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presso , āre, v. freq. a. premo,
I.to press (poet.): “vomicam,Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 11: pressatur pede pes, mucro mucrone, viro vir, Furius Antias ap. Macr. S. 6, 3: “cineres ad pectora pressant,Ov. M. 8, 538: “ubera manibus pressanda,” i. e. to be milked, id. ib. 15, 472; cf.: “ubera palmis,Verg. E. 3, 99: “uvam pede,Prop. 3, 15 (4, 16), 18: “molliter ubera ovium,Ambros. Virg. 3, 4, 17.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.472
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.538
    • Plautus, Persa, 2.5
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.15
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