pressus adj. with comp.
P. of premo,
closed, close, shut tight
: presso obmutuit ore, V.: oscula iungere pressa, i. e.
ardent
, O.: presso gutture, i. e.
hoarsely
, V.—
Repressed, suppressed, kept down, slow
: pede presso cedentes, L.: pressoque legit vestigia gressu,
O.—Fig., of utterance,
repressed, subdued, low
: modi: vox,
thick
.—Of style,
concise, close, precise, accurate
: Thucydides verbis: oratio
pressior.—Of sounds,
precise, definite, articulate
: sonos vocis pressos efficit (lingua).
