dē-prĭmo — Lewis & Short
dē-prĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3, v. a.premo,
I to press down, weigh down, sink down, to depress (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
vis venti nubem deprimit,Lucr. 6, 432:
qui (Critolaus) tantum propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat,Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19:
ad mentum depresso supercilio,id. Pis. 6 fin.:
animus caelestis ex altissimo domicilio depressus et quasi demersus in terram,id. de Sen. 21:
depresso aratro (sc. in terram),Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.—Absol.:
haec quae porto deprimunt,Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—
B In partic.
1 To sink deep, as a plant, a well, etc.; to plant deep, to dig deep:
vites in terram,Cato R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10:
plantas,Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.:
qui tollit aedificium, vel deprimit,Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2:
saxum in mirandam altitudinem depressum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.:
valle in altitudinem depressa,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2:
locus circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus,Sall. C. 55, 3:
fossam,Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42:
deprimere vel allevare rivum,Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—
2 Naut. t. t., to sink to the bottom, to sink, sc. a ship:
partem navium,Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.:
naves,id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4:
lenunculos,Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.:
carinam,Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: classis superata atque depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —
II Trop.
A To press down, depress:
animus depressus,Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a figure borrowed from the sinking of a ship, v. supra, no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.:
improbitate depressa veritas emergit,id. Clu. 65, 183:
ita se quisque extollit, ut deprimat alium,Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. Pan. 44, 6 et saep.:
preces,to suppress, silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:
nunc quid elocutio attollat aut deprimat dicendum,Quint. 8, 3 fin.: depressus in ludum, i. e. pressed, forced, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—
B Esp., to depreciate in words, disparage (cf. depretio):
adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere,Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
C To oppress (late Lat.):
populum,Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.
A Lit., pressed down, i. e. deep, lying low, depressed (perh. only post-Aug.):
humilius et depressius iter,Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2:
aquaeductus depressior,Front. Aquaed. 65:
depresso loco castra ponere,id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—
B Transf., of the voice, low, suppressed:
quam sedatissima et depressissima vox,Auct. Her. 3, 14.—Adv.: dē-pressē, deeply; pos. not found.—Comp.:
fodere, quo depressius aestivos specus foderint,Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2:
pastinare,Col. 11, 3, 10.