I.a pressing together, compression.
I. Prop.
A. In gen.: “aurum compressione coactum,” Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.: “ventris,” Gell. 16, 3: “musculorum,” Scrib. Comp. 84.—
B. Esp.,
1. An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —
2. Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—
II. Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—
B. A suppression, repression: “bellorum civilium,” Oros. 7, 6: “corporalium cupiditatum,” Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.