suppressus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of supprimō.

Participle

suppressus (feminine suppressa, neuter suppressum); first/second-declension participle

  1. pressed down
  2. suppressed
  3. detained, restrained
  4. soft-spoken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • suppressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suppressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suppressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a gentle, subdued voice: vox lenis, suppressa, summissa