oppressa

Templeton sat silent for a few minutes, playing with the tackle in his fly-book, and then murmured to himself the well-known lines of Lucretius: "Humana ante oculos foede cum vita jaceret In terris oppressa gravi sub Relligione Quae caput a coeli regionibus ostendebat, Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans. There!-blasphemous reprobate fellow, am I not?"

Charles Kingsley - Phaethon

Reign of Shahr-Barz. His Murder. Reign of Purandocht. Rapid Succession of Pretenders. Accession of Isdigerd III. "Kobades, regno prefectus, justitiam prae se tulit, et injuriam qua oppressa fuerat amovit." Eutychius, Annales, vol, ii. p. 253.

George Rawlinson - The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7: The Sassanian or New Persian Empire : The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

-Humana ante oculos foede cum vita iaceret In terris oppressa gravi sub religione, Quae caput a caeli regionibus ostendebat Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans, Primum Graius homo mortalis tendere contra Est oculos ausus primusque obsistere contra. Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit, et extra Processit longe flammantia moenia mundi Atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque-.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

Quella che fu pur dianzi Sì dalla tema del morire oppressa, Fatta allor di repente A le parole di Mirtillo invitta, Con intrepido cor così rispose: 'Pensi dunque, Mirtillo, Di dar col tuo morire Vita a chi di te vive? O miracolo ingiusto!

Walter W. Greg - Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama: A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration: Stage in England