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premere to press
premere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to press.
Definitions for premere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to press, press hard, pursue
- 2
-primō in compounds as seen in opprimō
English derivatives:
compress depress express impress imprint print repress reprimand suppress
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To exert a steady or continuous force against, apply pressure to, press. (b) to press (in one's grasp), grip tight.
- 2
To press with one's body (in an embrace). (b) (of men, male animals) to copulate, have intercourse with.
- 3
To press (a part of the body, etc., against anything); ~mere pollicem (app.) to press the thumb against the forefinger as a sign of good omen. (b) habenas ~mere, or sim., to press down the reins (so as to draw them tight).
- 4
To make (marks, cavities, etc.) by pressing, digging, or sim. means, imprint; to impress (with a mark; in quot., fig.). (b) to imprint (footmarks).
- 5
To press, push (in a specified direction). (b) to force to go, propel, drive. (c) to bring (conditions) to bear.
Sentences with premere
Latin to English
Infelix putat illuvie caelestia pasci seque premit laesis saevior ipse deis.Compare The wretched fellow believes that filth nurtures heavenly thoughts, and more cruel than the gods when they are offended, punishes himself.
Latius excisae pestis contagia serpunt, victoresque suos natio victa premit.Compare Though the pestilence was excised, its contagion is still spreading, and the conquered nation presses hard upon its conquerors.
Infelix est Mucius, quod dextra ignes hostium premit et ipse a se exigit errores sui poenas? Quod regem, quem armata manu non potuit, exusta fugat? Quid ergo? Felicior esset, si in sinu amicae foveret manum?Compare Is Mucius unfortunate because he grasps the flames of the enemy with his right hand and forces himself to pay the penalty of his mistake? Because with his charred hand he routs the king whom his armed hand he could not rout? Tell me, then, would he be happier if he were warming his hand in his mistress's bosom?
Vult homo non esse concupiscentias ... Velimus, nolimus, habemus illa: velimus, nolimus, titillant, blandiuntur, stimulant ... Premuntur nondum exstinguuntur.Compare Man does not want to have desires ... Whether we like it or not, we have them; whether we like it or not they tickle us, caress us, excite us... They press upon us until they are extinguished.
Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus et erro, iam vino quaerens, iam somno fallere Curam; frustra: nam comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem.Compare You cannot bear your own company for an hour together, you cannot employ leisure wisely, you would give yourself the slip, a runaway and a vagrant, seeking now with wine, now with sleep, to cheat Care. In vain: fast as you run Care is at your side or at your heels.
Diu quum pugno, nosterque graviter a multitudo premo, consumptus omnis telum, impetus in cohors facio.Compare When the battle had lasted (when it had been fought) a long time, and our men were being hard pressed by numbers, all their missiles being spent, they charge the cohorts.
Conjugation table for premere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| premō premis premit premimus premitis premunt | premēbam premēbās premēbat premēbāmus premēbātis premēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| pressī pressistī pressit pressimus pressistis pressērunt / pressēre | presseram presserās presserat presserāmus presserātis presserant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| premam premēs premet premēmus premētis prement | presserō presseris presserit presserimus presseritis presserint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| premam premās premat premāmus premātis premant | premerem premerēs premeret premerēmus premerētis premerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| presserim presseris presserit presserimus presseritis presserint | pressissem pressissēs pressisset pressissēmus pressissētis pressissent |
Infinitive present premere Infinitive perfect pressisse Infinitive future pressūrum esse | Imperative present preme premite Imperative future premitō premitō premitōte premuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| premor premeris premitur premimur premiminī premuntur | premēbar premēbāris / premēbāre premēbātur premēbāmur premēbāminī premēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| pressus sum pressus es pressus est pressī sumus pressī estis pressī sunt | pressus eram pressus erās pressus erat pressī erāmus pressī erātis pressī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| premar premēris / premēre premētur premēmur premēminī prementur | pressus erō pressus eris pressus erit pressī erimus pressī eritis pressī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| premar premāris / premāre premātur premāmur premāminī premantur | premerer premerēris / premerēre premerētur premerēmur premerēminī premerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| pressus sim pressus sīs pressus sit pressī sīmus pressī sītis pressī sint | pressus essem pressus essēs pressus esset pressī essēmus pressī essētis pressī essent |
Infinitive present premī Infinitive perfect pressum esse Infinitive future pressum īrī | Imperative present premere premiminī Imperative future premitor premitor - premuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | premēns | prementēs |
| Gen. | prementis | prementium |
| Dat. | prementī | prementibus |
| Acc. | prementem | prementēs |
| Abl. | premente | prementibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | pressūrus | pressūrī |
| Gen. | pressūrī | pressūrōrum |
| Dat. | pressūrō | pressūrīs |
| Acc. | pressūrum | pressūrōs |
| Abl. | pressūrō | pressūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | pressus | pressī |
| Gen. | pressī | pressōrum |
| Dat. | pressō | pressīs |
| Acc. | pressum | pressōs |
| Abl. | pressō | pressīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | premendus | premendī |
| Gen. | premendī | premendōrum |
| Dat. | premendō | premendīs |
| Acc. | premendum | premendōs |
| Abl. | premendō | premendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | premere | pressum |
| Gen. | premendī | pressū |
| Dat. | premendō | |
| Acc. | premendum | |
| Abl. | premendō | |
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): 1452.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- 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): 121.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "premō, premere, pressī, pressum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/premo-premere-pressi-pressum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 151.premō, premere, pressī, pressum on page 151
