oppressio

oppressĭo (obp-), ōnis, f. [opprimo].

• • • 1 A pressing down, Vitr. 10, 3, 3; trop., force, violence (class.), Ter. Ad. 238.—
    • 2 Violent seizure: occupatio fori, oppressio curiae, Cic. Dom. 3, 5.—
    • 3 Oppression, overthrow: legum et libertatis, Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83.—
    • 4 (Late Lat.) Med. t. t., = κατάληψις, a catalepsy, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10, 56; id. Tard. 2, 5, 86.

oppressio, ōnis, f. (opprimo), I) das Herabdrücken, Abwärtsdrücken, 1) eig.: a) im allg., Vitr. 10, 3, 3. – b) prägn., das Überherfallen, Überschütten, oppressiones ruinarum, Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 22, 3. p. 605, 30 D.² – 2) übtr., die Unterdrückung, legum et libertatis, Cic. de off. 3, 83. – II) das Anfallen, Überfallen einer Person, die Gewalttat, Ter. Phorm. 238. – insbes.: a) die gewalttätige Besitznahme, der feindl. Überfall, die Überrumpelung des Feindes, Oros. 5, 18, 18, eines Ortes, curiae, Cic. de domo 5: Plur. oppressiones, Augugtin. ep. 153, 24. Vulg. Sirach 40, 9. – b) als spät. mediz. t. t. = κατάληψις, ein plötzlicher Anfall von Bewußtlosigkeit, die Starrsucht (auch apprehensio gen.), Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 10, 56; de morb. chron. 2, 5, 86.

oppressio (obp-) [CL] 1 (act of) stifling or suffocating. 1447 T. B. et J. uxor ejus pro opp’ fi[lii] (Reg. Roff.) MS Kent Archive Office DRc/R6 f. 210. 2 oppression, ill-treatment (by abuse of power or sim.); b (w. subj. gen.); c (w. obj. gen.). obpressionem tamen ~onisque lasciviam odit Pull. CM 201; populus ‥ Anglicanus ‥ celeriorem justitiam ‥ in suis ~onibus consecutus est Reg. Malm. I 65; c1343 racione ‥ transgressionis, ~onis, extorsionis, dampni, gravaminis FormOx 122.  b non propter ~onem vi[ce]comitum ‥ set propter infortunium et paupertatem DB I 336va.  c nusquam pauperum ~ones Osb. V. Elph. 127; contra proximum tuum, ad ~onem proximi tui Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 74; quedam ‥ ad reprimendam ~onem populi ‥ statuenda Reg. Malm. I 65; per ‥ inprisonamentum atque ~ones ejusdem Rogeri idem Thomas amisit de bonis suis ad valenciam centum librarum State Tri. Ed. I 52; c1520 parvulorum et innocentium ~o Conc. Scot. I cclxxxi. 3 (act of) molesting or harassing (sts. w. ref. to military attack or sim.); b (w. subj. gen.); c (w. obj. gen.). sugillationem, i. ~onem Comm. Cant. I 2; qui multas ~ones orbi Romano ‥ intulit W. Malm. GR II 225; hostilibus ‥ ~onibus ‥ interire Gir. PI I 17 p. 75; Britanniam ~one dirissima ‥ afflixerunt M. Par. Maj. I 173; c1400 sustinuit guerram et multas alias ~ones Chr. Rams. app. 348.  b ut Uilfrid episcopus provinciam australium Saxonum convertit [MSS add: quae tamen illo abeunte propter acervam hostium obpressionem proprium episcopum habere nequiverit] Bede HE IV 13 tit.; insidiis et ~onibus daemonum tenebris obvolutus mundus subjacebat Anselm (Or. 7) III 20.  c ~o egri, non extinctio morbi; irritamentum vitii, non complementum desiderii Bald. Cant. Serm. 19. 2. 509. 4 (in gl.). in abductionem, in ~onem GlC I 255.

oppressĭō, (15) ōnis, f. (opprimo), action de presser : Vitr. Arch. 10, 3, 3 || destruction, action dʼétouffer : [les lois, la liberté] Cic. Off. 3, 83 || oppression, action violente contre qqn, qqch. : Ter. Ad. 238 ; Cic. Domo 5.

oppressiō ōnis, f

• PREM-, a pressing down, suppression, overthrow: legum: Per oppressionem alqm mi eripere, violent seizure, T.: curiae.