com-primō (conp-) pressī, pressus, ere, to press together, bring together, compress, close: (digitos) compresserat pugnumque fecerat: labra, H.: oculos (of the dead), O.: murem, Ph.: ordines (of the army), to close, L.

—To embrace, T., L.

—Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, with the hands folded, i. e. to be idle, L.

—To hold, keep in, restrain, check, curb: animam, to hold the breath, T.: manūs, to keep off, T.: gressum, V.

—To keep back, suppress, withhold, conceal: frumentum: delicta: famam, L.

— Fig., to restrain, hinder, check, repress, curb, subdue: libidines: voluptates: animos: conatūs aliorum, L.: furores: seditionem, L.: voce manuque Murmura, O.: amor compressus edendi, i. e. satisfied, V.