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noun

compressĭo

gen. compressōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
(), , com primo
a pressing together, compression
a pressing together, compression.
In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.:… •
In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.: ventris, Gell. 16, 3: musculorum, Scrib. Comp. 84.—
Esp.,
Esp.,
An embracing
An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —
Copulation
Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—
the compression of an expression figuratively
Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—
A suppression, repression •
A suppression, repression: bellorum civilium, Oros. 7, 6: corporalium cupiditatum, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.
Perseus ID: n9684 Key: compressio