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pressura
pressura
Latin
Etymology
From pressō (“I press”), from pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“I press”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /presˈsuː.ra/
Noun
pressūra f (genitive pressūrae); first declension
- a pressing, pressure
- throng, crowd
- an unnaturally long or heavy sleep
- (poetic) juice; that which is pressed out
- (figuratively) a burden
- (figuratively) oppression, affliction, distress
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pressūra | pressūrae |
| genitive | pressūrae | pressūrārum |
| dative | pressūrae | pressūrīs |
| accusative | pressūram | pressūrās |
| ablative | pressūrā | pressūrīs |
| vocative | pressūra | pressūrae |
Synonyms
- (a pressing): pressiō
Related terms
Descendants
- English: pressure
References
- pressura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- PRESSURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pressura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- pressura in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016