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|lshtext=<b>dē-prĭmo</b>: pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [[premo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[press]] [[down]], [[weigh]] [[down]], [[sink]] [[down]], to [[depress]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: vis venti nubem deprimit, Lucr. 6, 432: qui ([[Critolaus]]) [[tantum]] propendere illam lancem putet, ut terram et maria deprimat, Cic. Tusc. 5, 17 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: deprimi in tenebras, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 19: ad [[mentum]] depresso supercilio, id. Pis. 6 fin.: [[animus]] [[caelestis]] ex altissimo domicilio [[depressus]] et [[quasi]] [[demersus]] in terram, id. de Sen. 21: depresso [[aratro]] (sc. in terram), Verg. G. 1, 45 et saep.—Absol.: haec quae [[porto]] deprimunt, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[sink]] [[deep]], as a [[plant]], a [[well]], etc.; to [[plant]] [[deep]], to [[dig]] [[deep]]: vites in terram, [[Cato]] R. R. 32 fin.; cf. Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10: plantas, Col. 11, 3, 28 et saep.: qui tollit [[aedificium]], vel deprimit, Dig. 8, 2, 17, § 2: [[saxum]] in mirandam altitudinem depressum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27; cf.: valle in altitudinem depressa, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 2: [[locus]] [[circiter]] [[duodecim]] [[pedes]] [[humi]] [[depressus]], Sall. C. 55, 3: fossam, Hirt. B. G. 8, 40, 3; Tac. A. 15, 42: deprimere vel allevare rivum, Dig. 8, 4, 11 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Naut. t. t., to [[sink]] to the [[bottom]], to [[sink]], sc. a [[ship]]: partem navium, Caes. B. C. 1, 58 fin.: naves, id. ib. 2, 6 fin.; 2, 7; Nep. Con. 4, 4: lenunculos, Caes. B. C. 2, 43 fin.: carinam, Ov. M. 14, 185; Tac. H. 4, 79: [[classis]] superata [[atque]] depressa, Cic. de imp. Pomp. 8, 21 et saep. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[press]] [[down]], [[depress]]: [[animus]] [[depressus]], Lucr. 6, 53: vos, gemi nae voragines scopulique reipublicae, vos meam fortunam deprimitis? vestram extollitis? (a [[figure]] borrowed from the sinking of a [[ship]],<br /> v. [[supra]], no. I. B. 2), Cic. Pis. 18; cf.: improbitate depressa [[veritas]] emergit, id. Clu. 65, 183: ita se [[quisque]] extollit, ut deprimat [[alium]], Liv. 3, 65 fin.; cf. id. 30, 36; Plin. [[Pan]]. 44, 6 et saep.: [[preces]], to [[suppress]], [[silence]], Nep. Att. 22, 2: [[nunc]] [[quid]] [[elocutio]] attollat aut deprimat dicendum, Quint. 8, 3 fin.: [[depressus]] in ludum, i. e. pressed, [[forced]], Asin. [[Pollio]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., to [[depreciate]] in words, [[disparage]] (cf. [[depretio]]): adversariorum causam per contemptionem deprimere, Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8; Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[oppress]] ([[late]] Lat.): populum, Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 15.—Hence, dēpressus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., pressed [[down]], i. e. [[deep]], [[lying]] [[low]], [[depressed]] (perh. [[only]] [[post]]-Aug.): humilius et depressius [[iter]], Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 2: [[aquaeductus]] depressior, Front. Aquaed. 65: depresso [[loco]] [[castra]] ponere, id. Strat. 1, 5, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of the [[voice]], [[low]], suppressed: [[quam]] sedatissima et depressissima vox, Auct. Her. 3, 14.—Adv.: dē-pressē, [[deeply]]; pos. not [[found]].—Comp.: fodere, quo depressius aestivos [[specus]] foderint, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 2: pastinare, Col. 11, 3, 10.