The corpus record — Latin

oppressio

oppressio · f

A pressing down

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Where it lives

Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 1 · 0.66/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

oppressĭo — Lewis & Short

oppressĭo (obp-), ōnis, f.opprimo.

1 A pressing down, Vitr. 10, 3, 3; trop., force, violence (class.), Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 30.—

2 Violent seizure: occupatio fori, oppressio curiae, Cic. Dom. 3, 5.—

3 Oppression, overthrow: legum et libertatis, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83.—

4 (Late Lat.) Med. t. t., = kata/lhyis, a catalepsy, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10, 56; id. Tard. 2, 5, 86.

In the wild

oppressionibus Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 47.4
oppressionem Terence, Adelphi 2.2
oppressionem Cicero, De Officiis 3.83.p1
oppressionem Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.3.3
oppressione Cicero, Letters to Atticus 2.18.2
oppressione Cicero, De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 5

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