pressus adj. with comp. P. of premo, closed, close, shut tight: presso obmutuit ore, V.: oscula iungere pressa, i. e. ardent, O.: presso gutture, i. e. hoarsely, V.

—Repressed, suppressed, kept down, slow: pede presso cedentes, L.: pressoque legit vestigia gressu, O.

—Fig., of utterance, repressed, subdued, low: modi: vox, thick.

—Of style, concise, close, precise, accurate: Thucydides verbis: oratio pressior.

—Of sounds, precise, definite, articulate: sonos vocis pressos efficit (lingua).