compressus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of comprimō.
Participle
compressus (feminine compressa, neuter compressum); first/second-declension participle
Adjective
compressus (feminine compressa, neuter compressum, comparative compressior, superlative compressimus, adverb compressē); first/second-declension adjective
- narrow, close
- Synonym: angustus
- (medicine) costive, or bringing constipation
- Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cōnstīpātus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | compressus | compressa | compressum | compressī | compressae | compressa | |
| genitive | compressī | compressae | compressī | compressōrum | compressārum | compressōrum | |
| dative | compressō | compressae | compressō | compressīs | |||
| accusative | compressum | compressam | compressum | compressōs | compressās | compressa | |
| ablative | compressō | compressā | compressō | compressīs | |||
| vocative | compresse | compressa | compressum | compressī | compressae | compressa | |
Descendants
- Translingual: ⇒ Compressidens
Etymology 2
From comprimō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Noun
compressus m sg (genitive compressūs); fourth declension
- (rare) a pressing together, compression
- c. 430 CE – c. 489 CE, Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters XVII:
- De loci sane turbarumque compressu, deque numerosis luminibus illatis, nimis anheli: simul et aestati nox adhuc proxima tacito clausos vapore torruerat; et si jam primo frigore tamen autumnalis aurorae detepescebat.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- De loci sane turbarumque compressu, deque numerosis luminibus illatis, nimis anheli: simul et aestati nox adhuc proxima tacito clausos vapore torruerat; et si jam primo frigore tamen autumnalis aurorae detepescebat.
- a making love, embracing, copulation
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon prologus.0.107–109:
- Is amare occepit Alcumenam clam virum
usuramque eius corporis cepit sibi,
et gravidam fecit is eam compressu suo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Is amare occepit Alcumenam clam virum
- c. 189 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 2.4.16–17:
- Nunc ad amicam decimo mense post Athenas Atticas
viso, quam gravidam hic reliqui meo compressu, quid ea agat.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Nunc ad amicam decimo mense post Athenas Atticas
Usage notes
Only attested in the ablative.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | compressus |
| genitive | compressūs |
| dative | compressuī |
| accusative | compressum |
| ablative | compressū |
| vocative | compressus |
References
- “compressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “compressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “compressus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)
- to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)