# presso
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɛs.so/
* Rhymes: -ɛsso
* Hyphenation: près‧so

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pressō, from Latin presse (“narrow, short”). Cognate with Walloon and French près.

#### Adverb

presso
* (rare) nearby, near, close
    Synonym: appresso
    da presso ― closely

##### Derived terms

* appresso
* pressapoco
* pressappoco
* pressoché

#### Preposition

presso
* near
    Synonym: vicino a
* beside, next to, by
    Synonyms: accanto a, a fianco di
* at, with
    Synonyms: a casa di, da
    Abito presso i miei zii. ― I live with my uncles.
    Lavoravo presso la ditta Bianchi. ― I worked at Bianchi's.
* among, with
    Synonyms: tra, fra
* (mail) care of (always followed by di)
    Synonym: c/o

#### Adjective

presso (invariable)
* near, close

#### Adjective

presso (feminine pressa, masculine plural pressi, feminine plural presse)
* (archaic) near, close

#### Noun

presso m (plural pressi)
* (usually in the plural) vicinity, proximity
    nei pressi di ― in the vicinity of

#### References

* ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

#### Further reading

* presso$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

From Latin pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to hit”).

#### Participle

presso (feminine pressa, masculine plural pressi, feminine plural presse)
* (archaic) past participle of premere: (having been) pressed, compressed

#### Further reading

* presso$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

presso
* first-person singular present indicative of pressare

### Anagrams

* sperso, sporse

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpres.soː/, [ˈprɛs̠ːoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpres.so/, [ˈprɛsːo]

### Etymology 1

From premō +‎ -tō (through its perfect passive participle pressus).

#### Verb

pressō (present infinitive pressāre, perfect active pressāvī, supine pressātum); first conjugation
* to press, squeeze

##### Derived terms

* pressim
* pressiō
* pressōrium
* pressōrius
* pressulē
* pressulus

##### Descendants

* Catalan: premsar
* → Danish: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
* → Dutch: pressen (via Medieval Latin), presseren (via Middle French)
* → English: press
* French: presser
* → German: pressen (via Medieval Latin), pressieren (via Middle French)
* → Greek: πρεσάρω (presáro)
* Haitian Creole: prese
* Italian: pressare
* → Norwegian:
** → Norwegian Bokmål: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: presse (via Medieval Latin), pressere (via Middle French)
* Portuguese: prensar
* → Russian: прессовать (pressovatʹ)
* Romanian: presa
* → Serbo-Croatian
    → Cyrillic: пресовати
    → Latin: presovati
* Spanish: prensar
* → Swedish: pressa (via Medieval Latin)
* → Ukrainian: прессувати (pressuvaty)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

pressō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pressus

### References

* “presso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “presso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers