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sup-prĭmo (subp- ), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. premo,
I.to press down or under.
I. In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel: “quattuor (naves) suppressae,Liv. 22, 19, 12; so, “naves,id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —
II. In partic. (class.).
A. To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).
B. To keep from publicity, keep to one's self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).
1. Lit.: “quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,Cic. Clu. 36, 99: “pecuniam,id. ib. 25, 68; “26, 71: nummos,id. ib. 27, 75: “elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1: “quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,Liv. 3, 55, 13: “testamentum,Suet. Calig. 16: “libros,id. Gram. 8 fin.: “alienam ancillam,to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84: “adulterii foeditate suppressā,Amm. 16, 8, 6.—
2. Trop.: “ejus decreti suppressa fama est,Liv. 5, 1, 7: “famam coërcitam,Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.: “indicium conjurationis,Curt. 6, 8, 8: “nomen Vespasiani,Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus , a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *
A. Short: “mentum,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—
B. Of the voice, subdued, low: “suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),Cic. Sull. 10, 30: “murmur,Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.: “erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres- , adv.; in comp.: “suppressius,in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.
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