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pressūra , ae, f. premo,
I.a pressing, pressure (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “pressura palpebrarum,App. M. 5, p. 166, 14.—
2. In partic., a pressing of wine, oil, etc.: “pressura una culeos viginti implere debet,Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317: “oleum primae pressurae,Col. 12, 50.—
B. Transf.
1. A pressure, burden: “levare pressuram,App. M. 7, p. 195, 35.—
2. A press, throng, crowd of people: “nimia densitas pressurae,App. M. 3, p. 130, 9.—
3. The downward pressure, fall, descent of water, Front. Aquaed. 18: “aquarum,Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4.—
4. A too heavy, too long, unnatural sleep, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.
5. That which is pressed out, juice (poet.): “Corycii pressura croci, sic, etc.,Luc. 9, 809.—
II. Trop., oppression, affliction, distress (eccl. Lat.): “pressuram persecutionemque perferre,Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 5; Lact. 5, 22, 17; 4, 26, 19; Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 4.
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