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premit

premit is a Latin form of premo, meaning “press, squeeze; oppress”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 206 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.176: … e Volcatius, tuae tuorumque deliciae, mentionem mancipis facere; Timarchides autem, columen familiae vestrae, premit fauces defensionis tuae, cui simul et Volcatio pecunia a civitate numerata est; iam vero scriba tuus anulo au …

Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 1.20.14: Dixit aliquando mihi Regulus, cum simul adessemus: 'Tu omnia quae sunt in causa putas exsequenda; ego iugulum statim video, hunc premo.' Premit sane quod elegit, sed in eligendo frequenter errat.

All forms of premo (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.