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comprimo
comprimo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From con- (“with”) + premō (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pri.moː/, [ˈkɔm.prɪ.moː]
Verb
comprimō (present infinitive comprimere, perfect active compressī, supine compressum); third conjugation
- I compress (squeeze together)
- I restrain, contain
- I repress or curb (emotions etc)
- I withhold or conceal
Inflection
Descendants
- English: compress
- French: comprimer
- Italian: comprimere
- Portuguese: comprimir
- Spanish: comprimir
References
- comprimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- comprimo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “comprimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.