compressĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a pressing together, compression.
I.
Prop.
A.
In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.— With gen.: ventris, Gell. 16, 3: musculorum, Scrib. Comp. 84.—
B.
Esp.,
1.
An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64. —
2.
Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.—
II.
Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.—
B.
A suppression, repression: bellorum civilium, Oros. 7, 6: corporalium cupiditatum, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.