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oppressus

From LSJ

Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) oppressus, a, um, part. de opprimo.
(2) oppressŭs,¹⁶ abl. ū, m., action de presser, de peser sur : Lucr. 1, 851.

Latin > German (Georges)

oppressus, Abl. ū, m. (opprimo), das Niederdrücken, der Druck, quid in oppressu valido durabit eorum? Lucr. 1, 851. – prägn., das Überschütten, saxei montis oppressu, Sidon. epist. 9,11, 9: iacēre ruinae oppressu, Augustin. epist. 181, 7 u. c. duas epist. Pelag. 2, 6.