opprimo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opˈpri.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: op‧prì‧mo

Verb

opprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of opprimere

Anagrams

• oppormi

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ premō (“press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pri.moː/, [ˈɔpːrɪmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pri.mo/, [ˈɔpːrimo]

Verb

opprimō (present infinitive opprimere, perfect active oppressī, supine oppressum); third conjugation

1. to press down upon; to suppress

   Synonyms: supprimō, sepeliō, reprimō, dēprimō, cohibeō, premō, comprimō, angō

2. to take by surprise

   Synonyms: prehendō, dēprehendō

3. to capture

   Synonyms: comprehendō, apprehendō, capiō, prehendō, claudō, corripiō, arripiō

4. to crush, put down
5. to attack, assail

   Synonyms: irrumpō, impetō, aggredior, accēdō, adorior, incidō, oppugnō, incurrō, concurrō, petō, accurrō, occurrō, incēdō, intrō, excurrō, īnstō, invādō, adeō, arripiō, inruō, assiliō, appetō, invehō, incessō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

6. to overwhelm, overcome, subdue

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, conquestō, superō, pācō, ēvincō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, exsuperō, obruō, pellō, premō, fundō

7. to hide, conceal

   Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, abscondō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of opprimō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	opprimō		opprimis		opprimit		opprimimus		opprimitis		opprimunt
	imperfect	opprimēbam		opprimēbās		opprimēbat		opprimēbāmus		opprimēbātis		opprimēbant
	future	opprimam		opprimēs		opprimet		opprimēmus		opprimētis		oppriment
	perfect	oppressī		oppressistī		oppressit		oppressimus		oppressistis		oppressērunt, oppressēre
	pluperfect	oppresseram		oppresserās		oppresserat		oppresserāmus		oppresserātis		oppresserant
	future perfect	oppresserō		oppresseris		oppresserit		oppresserimus		oppresseritis		oppresserint
passive	present	opprimor		opprimeris, opprimere		opprimitur		opprimimur		opprimiminī		opprimuntur
	imperfect	opprimēbar		opprimēbāris, opprimēbāre		opprimēbātur		opprimēbāmur		opprimēbāminī		opprimēbantur
	future	opprimar		opprimēris, opprimēre		opprimētur		opprimēmur		opprimēminī		opprimentur
	perfect	oppressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oppressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oppressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	opprimam		opprimās		opprimat		opprimāmus		opprimātis		opprimant
	imperfect	opprimerem		opprimerēs		opprimeret		opprimerēmus		opprimerētis		opprimerent
	perfect	oppresserim		oppresserīs		oppresserit		oppresserīmus		oppresserītis		oppresserint
	pluperfect	oppressissem		oppressissēs		oppressisset		oppressissēmus		oppressissētis		oppressissent
passive	present	opprimar		opprimāris, opprimāre		opprimātur		opprimāmur		opprimāminī		opprimantur
	imperfect	opprimerer		opprimerēris, opprimerēre		opprimerētur		opprimerēmur		opprimerēminī		opprimerentur
	perfect	oppressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	oppressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		opprime		—		—		opprimite		—
	future	—		opprimitō		opprimitō		—		opprimitōte		opprimuntō
passive	present	—		opprimere		—		—		opprimiminī		—
	future	—		opprimitor		opprimitor		—		—		opprimuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		opprimere			opprimī			opprimēns			—
future		oppressūrum esse			oppressum īrī			oppressūrus			opprimendus, opprimundus
perfect		oppressisse			oppressum esse			—			oppressus
future perfect		—			oppressum fore			—			—
perfect potential		oppressūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		opprimendī		opprimendō		opprimendum		opprimendō		oppressum		oppressū

Descendants

• Catalan: oprimir
• English: oppress
• French: opprimer
• Galician: oprimir
• Italian: opprimere
• Occitan: oprimir
• Piedmontese: oprime
• Portuguese: oprimir
• Sicilian: upprìmiri
• Spanish: oprimir

References

• “opprimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opprimo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• “opprimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opprimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to surprise and defeat the enemy: opprimere hostes (imprudentes, incautos, inopinantes)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be overcome by sleep: somno captum, oppressum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have pressing debts: aere alieno oppressum esse
    

Portuguese

Verb

opprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of opprimir