opprimō, opprimere, oppressī, oppressum

Definitions for opprimere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to suppress, overwhelm, overpower, check
English derivatives:
oppress oppression oppressive oppressor

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To press on or against, squeeze, etc. (b) to press so as to close or block; esp. os ~imere, to shut one's mouth, keep silence; also, to shut (another's) mouth, i.e. silence him; oculus ~imere, to close a person's eyes (in death).
2
To suffocate, smother, stifle. (b) to extinguish (flames) by covering them, etc., smother. (c) to muffle (a sound). (d) to bury from sight, cover, conceal; to mask (feelings).
3
To bury or submerge beneath a superincumbent mass or sim., overwhelm; (also of burdens). (b) to overpower (in combat, etc.).
4
(of things) To overpower (as regards one's physical actions), overwhelm: (a) (of sleep, wine). (b) (of pain, ill health, or sim.); (also of instruments of death). (c) (of emotions or sim.).
5
To crush (troops) by force of arms; to take (a place) by storm. (b) to overwhelm (a person) in respect of his circumstances, ruin, destroy; to reduce to dire straits. (c) to oppress (politically or sim.).

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Sentences with opprimere

Latin to English

Diū oppressī, sē contrā opprimentem tyrannum vertere coepērunt.Compare Long oppressed, they began to turn themselves against the oppressing tyrant.

Mīlia cīvium ex eā terrā fugiēbant nē ā tyrannō opprimerentur.Compare Thousands of citizens kept fleeing from that land in order not to be oppressed by the tyrant.

Tyrannus cīvēs suōs ita male opprimēbat ut semper līberī esse vellent.Compare The tyrant used to oppress his citizens so badly that they always wished to be free.

Flammae vōs oppriment.Compare The flames will overwhelm you.

Praesidium Romanus aut pello arx, aut proditus per fraus opprimo.Compare The Roman garrisons were either driven from the citadels, or were treacherously betrayed and surprised.

Constat opprimo aes alienus Gallia.Compare It is certain that Gaul was burdened by debt.

Conjugation table for opprimere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
opprimō opprimis opprimit opprimimus opprimitis opprimunt	opprimēbam opprimēbās opprimēbat opprimēbāmus opprimēbātis opprimēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
oppressī oppressistī oppressit oppressimus oppressistis oppressērunt / oppressēre	oppresseram oppresserās oppresserat oppresserāmus oppresserātis oppresserant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
opprimam opprimēs opprimet opprimēmus opprimētis oppriment	oppresserō oppresseris oppresserit oppresserimus oppresseritis oppresserint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
opprimam opprimās opprimat opprimāmus opprimātis opprimant	opprimerem opprimerēs opprimeret opprimerēmus opprimerētis opprimerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
oppresserim oppresseris oppresserit oppresserimus oppresseritis oppresserint	oppressissem oppressissēs oppressisset oppressissēmus oppressissētis oppressissent
Infinitive present opprimere Infinitive perfect oppressisse Infinitive future oppressūrum esse	Imperative present opprime opprimite Imperative future opprimitō opprimitō opprimitōte opprimuntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
opprimor opprimeris opprimitur opprimimur opprimiminī opprimuntur	opprimēbar opprimēbāris / opprimēbāre opprimēbātur opprimēbāmur opprimēbāminī opprimēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
oppressus sum oppressus es oppressus est oppressī sumus oppressī estis oppressī sunt	oppressus eram oppressus erās oppressus erat oppressī erāmus oppressī erātis oppressī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
opprimar opprimēris / opprimēre opprimētur opprimēmur opprimēminī opprimentur	oppressus erō oppressus eris oppressus erit oppressī erimus oppressī eritis oppressī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
opprimar opprimāris / opprimāre opprimātur opprimāmur opprimāminī opprimantur	opprimerer opprimerēris / opprimerēre opprimerētur opprimerēmur opprimerēminī opprimerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
oppressus sim oppressus sīs oppressus sit oppressī sīmus oppressī sītis oppressī sint	oppressus essem oppressus essēs oppressus esset oppressī essēmus oppressī essētis oppressī essent
Infinitive present opprimī Infinitive perfect oppressum esse Infinitive future oppressum īrī	Imperative present opprimere opprimiminī Imperative future opprimitor opprimitor - opprimuntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	opprimēns	opprimentēs
Gen.	opprimentis	opprimentium
Dat.	opprimentī	opprimentibus
Acc.	opprimentem	opprimentēs
Abl.	opprimente	opprimentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	oppressūrus	oppressūrī
Gen.	oppressūrī	oppressūrōrum
Dat.	oppressūrō	oppressūrīs
Acc.	oppressūrum	oppressūrōs
Abl.	oppressūrō	oppressūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	oppressus	oppressī
Gen.	oppressī	oppressōrum
Dat.	oppressō	oppressīs
Acc.	oppressum	oppressōs
Abl.	oppressō	oppressīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	opprimendus	opprimendī
Gen.	opprimendī	opprimendōrum
Dat.	opprimendō	opprimendīs
Acc.	opprimendum	opprimendōs
Abl.	opprimendō	opprimendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	opprimere	oppressum
Gen.	opprimendī	oppressū
Dat.	opprimendō
Acc.	opprimendum
Abl.	opprimendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 151.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1257.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "opprimō, opprimere, oppressī, oppressum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 16, 2023. Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/opprimo-opprimere-oppressi-oppressum.