imprĭmo — Lewis & Short
imprĭmo (inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a.in-premo,
I to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).
I Lit.:
si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:
locus ubi vestigium impresserit,id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:
sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,id. Div. 1, 13, 23:
ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):
os cucurbitulae corpori,Cels. 2, 11:
signa tabellis,Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:
impressit dente labris notam,id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:
dentes alicui,Luc. 9, 806:
muris aratrum,Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:
stigmata captivorum frontibus,Petr. 105:
(Dido) os impressa toro,Verg. A. 4, 659:
impressa orbita,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:
sulcus altius impressus,id. Div. 2, 23, 50:
monimenta impressa saxis,Tac. A. 11, 14:
puteum,i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:
nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,Petr. 80:
dentem,Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:
morsum,i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:
vulnus,i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:
basia,Mart. 10, 42, 5:
staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:
impressoque genu nitens,Verg. A. 12, 303:
humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:
exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —
B Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:
hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:
impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:
non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?Pers. 1, 37:
transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—
II Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:
quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:
visa in animis,id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:
quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:
verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:
nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:
quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:
in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:
(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,id. Part. Or. 7, 26:
menti impressa,id. ib. 2, 11, 34:
quaedam vestigia animo,Quint. 11, 2, 4:
memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,Cic. Mil. 27, 73:
impressa animo rudi memoria,Quint. 1, 1, 36:
quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:
cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis ... impressa vestigia,id. Balb. 5, 13.—
B Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:
horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas ... impressit,Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).
1 Lit.:
dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —
2 Trop.:
alte et impresse recogitare,Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:
ut impressius dixerim,id. Car. Christ. 12.