compressus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perfect passive participle of comprimō.

Participle[edit]

compressus (feminine compressa, neuter compressum); first/second-declension participle

  1. compressed, restrained, repressed

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative compressus compressa compressum compressī compressae compressa
Genitive compressī compressae compressī compressōrum compressārum compressōrum
Dative compressō compressō compressīs
Accusative compressum compressam compressum compressōs compressās compressa
Ablative compressō compressā compressō compressīs
Vocative compresse compressa compressum compressī compressae compressa

References[edit]

  • compressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • compressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • compressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)