pressus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of premō (“to press”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈprɛs.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɛs.sus] === Participle === pressus (feminine pressa, neuter pressum, comparative pressior, adverb pressē); first/second-declension participle pressed, having been pressed, squeezed suppressed, moderate, slow, having been kept down (of the voice) subdued, having been subdued (of color) lowered, subdued, gloomy compressed, concise, plain close, exact, accurate ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Note: see pressē for related descendants. From Late Latin *pressia: Borrowings: === References === “pressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pressus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pressus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.