opprĭmo — Lewis & Short
opprĭmo (obp-), essi, essum, 3, v. a.ob-premo,
I to press against, press together; to press down (class.; syn. obruo).
I Lit.:
voluit deus ora loquentis Opprimere,to close, Ov. M. 3, 295: oculos, to press together, i. e. close the eyes, sc. of a dying person, Val. Max. 2, 6, 8:
fauces manu,Suet. Calig. 12: flammam in ore, to repress, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 122 (Trag. v. 437 Vahl.).— To press down:
taleam pede,to press into the ground, Cato, R. R. 45; Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 27:
opprimi ruinā conclavis,to be crushed, Cic. Div. 2, 8, 20:
terrā oppressus,id. ib. 2, 23, 51:
classem,to sink, id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33:
senem injectu multae vestis,to smother, stifle, Tac. A. 6, 50; so,
dormiens oppressit eum,Vulg. 3 Reg. 3, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14.—
B Transf.:
oppressit jaculo redeuntem ad frena leonem,struck down, Val. Fl. 3, 24.—
II Trop.
A To press together; to close, shut:
os opprime,shut your mouth! hold your tongue! Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40; Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 93.—
B To press or bear down:
opprimi onere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 4.—
C To put down, suppress, quell, check, quash:
quae oratio a censore opprimenda est,Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 30:
sine tumultu rem omnem oppressere,Liv. 2, 4:
tumultum,id. 31, 11:
fraudem,to baffle, thwart, id. 26, 6; Vulg. Lev. 24, 16.—
D To overthrow, overwhelm, crush, overpower, prostrate, subdue:
reliquias hujus belli,Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 3:
Graeciam,Nep. Them. 8, 2:
nationem,Cic. Font. 12, 36:
invidiam acerbitate,Nep. Dion. 6:
libertatem,to put an end to, destroy, id. Alcib. 3, 3:
ut exstinctae potius amicitiae, quam oppressae esse videantur,Cic. Lael. 21, 78:
aliquem iniquo judicio,id. Quint. 2, 7:
intolerandam potentiam,to overthrow, id. Rosc. Am. 13, 36: aliquem, to crush one with false accusations, Liv. 2, 52; cf.:
insontem oblato falso crimine,id. 1, 51:
quaestionem,id. 26, 15:
si oppressa foret secura senectus (i. e. securus senex),Juv. 10, 75:
litteras,to utter indistinctly, to mumble, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133.—In gen., to have the upper hand, get the best of it, be victorious, Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 10.—
E To load, overwhelm, bear down, overcome: opprimi aere alieno, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:
mvidiā,id. ib. 2, 2, 4:
totius corporis doloribus,id. Fam. 9, 14, 3:
metu,Liv. 24, 33:
timore,Caes. B. G. 4, 15:
senatus oppressus et afflictus,Cic. Red. in Sen. 7, 18.—
F To fall upon, surprise, take by surprise, come upon unexpectedly, seize, catch (syn.:
adorior, invado): occasionem opprimere,to seize, embrace, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 15:
imprudentem,Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:
incautos,Liv. 26, 12:
Antonium mors oppressit,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:
ne subito a me opprimantur (sc. interrogando),id. ib. 2, 4, 67, §
150: oppressi luce copias instruunt, Auct. B. G. 8, 14: rostra,to make one's self master of, occupy, Cic. Clu. 40, 110.—
G To bury, hide, conceal, suppress:
quod quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 121:
iram,Sall. J. 72, 1:
ita ejus rei oppressa mentio est,Liv. 23, 22:
infamiam,Just. 12, 13, 10. —
H To force a woman, commit a rape upon (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Reg. 13, 12; 14, 32; id. Gen. 34, 2; id. Ezech. 2, 2; 11.