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opprimi

opprimi is a Latin form of opprimo, meaning “press down, crush; overwhelm, suppress; take by surprise”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 62 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.11.4: Itaque eius rei causa antiquitus institutum videtur, ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxili egeret: suos enim quisque opprimi et circumveniri non patitur, neque, aliter si faciat, ullam inter suos habet auctoritatem.

All forms of opprimo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.