premō essī, essus, ere
PREM-,
to press
: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi,
to tread on
, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e.
drove her chariot over the body
, O.: trabes Premunt columnas,
press upon
, H.: ubera plena, i. e.
milk
, O.: frena manu,
grasp
, O.: dente frena,
champ
, O.: grana ore suo,
chew
, O.: presso molari,
with compressed teeth
, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e.
cheese
, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte
premunt,
make into cheese
, V.: litus,
hug the shore
, H.—
To press out, express, obtain by pressing
: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e.
balsam
, H.: oleum,
express
, H.—
To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon
: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto,
O.: pharetram cervice,
O.—
To cover, bury, suppress, hide
: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e.
buried
, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem,
repressing
(of a horse), V.—
To cover, crown, adorn
: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.:
Fronde crinem, V.—
To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely
: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus,
thronged
, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit,
V.: hostīs ex loco superiore,
Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,
N.: Trīs famulos, i. e.
kill
., V.: ad retia cervom,
chase
, V.—
To press down, burden, load, freight
: Nescia quem premeret,
on whose back she sat
, O.: pressae carinae,
loaded
, V.—
To press down, depress, cause to sink
: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,
O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur,
etc.,
is depressed
, V.: dentīs in vite,
O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e.
rest on your couches
, H.—
To mark, impress
: littera articulo pressa tremente,
written
, O.: multā via pressa
rotā, O.—
To set out, plant
: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs,
layers
, V.—
To press down, make deep, impress
: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum,
draw a furrow
, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae,
Cu.—
To press close, compress, close, shut
: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum,
strangle
, H.: praecordia senis,
stop the breath
, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum
digitis,
choked
, Iu. —
To shorten, keep down, prune
: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.—
To check, arrest
: vestigia, V. —
To visit frequently, frequent
: forum.—Fig.,
to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down
: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me
premunt, S.: pressus gravitate
soporis, O.: aere alieno premi,
Cs.: premi periculis.—
To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard
: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris,
urge
, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi,
to be importuned
, N.: Numina nulla premunt,
V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e.
by his inspiration
, V.—
To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon
: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i.
e.
laid to heart
, V.—
To cover, hide, conceal
: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.—
To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate
: premebat eum factio,
kept him down
, L.: hunc prensantem premebat
nobilitas,
opposed his candidacy
, L.: arma Latini, V.:
opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.—
To compress, abridge, condense
: haec Zeno sic premebat.—
To check, arrest, repress, restrain
: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades:
vocem,
to be silent
, V. —
To surpass, exceed, overshadow
: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,
O.—
To keep down, rule
: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.