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noun

pressūra

gen. pressūrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a pressing; pressure
a pressing, pressure (post-Aug.).
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Lit.: pressura palpebrarum, App. M. 5, p. 166, 14.—
a pressing •
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.—
by extension
A pressure; burden •
A pressure, burden: levare pressuram, App. M. 7, p. 195, 35.—
A press; throng; crowd •
A press, throng, crowd of people: nimia densitas pressurae, App. M. 3, p. 130, 9.—
The downward pressure; fall; descent •
The downward pressure, fall, descent of water, Front. Aquaed. 18: aquarum, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 4.—
A too heavy; too long; unnatural sleep
A too heavy, too long, unnatural sleep, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1 praef.—
That which is pressed out; juice poetic •
That which is pressed out, juice (poet.): Corycii pressura croci, sic, etc., Luc. 9, 809.—
oppression; affliction; distress figuratively •
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.
Perseus ID: n38274 Key: pressura