oppressio

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οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν → some of us prosper and others are at our wit's end, some of us are prospering and others of us are at our wit's end

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

oppressĭo: (obp-), ōnis, f. opprimo.
   1    A pressing down, Vitr. 10, 3, 3; trop., force, violence (class.), Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 30.—
   2    Violent seizure: occupatio fori, oppressio curiae, Cic. Dom. 3, 5.—
   3    Oppression, overthrow: legum et libertatis, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83.—
   4    (Late Lat.) Med. t. t., = κατάληψις, a catalepsy, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10, 56; id. Tard. 2, 5, 86.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

oppressĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (opprimo), action de presser : Vitr. Arch. 10, 3, 3 || destruction, action d’étouffer : [les lois, la liberté] Cic. Off. 3, 83 || oppression, action violente contre qqn, qqch. : Ter. Ad. 238 ; Cic. Domo 5.

Latin > German (Georges)

oppressio, ōnis, f. (opprimo), I) das Herabdrücken, Abwärtsdrücken, 1) eig.: a) im allg., Vitr. 10, 3, 3. – b) prägn., das Überherfallen, Überschütten, oppressiones ruinarum, Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 22, 3. p. 605, 30 D.2 – 2) übtr., die Unterdrückung, legum et libertatis, Cic. de off. 3, 83. – II) das Anfallen, Überfallen einer Person, die Gewalttat, Ter. Phorm. 238. – insbes.: a) die gewalttätige Besitznahme, der feindl. Überfall, die Überrumpelung des Feindes, Oros. 5, 18, 18, eines Ortes, curiae, Cic. de domo 5: Plur. oppressiones, Augugtin. ep. 153, 24. Vulg. Sirach 40, 9. – b) als spät. mediz. t. t. = κατάληψις, ein plötzlicher Anfall von Bewußtlosigkeit, die Starrsucht (auch apprehensio gen.), Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 10, 56; de morb. chron. 2, 5, 86.