Lewis & Short

compressĭo (conp-), ōnis, f. [com primo], a pressing together, compression.

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen.: aurum compressione coactum, Vitr. 7, 8, 4; Oros. 7, 6.
      With gen.: ventris, Gell. 16, 3: musculorum, Scrib. Comp. 84.
    2. B. Esp.,
      1. 1. An embracing: artae amantūm, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 64.
      2. 2. Copulation, Arn. 2, 93; Hyg. Fab. 187; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 34.
  2. II. Trop., of diction, the compression of an expression, Cic. Brut. 7, 29; v. Ellendt. ad h. l.
    1. B. A suppression, repression: bellorum civilium, Oros. 7, 6: corporalium cupiditatum, Ambros. in Psa. 48, Serm. 19, § 19.