gaffiot.fr.
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oppressī | ve: perf part pass masc/neut gen sg · perf part pass masc nom/voc pl · perf ind act 1st sg

• opprĭmō, pressī, pressum, ĕre (ob et premo), tr.,
1. presser, comprimer : flammam in ore Enn. d. Cic. de Or. 2, 222, comprimer du feu dans sa bouche ; taleam pede Cato Agr. 45, comprimer une bouture en terre avec le pied ; oppressus terra vivit Cic. Div. 2, 51, il vit sous terre (recouvert de terre) ; os opprime Ter. Phorm. 986, ferme ta bouche || [en part.] litteræ oppressæ Cic. Off. 1, 133, lettres étouffées, mal articulées, prononcées d'une façon indistincte || classis oppressa Cic. Pomp. 33, flotte coulée bas
2. [fig.]
  1. a) recouvrir, tenir couvert (caché) : aliquid opprimere et abscondere Cic. Amer. 121, tenir une chose sous le boisseau et la soustraire aux regards ; iram Sall. J. 72, 1, dissimuler sa colère ;
  2. b) étouffer : flammam Cic. CM 71, étouffer une flamme ; exstinguere et opprimere potentiam alicujus Cic. Amer. 36, éteindre et étouffer la puissance de qqn, cf. Cic. Læl. 78 ; Fin. 2, 30
3. faire pression sur, faire fléchir, accabler : onera opprimunt Cic. Tusc. 2, 54, les fardeaux accablent ; opprimi onere officii Cic. Amer. 10, succomber sous le fardeau du devoir || [fig.] écraser : erigebat animum jam demissum et oppressum Cic. Clu. 58, il redressait son esprit déjà abattu et écrasé = son esprit... se redressait ; domum nostram ruina Carthaginis oppressit Liv. 30, 20, 4, il a écrasé notre famille sous les ruines de Carthage ; opprimi ære alieno Cic. Cat. 2, 8, être écrasé de dettes, cf. Cic. Mur. 32
4. tomber sur, surprendre : nox, mors aliquem oppressit Cic. CM 49 ; Verr. 2, 3, 213, la nuit, la mort a surpris qqn ; ne a me opprimantur Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 150, pour qu'ils ne soient pas pris par moi au dépourvu.
GES Gesner (1)
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Johann Matthias Gesner, Novus Linguae et Eruditionis Romanae Thesaurus (1749). Transcribed by the team of Dr. Wilhelm Kühlmann from Heidelberg University; accessed via latin-dict.github.io.
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oppressī | ve: perf part pass masc/neut gen sg · perf part pass masc nom/voc pl · perf ind act 1st sg

OPPRIMO pressi, pressum, ere. [καταδυναστεύω] Premendo gravare, et impedire: subito superuenire et fugiendi vel commouendi se facultatem adimere: nec proprie tantum, sed frequentissime per translationem. […]
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FOR Forcellini (1)
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Egidio Forcellini, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon. Digital entries displayed from lexica.linguax.com, maintained by Godmy. All credit belongs to the respective authors and contributors.
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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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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• oppressive:
      1. 1. grăvis, praegrăvis (burdensome in any way): if these (requirements) seemed o. or distressing, haec si g. aut acerba videantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 14: o. bondage, praegrave servitium, Plin.: v. grievous.
      2. 2. mŏlestus (less strong than Eng.): v. troublesome, irksome.
      3. 3. ăcerbus (bitter and distressing): most o. taxes, acerbissima tributa, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, init.: cf. supr. (1), where acerbus is used as a heightened expression after gravis.
      4. 4. ĭnīquus (unfair, pressing too heavily on): v. unjust. Phr.: most o. taxation, intolerabilia tributa, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, init.: the o. (lit. leaden) S. wind, plumbeus Auster, Hor. S. 2, 6, 18 (gravis = unhealthy): to become more and more o., ingravescere, Cic. Br. 1, 10, init.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• OPPRESSIVE
gravis (burdensome): molestus (troublesome): magnus (great): durus (hard): acerbus (bitter): iniquus (not equitable, unjust). Oppressive heat, calorum molestiae: oppressive taxes, tributa acerba: oppressive government, imperium acerbum, grave, iniquum; imperii acerbitas: to labor under an oppressive debt, aere alieno premi: to become oppressive, gravescere; ingravescere: so oppressive were the wrongs that, etc., tanta vis erat injuriarum, ut, etc.: this is an oppressive feeling, hoc valde me urit, pungit, mordet.