expressus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exprimō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspres.sus/, [ɛkˈs̠prɛs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspres.sus/, [ekˈsprɛsːus]

Participle

expressus (feminine expressa, neuter expressum); first/second-declension participle

1. squeezed
2. pressed (out); expressed
3. imitated, copied
4. pronounced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	expressus	expressa	expressum		expressī	expressae	expressa
Genitive	expressī	expressae	expressī		expressōrum	expressārum	expressōrum
Dative	expressō		expressō		expressīs
Accusative	expressum	expressam	expressum		expressōs	expressās	expressa
Ablative	expressō	expressā	expressō		expressīs
Vocative	expresse	expressa	expressum		expressī	expressae	expressa

Derived terms

• expressiō

Descendants

• Catalan: exprés
• Old French: expres
  • French: exprès
    • → English: express
  • → Middle Dutch: expres
    • Dutch: expres
• Italian: espresso
  • → English: espresso
• Piedmontese: espress
• Portuguese: expresso
• Romanian: expres
• Spanish: expreso, espreso, espresso

References

• “expressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.