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===verb transitive===

[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[θλίβειν]], [[πιέζειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[συμπιέζειν]].

[[embrace]], [[cling to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔχεσθαι]]; (gen.), [[ἀντέχεσθαι]] (gen.); see [[cling]].

[[foot pressed against foot]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ποὺς ἐπαλλαχθεὶς ποδί]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Heraclidae]]'' 836).

[[touch]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]]; (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[θιγγάνειν]]; (gen.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]); see [[touch]].

[[drive]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλαύνειν]], [[ὠθεῖν]].

[[persuade]], [[urge]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πείθειν]], [[ἀναπείθειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκπείθειν]]; see [[persuade]].

[[press one's views]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἰσχυρίζεσθαι]], [[διισχυρίζεσθαι]].

[[some three people accused you before this man but did not press the charge]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τρεῖς σέ τινες γραψάμενοι πρότεροι τοῦδε οὐκ ἐπεξῆλθον]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 501).

[[oppress]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πιέζειν]].

[[be oppressed]]: also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βαρύνεσθαι]].

[[press hard]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βιάζεσθαι]].

[[be hard pressed]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πιέζεσθαι]], [[βιάζεσθαι]], [[πονεῖν]], [[ταλαιπωρεῖν]], [[κάμνειν]], [[νοσεῖν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[πονεῖσθαι]].

[[his creditors were pressing him]]: [[prose|P.]] [[οἱ χρῆσται κατήπειγον αὐτόν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 894).

[[be pressed for]], [[lack]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπορεῖν]]; (gen.); see [[lack]].

[[press into one's service]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προστίθεσθαι]]; (τινα), [[προσποιεῖσθαί]] (τινα), [[προσλαμβάνειν]] (τινά).

'''verb intransitive''' See [[crowd]].

[[press on]], '''verb transitive and intransitive''': see [[hurry]].

[[press upon]] (an [[enemy]]): [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγκεῖσθαι]] (dat. or absol.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκεῖσθαι]]; (dat.) ἐπικεῖσθαι (absol.).

[[pursue]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διώκειν]]; see [[pursue]].

[[be urgent with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκεῖσθαι]]; (dat., [[verse|V.]] acc. [[Euripides]], ''[[Iphigenia in Aulis]]'' 814).

[[when the sphinx pressed heavily upon the city with her ravaging]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὡς ἐπεζάρει Σφὶγξ ἁρπαγαῖσι πόλιν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 45).

===substantive===

[[close array]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στῖφος]], τό.

[[crowd]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὄχλος]], ὁ, [[πλῆθος]], τό.

[[press of business]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀσχολία]], ἡ.

[[press for cheeses]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τεῦχος]], τό ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 208).

[[pressed out]] (of [[cheese]]), adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξημελγμένος]]; ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 209).
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