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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

oppressus: (obp-), a, um, Part., from opprimo.
oppressus: (obp-), ūs, m. opprimo,
I a pressing down, pressure (poet. and in post-class. prose): in oppressu valido, Lucr. 1, 851: montis, Sid. Ep. 9, 11.