obpressio

oppressĭo ( obp- ), ōnis, f. [opprimo].

1.

A pressing down, Vitr. 10, 3, 3; trop., force, violence (class.), Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 30.—

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., = katalêpsis, a catalepsy, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 10, 56; id. Tard. 2, 5, 86.