Italian

Verb

opprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of opprimere

Anagrams

• oppormi

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ premō ‎(“press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pri.moː/, [ˈɔp.prɪ.moː]

Verb

opprimō ‎(present infinitive opprimere, perfect active oppressī, supine oppressum); third conjugation

1. I press down upon; I suppress.
2. I take by surprise.
3. I capture
4. (figuratively) I crush, put down

Inflection

Descendants

• English: oppress
• French: opprimer
• Spanish: oprimir

References

• opprimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opprimo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “opprimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to surprise and defeat the enemy: opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
    

Portuguese

Verb

opprimo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of opprimir