exprimō pressī, pressus, ere
ex + premo,
to press out, force out, squeeze forth
: (lacrimulam) oculos terendo, T.:
nubium conflictu ardor expressus: has (turrīs)
cottidianus agger expresserat,
had carried up
, Cs.: expresso spinae curvamine,
protruding
, O.: sucina solis radiis expressa
Ta.—
To form by pressure, form, model, portray, exhibit
: unguīs, H.: vestis artūs exprimens, Ta.—
Fig.,
to wring out, extort, wrest, elicit
: ab eis tantum frumenti: vocem, Cs.:
deditionem necessitate, L.: pecunia vi expressa: Expressa arbusto convicia (in allusion to the
wine-press), H.: ut negaret,
constrained.—To imitate, copy, represent, portray, describe,
express
: magnitudine animi vitam patris: libidines versibus:
Incessūs voltumque, O.: ut
Euryalum exprimat infans,
may resemble
, Iu.: dicendo sensa: nemo expresserat, posse
hominem, etc.: quae vis subiecta sit, etc.: oratorem imitando: in Platonis
libris Socrates exprimitur.—
To render, translate
: id Latine: verbum de verbo, T.:
fabellae ad verbum de Graecis expressae.—
To pronounce, articulate
: litteras putidius.