I.a pressing down or under, suppression, i. e., *
I. A keeping back, retaining of money, embezzlement: “praedae ac suppressiones judiciales,” Cic. Clu. 25, 68.—*
II. In medic. lang., a sense of oppression: “nocturnae,” i. e. the nightmare, Plin. 27, 10, 60, § 87.