ob ŏb (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.: OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE,Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. ἐπί]. Lit. With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.: ob Troiam duxit,id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.). With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.): follem sibi obstringit ob gulam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23: lanam ob oculum habere,id. Mil. 5, 37: ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse,
before my eyes
,id. ib. 2, 4, 51: mors ob oculos saepe versata est,Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47: ignis qui est ob os offusus,id. Univ. 14.Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc. In gen. (freq. and class.): etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris?
do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly?
,Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32: ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam,id. Lael. 7, 25: is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse,id. Rep. 2, 2, 4: unius ob iram Prodimur,Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.: saevae memorem Junonis ob iram,id. ib. 1, 4; cf. also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat,Hor. S. 1, 4, 26: barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat,Liv. 21, 2, 6: non noxā neque ob metum,Tac. H. 2, 49: Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse,
for the republic
,id. A. 2, 83: cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat,id. ib. 6, 5. In partic. In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.): ob asinos ferre argentum,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38: quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem?id. Rud. 3, 6, 23: ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78: pecuniam ob delicta dare,Tac. A. 14, 14. Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41: verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est,Sall. J. 31, 5. Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14. Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.: quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc.,Cic. Lael. 11, 36: quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris,id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep. Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.). Ob id: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis,Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5: ob id ipsum,Curt. 4, 16, 23.Ob hoc: ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent,Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.: ob hoc miserior,Sen. Ep. 98, 5. Ob haec: ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset,Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.Ob ea: ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat,Sall. J. 39, 2.Ob quae: ob quae posterum diem reus petivit,Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13. In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc. An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo. In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.
obacerbat ŏbăcerbat, exacerbat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.
obacero ŏbăcĕro, 1, v. a., to contradict, interrupt: obacerare obloqui atque alterius sermonem moleste impedire; quod sumptum videtur a paleis, quas Graeci ἄχυρα vocant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.
obaemulor ŏb-aemŭlor, 1, v. dep. n. (lit. to excite to jealousy against, i. e.), to stir up, irritate, provoke (eccl. Lat.): illi obaemulati sunt me in non Deo,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 31 (a translation of Deut. 32, 21).
obaerarius ŏbaerārĭus, ii, m.ob-aes, a debtor who must work out his debt (ante-class.): (agros colunt) ii, quos obaerarios nostri vocitārunt,Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 2 Schneid. N. cr.
obaeratus ŏb-aerātus, a, um, adj.id., involved in debt, in bondage on account of debt (class.): liber, qui suas operas in servitute pro pecuniā quādam debebat, dum solveret, nexus vocatur, ut ab aere obaeratus,Varr. L. L. 7, § 105 Müll.: tenuis et obaeratus,Suet. Caes. 46. Comp.: quanto quis obaeratior, aegrius distrahebant,
Obarator Ŏb-ărātor, ōris, m., the god of ploughing, Fab. Pict. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.
obardesco ŏb-ardesco, arsi, 3, v. inch. n., to burn before one, to blaze out: obarsit Dryas,Stat. Th. 9, 856.
obaresco ŏb-āresco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to grow dry, to dry up (post-class.): membrana quam siccari et obarescere non oportet,Lact. Opif. D. 10, 3 (al. arescere).
obarmo ŏb-armo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to arm (poet. and post-class.). Lit.: securi Dextras,Hor. C. 4, 4, 20: clipeo filium,Aus. Epigr. 25, 1: manus impias contra aliquem,App. M. 9 init.Trop.: perfrictis oculis, et obarmatis ad vigilias,App. M. 2, p. 125, 28.
obaro ŏb-ăro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to plough around, plough up: cum hostes obarāssent quicquid herbidi terreni extra murum erat,Liv. 23, 19, 14.
obatratus ŏb-ātrātus, a, um, adj., obscured, black, blackish: nascens luna si cornu superiore obatrato surget, pluvias decrescens dabit, Varr. ap. Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 349 Sillig. N. cr. (al. obatro).
obatresco ŏb-ātresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [obatratus], to become black, Firm. Math. praef.
obaudiens ŏb-audĭens, P. a., v. obaudio fin.
obaudientia ŏb-audĭentĭa, ae, f.obaudio, obedience (eccl. Lat. for the class. oboedientia), Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 2.
obaudio ŏb-audĭo, ii, 4, v. a., for oboedio, to obey (post-class.); constr. with dat. or absol. With dat.: alicui,App. M. 3, p. 136, 11.Absol.: Adam non obaudiit,Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2. With acc.: obaudite me,Vulg. Eccles. 39, 17. Hence, ŏbaudĭens, entis, P. a., obedient (eccl. Lat. for oboediens). Comp.: quid obaudientius esse potest, quam ut, etc.,Ambros. Ep. 21.
obauditus ŏbaudītus, abl., ū, m.id., a listening: auris, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 29.
obauratus ŏb-aurātus, a, um, adj., gilded (postclass.): socci obaurati,App. M. 11, p. 260, 34.
obba obba, ae, f., a vessel large at the bottom, a beaker, noggin; a decanter: obba poculi genus, quod nunc ubba dicitur. Varro: obbas et Cumanos calices,Non. 146, 8 sq.; cf.: obba poculi genus vel ligneum vel ex sparto. Varro (here follows the passage just cited): idem Epistola ad Marullium: utrum meridie an vesperi libentius ad obbam accedas,Non. 545, 2 sq.; Pers. 5, 148; Tert. Apol. 13. (But in Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 53, the correct read. is phoba, v. Sillig. ad h. l.)
Obba Obba, ae, f., a city in Africa near Carthage, Liv. 30, 7, 10.
obbatus obbātus, false read. for ovatae, App. M. 10, p. 254, 15.
obblateratus ob-blătĕrātus, false read. for adblaterantes, App. M. 9, p. 221, 25.
obbrutesco ob-brūtesco, tŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become brutish, stupid (ante- and post-class.): obbrutuit, obstupuit, a bruto, quod antiqui pro gravi, interdum pro stupido dixerunt. Afranius: non possum verbum facere, obbrutui, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: anima contracta suis e partibus obbrutescat,Lucr. 3, 545 (also ap. Non. 77, 32): claude meatus Obbrutescentis capitis,Prud. Hamart. 652.
obdo ob-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a., to put, place, or set one thing before another; to put against; to shut, close, fasten, etc.: obdere, opponere vel operire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll. (not in Cic. or Cæs.): pessulum ostio obdo,
obdormio ob-dormĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. n. and a., to fall asleep (class.): ebrium obdormivisse,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 116: Endymion nescio quando in Latmo obdormivit,Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92: sub taxo,Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51: quem obdormire volumus,Cels. 3, 18: Atiam obdormisse,Suet. Aug. 94: nepetam substernere obdormituris utile est,Plin. 20, 14, 56, § 158 (Jan, eo dormituris). Esp., to fall asleep in death (eccl. Lat.): obdormivit in Domino,Vulg. Act. 7, 59.Act. (anteclass.): omnem obdormivi crapulam,
obdormito obdormĭto, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to fall asleep, Fortun. Carm. 3.
obduco ob-dūco, xi, ctum (inf. perf. sync. obduxe, Arg. ad Plaut. Merc. 7), 3, v. a., to lead or draw before, lead or conduct against or towards, to draw or bring forward or around, draw over (class. and very freq.; syn.: obtendo, obtego). Lit.: ad oppidum exercitum,Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 13: vim Gallicam obduc contra in acie, Att. ap. Non. 224, 13: Curium,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2: ab utroque latere collis transversam fossam obduxit, drew forward, drew, made, or extended a trench, Caes. B. G. 2, 8: vela,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 21: vestem, to draw on or over, Tac. A. 4, 70; Curt. 6, 5, 27: seram,
,Nep. Hann. 5, 2; Curt. 8, 13, 25.To close, shut up (poet.): obducta penetralia Phoebi,Luc. 5, 67: fores,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.To draw in, drink down, swallow: venenum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: potionem,Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.To swallow up, overwhelm: uti eos, eum exercitum, eos hostes, eosque homines, urbes agrosque eorum ... obducatis (an imprecation to the gods below),Macr. S. 3, 9, 10.To contract, wrinkle, knit the brow: obductā solvatur fronte senectus,Hor. Epod. 13, 5: frontem,Juv. 9, 2: vultum,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 5.To injure, harm (late Lat.): stomachum,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another: eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum,Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.Trop.To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.): clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere,i. e.
obductio ob-ductĭo, ōnis, f.obduco, a covering, veiling, enveloping. * In gen.: nubila inimica obductione pendent,Arn. 1, 7. In partic., a veiling of criminals before their execution: obductio capitis,Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: capitum,Amm. 14, 7, 21; Vulg. Eccles. 5, 1; 5, 10.
obducto obducto, āre, v. freq. a.id., to lead or conduct in opposition or rivalry to another: nec pol ego patiar ... measque in aedes sic scorta obductarier,Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 46; cf. obduco, I. B. 7.
obductus obductus, a, um, Part., from obduco.
obdulcesco ob-dulcesco, dulcui, 3, v. inch. n., to become sweet: obdulcesco, περιγλυκύνομαι, Gloss. Philox.: in earum familiaritate obdulcuisses mihi,Aug. Conf. 7, 20, 2.
obduratio obdūrātĭo, ōnis, f.obduro, a hardening; of the mind, obduration, obduracy (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Ep. 105; id. in Psa. 77 et saep.
obdurefacio obdūrĕfăcĭo, 3, v. a.ob-durus-facio, to make hard, to harden, Non. 23, 7.
obduresco ob-dūresco, rui, 3, v. n., to grow or become hard, to harden (class. only in the trop. signif.; syn. occalesco). Lit., Cato, R. R. 50: semen diuturnitate obdurescit,Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5: nervis divinis,Arn. 5, 18.Trop., to become hardened, insensible, obdurate: ita miser cubando in lecto hic expectando obdurui,Plaut. Truc. 5, 24: ad ista obduruimus,Cic. Att. 13, 2, 1: usu obduruerat et percalluerat civitatis incredibilis patientia,id. Mil. 28, 76: nisi obduruisset animus ad dolorem,id. Fam. 2, 16, 1: contra fortunam,id. Tusc. 3, 28, 67; cf. id. Fin. 3, 11, 37: consuetudine,id. Phil. 2, 42: amicorum alii obduruerunt,id. Fam. 5, 15: Gorgonis vultu,
obduro ob-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.Act., to harden, render hard (only postclass.); in the trop. signif.: obdurare se contra manifestam veritatem,Lact. 1, 1, 23: obdurata patientia,Nazar. Pan. ad Const. 13: obdurata nequitia,Cod. Just. 10, 19, 2: obdurata verecundia,Capitol. Pert. 9. Esp., to harden the heart against God (eccl. Lat.): obdurare corda,Vulg. Heb. 3, 8; id. Psa. 94, 8; id. Deut. 15, 7. Pass.: ut non obduretur quis vestrum,Vulg. Heb. 3, 13.Neutr., to be hard or hardened; only trop., to hold out, persist, endure: pernegabo atque obdurabo,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 56: persta, atque obdura,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39; Cat. 8, 11: perfer et obdura,Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 7. Impers. pass.: quare obduretur hoc triduum, * Cic. Att. 12, 3.
obediens ŏbēdĭens, entis, Part. and P. a., v. oboedio.
obedienter ŏbēdĭenter, adv., v. oboedio, P. a. fin.
obeditio ŏb-ēditĭo, v. oboeditio.
obedo ŏb-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, ĕre, to eat, eat away, devour (used only in the part. perf. and P. a.). Trop.: nec obesa cavamine terra est,Auct. Aetn. 344. Hence, P. a.: ŏbēsus, a, um. Wasted away, lean, meagre: corpore pectoreque undique obeso, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 3; and ap. Non. 361, 17: (obesum hic notavimus proprie magis quam usitate dictum pro exili atque gracilento, Gell. ib.: obesum gracile et exile, Non. l. l.). Mid., that has eaten itself fat; hence, in gen., fat, stout, plump: obesus pinguis quasi ob edendum factus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll. (not in Cic.; perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: opimus, pinguis): corpus neque gracile, neque obesum,Cels. 2, 1; cf. Col. 6, 2, 15: turdus,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 40: sus,Col. 7, 10, 6: terga,Verg. G. 3, 80: cervix,Suet. Ner. 51. Sup.: obesissimus venter,Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200; Suet. Vit. 17; App. M. 11, p. 263. Poet.: fauces obesae,
swollen
,Verg. G. 3, 497.Trop., gross, coarse, heavy, dull (poet.): munera quid mihi quidve tabellas Mittis nec firmo juveni neque naris obesae? that has not a quick nose, that is not nice or delicate, = obtusae, Hor. Epod. 12, 3; so, aures,Calp. Ecl. 4, 147: mens,Aus. Epigr. 7, 20: obeso somno mori, idle, lazy, inactive, of bees, Sulp. Sat. 56.
obeliscus ŏbĕliscus, i, m., = ὀβελίσκος (a small spit; hence), An obelisk: trabes ex Syenite marmore fecere reges, obeliscos vocantes Solis numini sacratos,Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 64 sq.; cf. Amm. 17, 4, 17; Isid. Orig. 18, 31; Tac. A. 3, 60.A rose-bud (postclass.), Aus. Idyll. 14, 27.A mark in books placed against suspected passages, an obelisk (†), Aug. Ep. 10, 2 (cf. obelus).
obelus ŏbĕlus, i, m., = ὀβελός (a spit), a critical mark shaped like a spit (†), placed opposite suspected passages in books, an obelisk (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 104; 108; 112; Aus. Sap. 13 prooem.; Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 2.
obeo ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1; contr. obit for obiit,Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). In gen.: donec vis obiit,
,Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25. In partic. To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit: nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,Verg. A. 6, 801: tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: villas,
to visit
,id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: comitia,id. Att. 1, 4, 1: cenas,id. ib. 9, 13, 6. To run over with the eyes, to survey, review: oculis exercitum,
,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.To go around, surround, overspread, envelop (poet.): chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,Ov. M. 5, 51: clipeum,Verg. A. 10, 482.To applyone's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing: obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: hereditatum obeundarum causā,
obequito ŏb-ĕquĭto, āvi, 1, v. n., to ride towards, ride up to (not ante-Aug.). With dat.: obequitando castris,Liv. 2, 45: portis,id. 21, 54; 29, 34: moenibus,Curt. 8, 10, 6: peditibus,id. 10, 9, 16: agmini,id. 3, 10, 4: ordinibus,Amm. 24, 1, 1. With acc.: obequitans moenia,Amm. 24, 2, 9.Absol.: insolentissime,Val. Max. 3, 2, 21: voces obequitantis acceptae,Flor. 4, 2, 50. Trop.: non obequitabit nec illis vibrantibus concitatisque sententiis velut missilibus utetur,Quint. 12, 9, 3.
oberro ŏb-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to wander, rove, or ramble about a place (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: oberrare tentoriis,Tac. A. 1, 65: ignotis locis,Curt. 6, 5, 18: mustela quae in domibus nostris oberrat,Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberrat,Pers. 4, 26.Transf.: crebris oberrantibus rivis,Curt. 3, 4, 12.Trop.To flit, hover before one: mihi monstrum oberrat,
hovers before my eyes
,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1280: cum tanti periculi ... imago oculis oberraret,Curt. 8, 6, 26.To err, mistake: ut citharoedus Ridetur, chordā qui semper oberrat eādem,
obeso ŏbēso, āre, v. a.id., to fatten: madefacto triticeo pane obesant avem,Col. 8, 7, 4 (al. obescant).
obesus ŏbēsus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of obedo, q. v.
obex ōbex, obĭcis (objĭcis), m. and f. (of either gender indifferently; very rare in nom. sing.; acc. not found, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 489) [obicio, that which is cast or placed before; hence], a bolt, bar; a barrier, wall (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.). Lit.: obices pessuli, serae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: fultosque emuniit obice postes,Verg. A. 8, 227; cf. Ov. M. 14, 780: ferrati portarum obices,Tac. H. 3, 30: obices portarum subversi,id. A. 13, 39; Sil. 4, 24: diffractis portarum obicibus,Amm. 24, 5: infirmā scamellorum obice fultae fores, App. ap. Prisc. p. 615 P.: saxi,Verg. G. 4, 422: ecce maris magnā claudit nos obice pontus,id. A. 10, 377: quā vi maria alta tumescant Obicibus ruptis, their barriers, i. e. their rocky shores, id. G. 2, 480; Gell. 17, 11 fin.Transf., a hinderance, impediment, obstacle: apud hanc obicem,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 21: per obices viarum,Liv. 9, 3, 1; 2, 58; 6, 33, 11: nullae obices, nulli contumeliarum gradus, obstacles to admission, Plin. Pan. 47, 5; Inscr. Orell. 708.
obf obf-, v. off-.
obg obg-, v. ogg-.
obhaereo ŏb-haerĕo, ēre, v. n., to stick fast to a thing: navis obhaerens vado,Suet. Tib. 2: ne qui forte obhaereant ac resistant,Lact. Opif. D. 11.
obhaeresco ŏb-haeresco, haesi, 3, v. inch. n., to stick fast, remain stuck; in the tempp. perf., to be stuck fast, to cleave or adhere to a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: aurum stirpibus obhaerescit,App. M. 6, p. 178, 19: ubi in medio nobis equosacer obhaesit Flumine, * Lucr. 4, 420: consurgenti ei primum lacinia obhaesit, * Suet. Ner. 19.Transf., to cleave or cling to: utrisque pecunia sua obhaesit,Sen. Tranq. 8, 2.
obherbescere ŏb-herbescĕre, herbam increscere (to become grass), Paul. ex Fest. p. 190 and 191 Müll.
obhorreo ŏb-horrĕo, ēre, v. n., to bristle with any thing: prasii alterum genus sanguineis punctis obhorret,Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113 dub. (Sill. abhorret).
obhumo ŏb-hŭmo, āre, v. a., to cover with earth, Tert. Pall. 2.
obiaceo ob-jăcĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n., to lie before or over against a thing (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): Acherontem nunc obibo, ubi mortis thesauri objacent, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.); cf.: objacuisse ante jacuisse, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 ib.: objacens sarcinarum cumulus,Liv. 10, 36: saxa objacentia pedibus,id. 2, 65: si qua objacent falcibus noxia colligi debent,Col. 2, 17; Front. Aquaed. 93: Graecia Ioniis fluctibus objacet,Mel. 2, 3: a meridie Aegyptus objacet,Tac. H. 5, 6.
obicio ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37: objexis,id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a.ob-jacio, to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid;v.the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono). Lit.: ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70: si alia quae obiciant non habuerint,Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15: cibum canibus,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145: parricidae corpus feris,Cic. Rosc. Am. 26: offam (Cerbero),Verg. A. 6, 420: pisces diripiunt carnes objectas,Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4. Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus: aliquem feris,Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.: vivos homines laniandos obicere,Suet. Ner. 37: florem veteris vini naribus,
,id. ib. 12, 372.Trop. In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.: noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62: nubem oculis,Ov. M. 12, 32: plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis,Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47: consulem morti,
to deliver up, abandon
,id. Vatin. 9, 23: obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum ... ad omne denique periculum,id. Mur. 40, 87. With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. With in: numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes ... objecissem,Cic. Arch. 6, 14: obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum,id. ib. 6, 14. With adversus: se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse,Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, hasbrought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12: alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat,
obiectamen objectāmen, ĭnis, n.id., an objection, reproach: objectamen, ἔγκλημα, Vet. Gloss. Lat. Gr.
obiectamentum objectāmentum, i, n.id., a reproach (post-class.): objectamenta jurgio prolata,App. Mag. p. 274, 1.
obiectatio objectātĭo, ōnis, f.id., a reproach: ex aliorum objectationibus,Caes. B. C. 3, 60.
obiectio objectĭo, ōnis, f.obicio, a throwing or putting before (post-class.). Lit.: prorae,Ambros. Ep. 100, § 14: saxorum objectione tutari,Arn. 6, 191.Trop., an upbraiding, reproach: objectio nominis,Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5: objectionem repellere,Ambros. Ep. 84: ejus facti,Mart. Cap. 5, § 445.An objection, Ambros. Fide, 4, 9, 100; Aug. Ep. 166, 15; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16, 20; Aug. Nat. et Grat. 10; Schol. Juv. 10, 324 and 346. As rhet. fig., = anthypophora, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Dian. § 4.
obiecto objecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.id., to throw before or against, to set against, oppose. Lit. (poet.): (pelagi volucres) Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas,i. e.
,Stat. Th. 2, 662: ingerit objectans trepidantibus ora leonis,Sil. 2, 194.Trop. In gen. To abandon, expose, endanger: statuit eum objectare periculis,Sall. J. 7, 1: caput periclis,
obiectus objectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obicio.
obiectus objectus, ūs, m.obicio, a casting before, a putting against, in the way, or opposite, an opposing; or, neutr., a lying before or opposite (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): dare objectum parmaï, the opposing of the shield, * Lucr. 4, 847: vestis,Col. 3, 19: insula portum Efficit objectu laterum,
by the opposition
,Verg. A. 1, 160: cum terga flumine, latera objectu paludis tegerentur,Tac. H. 3, 9: molis,id. ib. 5, 14: regiones, quae Tauri montis objectu separantur,Gell. 12, 13, 27: solem interventu lunae occultari, lunamque terrae objectu,
obirascor ŏb-īrascor, īrātus, 3, v. dep. n., to be angry at any thing (mostly post-Aug.; but cf. obiratio): obirascens fortunae animus,Sen. Tranq. An. 2, 11: cum male audiunt, obirascuntur. App. Mag. p. 275, 18; id. Flor. 3, p. 357. Hence, ŏbīrātus, a, um, P. a., angered, angry: fortunae obirati,Liv. 1, 31; 42, 10; Sen. Ep. 56, 9; id. Const. 19, 2.
obiratio ŏbīrātĭo, ōnis, f.obirascor, a becoming or being angry, anger: hujus nebulonis obiratione,Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7 dub.; v. Orell. ad loc. (B. and K., oratione).
obiter ŏb-ĭter, adv., on the way, in going or passing along (except in Laber., not anteAug.; cf. Charis. 187 P. Augustus found fault with Tiberius for using per viam instead of obiter, Charis. l. l.). Lit.: obiter leget aut scribet,
on the way
,Juv. 3, 241: rotae, quas aqua verset obiter et molat,
obitus ŏbĭtus, ūs (gen. obiti, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24 med.), m.obeo. A goingto, approaching; an approach, a visit (perhaps only ante- and post-class.; syn. adventus): obitu dicebant pro aditu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.: ecquis est qui interrumpit sermonem meum obitu suo? Turp. ap. Non. 357, 21 sq.: ut voluptati obitus, sermo, adventus suus quocumque adveneris, Semper siet, * Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 19 (obitus occursus: ob enim significat contra; ergo obitus aditus): civitatum multarum,App. M. 9, 13.A going down, setting (the class. signif. of the word; syn. occasus). Of the heavenly bodies: solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum ortus, obitus motusque,Cic. Div. 1, 56, 128; id. de Or. 1, 42, 187: lunae,id. N. D. 2, 7, 19; Lucr. 4, 393: stellarum ortus atque obitus,Cat. 66, 2: signorum obitus et ortus,Verg. G. 1, 257. Pregn., downfall, ruin, destruction, death, etc. (syn. interitus): post obitum vel potius excessum Romuli,Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; cf. of the same: post optimi regis obitum,id. ib. 1, 41, 64: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1: obitus consulum,id. Brut. 11, 10, 2: post eorum obitum,Caes. B. G. 2, 29 fin.: immaturus,Suet. Calig. 8: longum miserata dolorem Difficilesque obitus,
her painful death
,Verg. A. 4, 694: ducum,id. ib. 12, 501: post obitum occasumque nostrum, since my ruin (i. e. exile), Cic. Pis. 15, 34: omnium interitus atque obitus,id. Div. 2, 16, 37 (al. leg. ortus): dici beatus ante obitum nemo debet,Ov. M. 3, 137. (Acc. to obeo, II. B. 4.) An entering upon, undertaking a thing (post-class.): fugae, Tert. Fug. ap. Persec. 1.
obiurgatio objurgātĭo, ōnis, f.objurgo, a chiding, reproving, reproof, rebuke, reprehension (class.): objurgatio post turpe factum castigatio; monitio vero est ante commissum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 196 Müll.: ut objurgatio contumeliā careat,Cic. Lael. 24, 89: tum objurgatio, si est auctoritas, tum admonitio quasi lenior objurgatio,id. de Or. 2, 83, 339: objurgationes etiam non numquam incidunt necessariae, in quibus utendum est fortasse et vocis contentione majore et verborum gravitate acriori,id. Off. 1, 38, 136: aut castigatione aut objurgatione dignum putare,id. Att. 3, 10, 3; id. Off. 3, 21, 81: deliciarum,id. Cael. 11, 27: sui,Quint. 11, 3, 49: objurgationes (opp. laudationes),Sen. Ep. 94, 39.
obiurgito objurgĭto, 1, v. freq. a.objurgo, to chide, rebuke, reproach violently (Plautin.): aliquem verbis multis,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 30; 32.
obiurgo ob-jurgo (old form objūrĭgo, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 30; 32), āvi, ātum, 1 (part. pass. objurgatus, as a dep. in the act. signif.: Hirrius Curionem non mediocriter objurgatus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1), v. a., to chide, scold, blame, rebuke, reprove (freq. and class.; syn.: increpo, improbo, vitupero); constr. usually with acc. of the person or thing; post-class. also with dat. In gen.: objurgat is, qui id facit (i. e. jurgat) juste,Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.: Menelaus me objurgat, Enn. ap. Rufin. Fig. (Trag. v. 264 Vahl.): quod Chrysalus med objurgavit plurimis verbis malis,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 97: hanc,id. Trin. 2, 2, 74: objurgavit M. Caelium, sicut neminem umquam parens,Cic. Cael. 11, 25: monendi amici saepe sunt et objurgandi,id. Lael. 24, 88; 90: ne, in quo te objurgem, id ipsum videar imitari,id. Fam. 3, 8, 6: aliquem molli bracchio de aliquā re,
moderately
,id. Att. 2, 1, 6: cum objurgarer, quod nimiā laetitiā paene desiperem,id. Fam. 2, 9, 2. With an abstract object: Caesar meam in rogando verecundiam objurgavit,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; 3, 1, 2, § 5: si objurgaret populi segnitiem,Quint. 6, 5, 8: fatum,Sen. Ep. 93, 1: naturam,id. ib. 107, 9. Absol.: recte objurgat,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 15: sic objurgant, quasi oderint, Quint. 2, 2, 7: cum objurgamus, maledicimus,id. 3, 4, 3. With dat.: objurgo filium veteres dicebant; nos, objurgo filio, ut Graeci (sc. ἐπιτιμᾶν τινι), Diom. p. 305 P.: objurgavi eos,Vulg. 2 Esdr. 13, 25. With double acc.: objurgare haec me,Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 46.Transf. * To dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproof: objurgans me a peccatis,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54.To urge in a tone of reproof, to exhort earnestly: quā (epistulā) me objurgas, ut firmior sim,Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1. Objurgare aliquem aliquā re, to punish, chastise, correct a person with any thing, = ferire, plectere (postAug.): colaphis objurgare puerum,Petr. 34: verberibus,Sen. Ira, 3, 12, 6: flagris,Suet. Oth. 2: ferulis,id. Calig. 20: soleā rubrā,Pers. 5, 169: sestertio centies objurgatus, punished, i. e. fined, Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 2.
obiuro ob-jūro, 1, v. a., to bind by an oath: objurare jurejurando obstringere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 188 and 189 Müll.
oblanguesco ob-languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become feeble or languid, to languish: litterulae meae oblanguerunt,Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.
oblaqueatio oblăquĕātĭo, ōnis, f.oblaqueo, I., a digging or clearing away around trees: ARBORVM, Kalend. in Inscr. Orell. II. p. 381; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 30.
oblaqueo ob-lăquĕo, āre, v. a.To dig about the roots of trees, etc. (cf. ablaqueo): arbores oblaqueatae sunt,Col. 2, 14, 3; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 31.To surround, encircle, set (eccl. Lat.): argento gemmas oblaqueare,Tert. Res. Carn. 7.
oblaticius ob-lātīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.offero, freely offered or presented (postclass.): impendium,Sid. Ep. 7, 9: aurum, a gratuitous offering of the Senate to the emperor, i. q. oblatio, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 5.
oblatio ob-lātĭo, ōnis, f.id., an offering, presenting, a giving or bestowing gratuitously (post-class.; cf.: donum, munus, votum). In abstr.: honorum oblationibus,Eum. Pan. ad Const. 16: si forte oblatio ei fiat ejus, quod, etc.,Dig. 5, 2, 8, § 10. In partic., a bid at an auction: qui ceteros oblatione superavit, Cod. Th. 5, 13, 18. In concr., a gift, present: amplissimi ordinis, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 14: si maritus ad oblationem dei uxori donavit,Dig. 24, 1, 5, § 12. Esp., an offering, sacrifice, Ambros. Cain, 2, 6, 18; id. in Psa. 35, 7; Vulg. Eph. 5, 2; id. Heb. 10, 5.
oblativus oblātīvus, a, um, adj.id., freely given, voluntarily presented (post-class.): auguria,Serv. Verg. A. 6, 190: functiones,Symm. Ep. 10, 43.
oblator ob-lātor, ōris, m.id., an offerer (eccl. Lat.): animae suae pro populi salute,Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 26; Ambros. Cain, 2, 6, 18.
oblatratio ob-lātrātĭo, ōnis, f.oblatro, a barking at; hence, transf., a railing, scolding, Hier. Ep. 133, 13.
oblatrator ob-lātrātor, ōris, m.id., he that barks at; a barker, railer (eccl. Lat.), Sid. Ep. 1, 3.
oblatratrix ob-lātrātrix, īcis, f.oblatrator, a female barker, railer: oblatratricem in aedes intromittere,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 87.
oblatro ob-lātro, 1, v. n., to bark at; only in the trop. signif., to rail or carp at (postAug.). With dat.: alicui,Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 1: oblatrare veritati,Lact. 5, 4, 3. With acc.: aliquem,Sil. 8, 251: nescio quid,Suet. Vesp. 13; Ambros. Spir. S. 3, 13, 92; Prud. στεφ. 10, 913.Absol., Amm. 14, 9, 1; 17, 11, 4.
oblatus oblātus, a, um, Part., from offero.
oblectabilis ob-lectābĭlis, e, adj.oblecto, delightful, pleasant (post-class.): negotium,Aus. Ep. 19.
oblectamen ob-lectāmen, ĭnis, n.id., a delight (poet. for oblectamentum, and perh. only in plur.), Ov. M. 9, 342: vitae,Stat. S. 3, 5, 95: consulat ut sacras, hominum oblectamina, sortes,
oblecto ob-lecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.2. lacto, to delight, please, divert, entertain, amuse (class.; most freq. with se and mid.; syn. delecto); constr. usually aliquem (aliquid, se), with abl., with cum, with in and abl. With abl.: ut quam diutissime te jucundā opinione oblectarem,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 1: cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,id. Rep. 1, 17, 28: se agri cultione,id. Sen. 16, 56; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 115: aliquem falso gaudio,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 102: Musae me oblectant carmine,Cat. 66, 8. With an impers. object: legentium animos fictis oblectare,Tac. H. 2, 50; so, ironically: paulum praesidii, qui familiarem suam vitam oblectet modo,
oblenio ob-lēnĭo, īre, v. a., to soften, soothe (post-Aug.): lectio carminum illum obleniat,Sen. Ira, 3, 9, 1.
oblicus oblicus, v. obliquus.
oblido ob-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a.laedo. To squeeze together (rare but class.): caelum digitulis duobus oblidere, Cic. Scaur. § 10, p. 261 Orell.: oblisis faucibus,
obligamentum oblĭgāmentum, i, n.obligo. Lit., a band (post-class.): caput obligamento obnoxium,Tert. Cor. Mil. 14.Trop., an obligation: legis obligamenta,Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 22; Hier. Ephes. 1, 14; Tert. Idol. 15.
obligatio oblĭgātĭo, ōnis, f.id.. In gen. A binding (post-class. and very rare): propter linguae obligationem,
,Vulg. Psa. 124, 5: in obligatione iniquitatis,id. Act. 8, 23. In partic., jurid. t. t. An engaging or pledging, an obligation: est gravior et difficilior animi et sententiae pro aliquo quam pecuniae obligatio,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 3: obligationis onere praetoris auxilio non levabitur,Dig. 3, 3, 67: obligationes ex contractu aut re contrahuntur, aut verbis, aut consensu,ib. 44, 7, 1, § 1.Transf., an obligatory relation between two persons, one of whom has a right and the other a duty (the right of the creditor and the duty of the debtor): nunc transeamus ad obligationes: omnis enim obligatio vel ex contractu nascitur vel ex delicto,Gai. Inst. 3, 88; cf. sqq.: obligationum substantia in eo consistit, ut alium nobis obstringat ad dandum aliquid, vel faciendum, vel praestandum,Dig. 44, 7, 3; 45, 1, 108: ex maleficio nascuntur obligationes,ib. 44, 7, 4: obligatio et constituitur et solvitur,ib. 46, 4, 8: exstinguitur,ib. 45, 1, 140: submovetur,ib. 2, 14, 27 et saep.The document which confirms this relation, a bond, obligation: pignoris obligatio etiam inter absentes recte ex contractu obligatur,Dig. 20, 1, 23; 48, 11, 28.
,Tac. A. 6, 9: surculum libro,Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2: oculos,Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4: ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.Trop. In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.: obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,
,id. C. 2, 7, 17: obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,
am compelled
,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83. In partic. To render liable through guilt, to make guilly: cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,Cic. Dom. 8, 20: votis caput,Hor. C. 2, 8, 5: se scelere,Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2. Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence: est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.: lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,
obligurio ob-lĭgūrĭo (-lĭgurrĭo), 4, v. a., to devour, consume, squander (very rare): mox dum alterius obligurias omnia, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 25 (dub.; Vahl. Sat. Rel. v. 29, reads abligurias): obligurisse,Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. M. 1, 26 Mai.
obliguritor oblĭgūrītor (-rr-), ōris, m.obligurio, one who consumes his property in feasting, a squanderer, dissipated person (postclass.), Firm. Math. 5, 5, 2.
oblimo oblīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.ob-limus, to cover with mud or slime. Lit. (rare but class.): Aegyptum Nilus irrigat, mollitosque et oblimatos ad serendum agros relinquit, * Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: fossae oblimatae,Suet. Aug. 18: sulcos (i. e. partes genitales),Verg. G. 3, 136.Transf., qs. to scatter one's fortune as if it were slime, to lavish, squander, dissipate: rem patris oblimare,Hor. S. 1, 2, 62 Heind.Trop., to darken, obscure, confuse (poet. and in post-class. prose): humanas oblimat copia mentes,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 29: universa,Sol. 11.
oblinio ob-lĭnĭo, ii, itum, 4, v. a. (post-Aug. collat. form of oblino, q. v.), to bedaub, besmear: talearum capita misto fimo cum cinere oblinire,Col. 5, 9, 3; so fin.; id. 12, 2, 42; 12, 15, 2; 12, 44, 6: si quis aliquem caeno, luto oblinierit,Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 1: so, oblinierit,Scrib. Comp. 230: cinis oblinita,id. ib. 245. Transf., to blot out: veritatem,Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 3, 10, 60.
oblinitus oblĭnītus, a, um, v. oblino init.
oblino ob-lĭno, lēvi, rarely lĭni (Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.), lĭtum, 3 (form acc. to the 4th conj. oblinio, q. v.), v. a., to daub or smear over, to bedaub, besmear (syn.: inficio, induco). Lit. In gen.: cerussā malas oblinere,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 101: se visco,Varr. R. R. 3, 7: obliti unguentis,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: oblitus caeno,id. Att. 1, 21: oblitus faciem suo cruore,
having besmeared his face with his own blood
,Tac. A. 2, 17: caede,Ov. M. 4, 97: sanguine,id. ib. 11, 367. In partic. To smear over, blot out, rub out any thing written (post-class.; cf.: deleo, interpolo, oblittero): vestrum obleverunt et vestri superscripserunt,Gell. 20, 6, 4. Trop.: veritatem oblinire,
to blot out
,Ambros. de Spic. Savet. 3, 10, 60.To bemire, befoul, defile (syn.: polluo, inquino, maculo): quid tu istuc curas, ubi ego oblinar atque voluter? Lucil. ap. Non. 420, 22: catulos,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13: aliquem caeno,Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 1; cf. also II. A.To stop up by smearing, to plaster over (syn. obturo): dolia oblinito,Cato, R. R. 36: amphoram,id. ib. 127: oblinitur minimae si qua est suspicio rimae,
,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30.To cover over, to fill with any thing; to fill to excess, to overload: facetiae oblitae Latio. Roman wit which had received a Latin tincture (through the right of citizenship granted to the Latins), Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: divitiis oblitus actor,
covered, decked
,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 204: oblita oratio,
overloaded
,Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: Sallustii scripta nimiā priscorum verborum affectatione oblita,Suet. Gram. 10.To cover over, blind, deceive: sicine mihi esse os oblitum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 33.
obliquatio oblīquātĭo, ōnis, f.obliquo, a bending, winding, oblique direction (post-class.), Macr. S. 7, 1.
oblique oblīquē, adv., v. obliquus fin.
obliquitas oblīquĭtas, ātis, f.obliquus, a sidelong or slanting direction, obliqueness, obliquity (post-Aug.), Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 40: sigui feri, id. 2, 19, 17, § 81.Transf., ambiguity: oraculi,Prisc. 1137 P.
obliquo oblīquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.obliquus, to turn, bend, or twist aside, awry, or in an oblique direction (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: oculos,Ov. M. 7, 412: visus,Stat. Ach. 1, 323: equos,id. Th. 12, 749: pedes,Sen. Ep. 121, 8: crinem,
,Verg. A. 5, 16.Trop.: obliquat preces, makes, utters indirectly, i. e. dissemblingly, Stat. Th. 3, 381: responsa,Arn. 3, 143: Q (littera), cujus similis (litterae K) effectu specieque nisi quod paulum a nostris obliquatur, i. e. is pronounced somewhat softer, *Quint. 1, 4, 9.
Obliquoloquus Oblīquŏlŏquus, i, m.obliquus-loquor, one who speaks indirectly, i. e. ambiguously, an epithet of Apollo, acc. to the Gr. Λοξίας, in allusion to his obscure oracles: Obliquoloquus, Λοξίας, Gloss. Philox.
obliquus oblīquus (oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj.ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. λέχριος, λέχρις, slantwise (cf.: λοξός, Λοξίας); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare, sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus). Lit.: motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus,Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis,
,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37: non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151: obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu,Stat. S. 2, 6, 102. Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on: ab obliquo,Ov. R. Am. 121: nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo,Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99: serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos,Hor. C. 3, 27, 6: cancri in obliquom aspiciunt,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance: oculis obliquum respiciens,App. M. 3, p. 140. Comp.: quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est,Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188. Fig. Of relationship, not direct, collateral (poet. and late Lat.): obliquum a patre genus,i. e.
,Luc. 8, 286; cf.: tertio gradu veniunt ... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius,Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3. Of speech. Indirect, covert: obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,Suet. Dom. 2: insectatio,Tac. A. 14, 11: dicta,Aur. Vict. Epit. 9: verba,Amm. 15, 5, 4. In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.): Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus,Flor. 4, 2, 9. In gram. Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus: alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos,Varr. L. L. 8, § 49 Müll. Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci; deinde, etc.,Quint. 9, 2, 37: oratio,Just. 38, 3, 11. Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely. Lit. (class.): quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: sublicae oblique agebantur,Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95: situs signifer,id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.): aliquem castigare,Tac. A. 3, 35: perstringere aliquem,id. ib. 5, 2: admonere,Gell. 3, 2, 16: agere,id. 7, 17, 4.
obliscor obliscor, oblisci, paragog. obliscier, archaic collat. form of obliviscor, Att. ap. Non. 500, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 190 Rib.). Fut.: obliscar, Att. ap. Non. 500, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 488 Rib.); v. obliviscor.
oblisus oblīsus, a, um, Part., from oblido.
oblitesco ob-lĭtesco, tŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [latesco], to hide or conceal one's self (rare but class.): a nostro aspectu oblitescant,Cic. Univ. 10, 33: ne in rimis (areae) grana oblitescant,Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: qui velut timidum atque iners animal metu oblituit,Sen. Ep. 55, 5; id. Q. N. 7, 29, 3.
oblitor oblītor, ōris, m.obliviscor; but perh. from oblino, a defiler, a forgetter (late Lat.): judiciorum oblitores,Hier. in Psa. 88.
oblitteratio ob-littĕrātĭo (oblīt-), ōnis, f.oblittero, a blotting out, erasing, effacing, obliteration; and, in partic., a blotting out from the memory, a forgetting, forgetfulness (postAug.): aeris oblitteratio,Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 47: vetustatis,Arn. 6, 194: praeteritorum,Amm. 30, 6, 1.
oblitterator ob-littĕrātor (oblīt-), ōris, m.id., a blotter out, obliterator, sc. from the memory (eccl. Lat.): commemorator, non oblitterator vetustatum,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 26 fin.; Paul. Nol. Ep. 16, 7.
oblittero oblittĕro (oblīt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.oblino, to blot out, strike out, erase, obliterate. Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare; syn. deleo): oblitterata aerarii monumenta,Tac. A. 13, 23 fin.Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten (esp. freq. in post-Aug. prose; principally in Tac.): inimicitias Pelopidarum exstinctā tam oblitteratas memoriā renovare, Att. ap. Non. 146, 30 (oblitterare est obscurefacere et in oblivionem ducere, Non. 146, 28); Cic. Vatin. 6, 15: famam rei,Liv. 39, 20: rem,id. 3, 71: memoriam,id. 21, 29: mandata,Cat. 64, 232: rem silentio,Suet. Tib. 22: ne ritus sacrorum oblitterarentur,Tac. A. 11, 15: conjugia,id. ib. 3, 34: oblitterari in animo,
,Vulg. Luc. 12, 6. In plur.: carpere lividas Obliviones,Hor. C. 4, 9, 34; Gell. 9, 5, 6; Quint. Decl. 306.Transf. Subject., a forgetting, forgetfulness (post-Aug.): in eo (Claudio) mirati sunt homines et oblivionem et inconsiderantiam,Suet. Claud. 39, Tac. A. 11, 38. Concr Oblivio litterarum, a poet. designation of Orbilius Pupillus, a grammarian, who lost his memory in his old age, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 9. Flumen Oblivionis, an appellation of the river Limia, in Hispania Tarraconensis, acc. to the Gr. ὁ τῆς λήθης, Mel. 3, 1, 8; Flor. 2, 17, 12; called flumen Oblivio, Liv Epit. 55.
obliviosus oblīvĭōsus, a, um, adj.oblivio. Lit., that easily forgets, forgetful, oblivious (rare but class.): hos (senes) significat credulos, obliviosos,Cic. Sen. 11, 36. Sup.: homo obliviosissimus,Tert. Anim. 24.Transf., that produces forgetfulness, oblivious (poet.): Massicus (i. e. sollicitudinum oblivionem afferens),Hor. C. 2, 7, 21.
obliviscor oblīviscor, lītus (archaic inf. obliscier.Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep.ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget, to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco). With gen. of person: vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam; ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,
I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought
was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature
,Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed: tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,Tac. Or. 2. With gen. of thing: meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,Sid. Ep. 4, 12: nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.: oblivisci temporum meorum,id. Fam. 1, 9, 8: ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,id. ib. 1, 7, 7: veterumque oblitus honorum,Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5: oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,Caes. B. G. 1, 14: controversiarum ac dissensionum,id. ib. 7, 34: pristini instituti,id. B. C. 3, 57: offensarum,Tac. H. 2, 1: tot exemplorum,Quint. 9, 2, 86. With acc. of thing: qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24: officium meum,id. Cas. 1, 1, 16: injurias,Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.: artificium obliviscatur,id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49: res praeclarissimas,id. Mil. 23, 63: totam causam,id. Brut. 60, 218: haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.: ut alia obliviscar,Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87. With acc. of person: obliti sunt Deum,Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22. With inf.: oblita pharetram tollere,Ov. M. 2, 439: suas quatere pennas,id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22: obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50. (ε) With a rel.clause: in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,Cic. Brut. 60, 218.Poet., transf., of things: saeclis obliviscentibus,i. e.
causing forgetfulness
,Cat. 68, 43: oblito pectore,id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408. Prov.: oblivisci nomen suum,
to forget one's own name, to have a bad memory
,Petr. 66.Part. fut. pass.: oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9: obliviscendi stratiotici,Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.!*? In Pass. signif. (poet. and late Lat.): post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6: oblita carmina,Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388: oblitos superūm dolores,id. 1, 791: suis hominibus oblitus,August. Mus. 4, 4.
oblivium oblīvĭum, ii, n.obliviscor, forgetfulness, oblivion (poet. and once in Tac. for oblivio; usually in the plur.): oblivia rerum,Lucr. 3, 828; so id. 3, 1066; 6, 1213: longa oblivia potant,Verg. A. 6, 715: ducere sollicitae jucunda oblivia vitae,Hor. S. 2, 6, 62: taedae,Sil. 2, 628: agere oblivia laudis,
obloco ob-lŏco, 1, v. a., to let out for hire (postAug. and post class.): operam ad puteos exhauriendos,Just. 11, 10, 9; v. l. for abloco,Suet. Caes. 26.
oblocutio oblŏcūtĭo (-quūtio), ōnis, f.obloquor, contradiction, Cassiod. Var. 4, 31.
oblocutor oblŏcūtor (-quūtor), ōris, m.id., a contradicter: neque ego oblocutor sum alteri in convivio,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 48.
oblongulus oblongŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [oblongus], rather long (post-class.): surculi,Gell. 17, 9, 7.
obloquium oblŏquĭum, ii, n.obloquor, a contradiction (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 7, 9.
obloquor ob-lŏquor, locūtus, 3, v. dep. In gen., to speak against a person or thing; to interrupt a speaker; to gainsay, contradict (class.; syn. interpello); constr. with dat. or absol. With dat.: alicui,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 46: vestra exspectatio, quae mihi obloqui videtur,Cic. Clu. 23, 63.Absol.: obloquere,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 41: te blaterare atque obloqui? Afran. ap. Non. 78, 33: ut me et appelles, et interpelles, et obloquare, et colloquare, velim,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 1: ferocissime,Curt. 10, 2, 30. In partic. To sing to, to accompany or join in singing (poet.): non avis obloquitur,Ov. P. 3, 1, 21: obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum,
mingles the notes of his lute, accompanies on his lute
obluctatio obluctātĭo, ōnis, f.obluctor, a striving or struggling against, vehement opposition (eccl. Lat.): obluctatio virtutis,Arn. 2, 77: flammarum,Mart. Cap. 6, § 647: adversus mala,Lact. 3, 11, 11. Plur.: quis obluctationes sensit?Ambros. Laps. Virg. 4, 12.
obluctor ob-luctor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to strive or struggle against, to contend with, oppose a person or thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit. With dat. of person: soli obluctandum Fabio,
to contend with Fabius alone
,Sil. 8, 10. With dat. of thing: genibusque adversae obluctor harenae,
oblucuviasse oblucuviassedicebant antiqui mente errasse, quasi in luco deorum alicui occurrisse, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. (al. oblucinasse).
obludo ob-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n. * To play off jokes: obludunt, qui custodem oblectent,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 10.To make sport of, mock one; with dat.: alicui,Prud. Hamart. 6.
obmanens obmănenspro diu manens, ut permanens, Paul. ex Fest. p. 199 Müll.; and cf. ommento.
obmarcesco ob-marcesco, 3, v. inch. n., to fall away, grow lean: obmarcescebat febris, Lucil. ap. Non. 2, 30.
obmentans obmentans, v. ommento.
obmeritus ob-mĕrĭtus, a, um, Part. [ob-mereor], having deserved well of, Rénier, Inscr. Afr. 444 al.: parentes optime obmeritae,id. ib. 966.
obmolior ob-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. (perh. not ante-Aug.). Lit., to push or throw up one thing before another (as a defence or obstruction): nec in promptu erat quod obmolirentur,Liv. 33, 5, 8: arborum truncos et saxa,Curt. 6, 6, 24.Transf., to block up, obstruct: ad munienda et obmolienda, quae ruinis strata erant,Liv. 37, 32, 7; cf. id. 33, 5.
obmordeo ob-mordĕo, ēre, v. a., to bite around (late Lat.), Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 1.
obmoveo ob-mŏvĕo, 2, v. a., to move or bring forward, produce, offer (ante-class.), Cato, R. R. 141, 4: Juppiter te hoc ferto obmovendo bonas preces precor (a form of prayer),id. ib. 134, 2. Cf.: obmoveto pro admoveto dicebatur apud antiquos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 202 Müll.; and cf. Liv. 9, 37, 2 Drak.
obmurmuratio obmurmŭrātĭo, ōnis, f.obmurmuro, a murmuring against; a murmuring (post-class.): gravis,Amm. 26, 2, 3.
obmurmuro ob-murmŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to murmur against, at, or to (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with dat. or acc.: precibusque meis obmurmurat ipse,Ov. H. 18, 47: itidem obmurmurasse: Τί γάρ μοι, etc., Suet. Oth. 7: Pharisaei, quod, etc., Ambros. Cain et Abel, 2, 4, 16: obmurmurando dicere (with object-clause), Front. 4, 6, 2.
obmussito obmussĭto, āre, v. freq. a.obmusso, to whisper or mutter against any one; to mutter (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Pall. 4.
obmusso obmusso, āre, v. a., to whisper against any one; to whisper, mutter (eccl. Lat.). Tert. Anim. 18.
obmutesco ob-mūtesco, tŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become dumb, to lose one's speech (syn.: taceo, sileo). Lit.: qui ebrius obmutuit,Cels. 2, 6: cum obmutuerint,Plin. 27, 12, 104, § 127: umbrae ejus (hyaenae) contactu canes obmutescere,
obnitor ob-nītor, xus (rarely nīsus), 3 (inf. obnitier for obniti, Lucr. 4, 437), v. dep., to bear, press, push, struggle, or strive against any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with the dat., acc., or absol.Lit.: taurus Arboris obnixus trunco,Verg. A. 12, 105: contra,id. ib. 5, 21: toto corpore obnitendum,Quint. 5, 13, 11: remi Obnixi crepuere,Verg. A. 5, 205: densis ales (Lachm. aquila hinc) pinnis obnixa volabat Vento, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31, p. 354 Lion. (Ann. v. 148 Vahl.): obnixi (al. obnisi) urgebant,Liv. 34, 46. In pass. signif.: obnixo genu scuto, set or pressed against, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2. Of things: navigia fractas obnitier undas,Lucr. 4, 437.Trop.To strive against, to resist, oppose (class. only in Part.): stant obnisi,Liv. 7, 33, 12: cum saepe obnitens repugnasset,Vell. 2, 89, 5; 2, 123, 2: stant obnixa omnia contra,Verg. A. 10, 359: venti obnixi lacerant nubila,Stat. Th. 5, 366: adversis,Tac. A. 15, 11.To strive, endeavor; with inf.: triumphum Pauli impedire obnitebantur,Vell. 1, 9, 6. Hence, obnixus (obnīsus), a, um, P. a., steadfast, firm, resolute: (velim) obnixos vos stabili gradu impetum hostium excipere,Liv. 6, 12: firmitas,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 105: obnixus curam sub corde premebat,Verg. A. 4, 332. In neutr., adverb., resolutely, obstinately: obnixum. Pauline, taces,Aus. Ep. 25, 28. Hence, adv.: obnixē (obnīsē), lit., striving against; hence, in gen., with all one's strength, with might and main, strenuously, obstinately: obnixe omnia Facere,Ter. And. 1, 1, 134: oboedire,Liv. 4, 26, 12 (dub.; Weissenb. enixe): petere,Sen. Ep. 95, 1 (Haase, enixe; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 781). Comp.: argumentari,Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 3.
obnixe obnixē, adv., v. obnitor, P. a. fin.
obnixus obnixus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obnitor.
obnoxie obnoxĭē, adv., v. obnoxius fin.
obnoxio obnoxĭo, 1, v. a.obnoxius, to render subject or obnoxious to any thing (postclass.): et alienis semet noxiis obnoxiantes,Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 9.
obnoxius ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.Lit.Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.: ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1: ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,ib. 11, 3, 14.Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr. With dat.: animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,
,Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.Transf., in gen. Subject, submissive, obedient, complying: dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,Sall. C. 14, 6: obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable: uxori obnoxius sum,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22: totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,Liv. 35, 31: fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,Verg. G. 1, 396: facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,
not indebted to any jewels
,Prop. 1, 2, 21: tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,Gai. Inst. 3, 207.Exposed to a person, humbled before one: ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.: non quibus ego essem obnoxius,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150: summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,Ov. M. 5, 235: si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,Liv. 23, 12: pax,
servile, dishonorable
,id. 9, 10.Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc. With dat.: infidis consiliis obnoxius,Tac. H. 3, 55: insidiis,id. A. 14, 40: infelici fecunditate fortunae,
exposed
,id. ib. 2, 75: aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,id. ib. 3, 58: morbo,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221: contumeliis,Suet. Tib. 63: bello,Ov. P. 1, 8, 73: plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,Sall. C. 48, 5: urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),Tac. A. 15, 38. With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197. With in and acc.: in omnia obnoxius,
exposed to every thing
,Flor. 3, 20, 1. In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail: in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,Sen. Ep. 65, 21: supplex et obnoxius,Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6: corpora,
obnubilo ob-nūbĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cover with clouds or fog; to overcloud, darken, obscure (post-class.): vultūs serenitatem,Gell. 1, 2, 5: haec omnia vitium,
to obscure
,Amm. 28, 4, 2: odore sulfuris obnubilatus,
beclouded, stupefied, senseless
,App. M. 9, p. 228, 22; so, animam,id. ib. 8, p. 204, 38.
obnubo ob-nūbo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to veil, cover (very rare; syn.: velo, induo, amicio). Lit.: LICTOR, CONLIGA MANVS, CAPVT OBNVBITO, ARBORI INFELICI SVSPENDITO, an old formula ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13: flammeo caput nubentis obvolvatur, quod antiqui obnubere vocarint ... legem jubere caput ejus obnubere qui parentem necavisset, quod est obvolvere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.; Liv. 1, 26; Val. Fl. 2, 254: ca put tempestate,Sil. 11, 259: comas amictu Verg. A. 11, 77. Absol., to veil the head obnubit, caput operit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.Transf.: mare terras obnubit,Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.
obnuntiatio obnuntĭātĭo (obnunc-), ōnis, f.obnuntio, in the lang. of augurs, an announcement of an opposing, adverse, evil omen: dirarum,Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29. In plur.: obnuntiationibus per Scaevolam interpositis,Cic. Att. 4, 16, 7: comitiorum cotidie singuli dies tolluntur obnuntiationibus,id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2.
obnuntio ob-nuntio (-nuncio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.To tell, report, announce any thing bad or unfortunate: primus rescisco omnia: Primus porro obnuntio,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 7. In augury, t. t., to announce an opposing, adverse, or evil omen (used both of the augurs and of the magistrates and tribunes of the people; cf. Smith's Antiq.): proprie obnuntiare dicuntur augures, qui aliquid mali ominis scaevumque viderint, Don. Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 8: augur auguri, consul consuli obnuntiāsti,Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 83: fretus sanctitate tribunatūs obnuntiavit consuli, etc.,id. Sest. 37, 79. Impers. pass.: ut sibi postero die in foro obnuntiaretur,Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4.
obnuptus obnuptus, a, um, Part., from obnubo.
oboediens ŏboedĭens, P. a., and ŏboedĭenter, adv., v. oboedio, P. a. fin.
oboedientia ŏboedĭentĭa (obed-), ae, f.oboediens, obedience (class.). Of persons. With gen.: servitus est oboedientia fracti animi,Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35.Absol.: relinquunt enim et abiciunt oboedientiam,Cic. Off. 1, 29. 102. Of bees: mira plebi circa regem oboedientia,Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 52. Of elephants: intellectus illis sermonis patrii et imperiorum oboedientia,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1.
oboedio ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v. Ante-class. form of the fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n.ob-audio. In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one: alicui,Nep. Dat. 5, 4. Esp. Prop., of living beings (class.). To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor). With dat.: parere, et oboedire praecepto,Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: legi,Nep. Epam. 8, 1: voluntati,Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,id. Leg. 3, 2, 5: qui nobis oboediunt,id. Rep. 3, 29, 41: impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,id. ib. 6, 26, 28: pecora ventri oboedientia,Sall. C. 1, 1: multorum oboedire tempori,Cic. Brut. 69, 242. Impers. pass.: utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,Liv. 4, 26.To be obedient in any thing (post-class.). With acc. of neutr. pron.: atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,App. M. 10, p. 247, 11. Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable: ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,
yielding, flexible
,Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137. Hence, ŏboedĭens (ŏbēd-), entis, P. a. Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.). With dat.: nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77: natio semper oboediens huic imperio,id. Pis. 34, 84: appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,id. Off. 1, 36, 132: vivere oboedientem alicui,Sall. J. 31, 26. Comp.: imperiis nemo oboedientior,Liv. 25, 38, 7. Sup.: imperiis oboedientissimus miles,Liv. 7, 13, 2. With ad: ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,Liv. 28, 16. Particular phrases. Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command: magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.: nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,Liv. 38, 7. Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.Absol.: cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,
the obedient
,Liv. 2, 59, 4.Transf., of things, yielding, manageable: oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,i. e.
easily wrought
,Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228. Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12: facere imperata,id. 21, 34: facere adversus aliquem,id. 39, 53. Comp.: nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,Liv. 38, 34. Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.
oboeditio ŏboedītĭo (obed-), ōnis, f.oboedio, obedience (post-class.): per unius oboeditionem justi constituentur multi,Vulg. Rom. 5, 19: ad justitiam,id. ib. 6, 16; Ambros. de Fug. Saec. 2, 12 fin.
oboleo ŏb-ŏlĕo, ŭi, 2, v. a., to smell of any thing (ante-class. and post-Aug.). Lit.: oboluisti allium,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 38: maluissem allium oboluisses,Suet. Vesp. 8: antidotum,id. Calig. 23: res mihi obolet. I smell a thing, App. Mag. p. 311, 31.Transf.: jam oboluit Casina procul,Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 21: marsupium huic oboluit,
obominatus ŏb-ōmĭnātus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. obominor, wishing ill to one (postclass.): crurum ei fragium obominata,App. M. 9, p. 227, 36 (al. abominata).
oborior ŏb-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep., to arise, appear, spring up (class.): oboritur, nascitur, nam praepositionem ob pro ad, solitam poni, testis hic versus: tantum gaudium oboriri ex tumultu maximo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190 Müll.: tenebrae oboriuntur,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30: lacrimis ita fatur obortis,Verg. A. 11, 41; Ov. M. 2, 181: bellum,Liv. 21, 8: laetitia,Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2: vide, quanta lux liberalitatis et sapientiae mihi apud te dicenti oboriatur, * Cic. Lig. 3, 6: sitis,Suet. Ner. 34: caligo,id. ib. 19 al.: verba,App. Flor. 1, p. 29 Oud.
oborsus ŏb-orsus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. obordior, beginning: orsus, oborsus, exorsus,Not. Tir. p. 151.
obortus ŏb-ortus, a, um, Part., from oborior.
obortus ŏb-ortus, a false read. for odores, Lucr. 4, 218; v. Lachm. ad h. l.
obosculor ŏb-oscŭlor, 1, v. dep., to kiss (postAug.): quae flagellorum vestigia obosculantur (al. osculantur),Petr. 126.
obp obp-, v. opp-.
obquinisco ob-quinisco, ĕre, v. ocquinisco.
obradio ob-rădĭo, āre, v. n., to shine forth (postclass.), Isid. Orig. 16, 18, 2.
obraucatus obraucātus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. obrauco, āre [ob - raucus], grown hoarse (post-class.): ea (grus) ubi obraucata est, succedit alia,Sol. 10, 13.
obrendarius obrendārĭus, a, um, adj.for obruendarius, v. obruo, of or belonging to burial, burial-: VASA OBRENDARIA DVA,i. e.
earthen sarcophagi
,Inscr. Orell. 4544. Called also, subst.: OBRENDARIVM, ii, n., Inscr. Grut. 607, 1.
obrepo ob-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep up to any thing, approach stealthily (class.). Lit.: et possim mediā quamvis obrepere nocte,Tib. 1, 9 (8), 59; Flor. 4, 10, 2: qui Gallos in obsidione Capitolii obrepentes per ardua depulerat,Gell. 17, 21, 24. With dat.: feles quam levibus vestigiis obrepunt avibus!Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202.Transf. In gen., to steal upon, come suddenly upon one; to take by surprise, to surprise. With dat.: qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus, quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit?Cic. Sen. 2, 4: mihi decessionis dies λεληθότως obrepebat, id. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf. in the foll. under ε: cui obrepsit oblivio,Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 1: vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt,id. Ep. 45, 7. With acc. (ante-class., and in Sall.): tacitum te obrepet fames,Plaut. Poen. prol. 14: si tanta torpedo animos obrepsit,Sall. H. 1, 49, 19. With ad: Plancium non obrepsisse ad honorem,
obreptio obreptĭo, ōnis, f.id., a creeping or stealing on, a coming on suddenly or by surprise, a surprise (post - Aug.): Ventidius, aggressus per obreptionem,Front. Strat. 2, 5, 36; Arn. 5, 162: arrogari per obreptionem,Dig. 2, 4, 10: precum, Cod. Th. 5, 8, 1. Transf. (eccl. Lat.), a surprise by sudden temptation, Ambros. in Luc. 10, § 72.
obrepto obrepto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to steal on unawares, to come on imperceptibly (very rare): ne quis obreptaverit,Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 27: obreptantibus Satyris,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109 (but in Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3, the correct read. is obrepebat).
obreptus obreptus, a, um, Part., from obripio; v. obrepticius.
obretio obrētĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.ob-rete. to eatch in a net, to entangle (poet.), Lucr. 3, 384.
obrigesco ob-rĭgesco, găi, 3, v. inch. n., to stiffen, become stiff (class.). Lit. With abl.: pars obrigescit frigore, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 12: pars (terrae regionum) obriguerit nive, pruināque,Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; and: e quibus (cingulis) duos obriguisse pruinā vides,id. Rep. 6, 20, 21.Absol.: fructus per pruinam obriguerint, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 6 Müll. (acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 64 Rib.): cum jam paene obriguisset, vix vivus aufertur,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87: obrigesceret cum gladio,
Obrimas Obrĭmas, ae, m., a river in Phrygia Major, which flows into the Mæander, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 106: Obrimae fontes, conj. reading for Rhotrinos fontes (the latter name being unknown),Liv. 38, 15, 12.
obroboratio ŏbrōbŏrātĭo, ōnis, f.ob-roboro, rigidity of the nerves (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 3, 85.
obrodo ob-rōdo, ĕre, v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo). Lit.: vermis te semper obrodit,Ambros. Tob. 7, § 26: ut quod obrodat sit,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 92.Trop., to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate: haec sunt argumentationis ossa, quae obroditis,Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 5 init.: sacrilego morsu pretiosum fidei velamen obrodunt,Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 1, 16, 164: frequenter obrodi a maledicis obtrectatoribus,id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8, 36.
obrogatio obrŏgātĭo, ōnis, f.obrogo, a motion partly to repeal or alter one law by another, an obrogation: cum duae leges inter se differunt, videndum est, num qua obrogatio aut derogatio sit,Auct. Her. 2, 10, 15; cf. obrogo.
obrogo ob-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.Partly to repeal an existing law by proposing a new one, to evade, weaken, invalidate, abrogate it: obrogare est legis prioris infirmandae causā legem aliam ferre, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: obrogatur, id est mutatur aliquid ex primā lege, Ulp. tit. 1, 3; v. abrogo: huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest,Cic. Rep. 3, 22, 33 Mos.: quid, quod obrogatur legibus Caesaris, quae jubent? etc.,id. Phil. 1, 9, 16: quia ubi duae contrariae leges sunt, semper antiquae obrogat nova,Liv. 9, 34, 9; Suet. Claud 23: cf. id Caes. 28.To oppose the passage of a bill (post-class.): obrogare auso iegibus suis Minucio,Flor. 3, 15, 4; cf.: ausus obrogare de legibus consul Philippus, id. 3, 17, 8.
obructans obructans, antis, Part. from the obsol. obructo [ob-ructo], belching at one: tibi obructans,App. Mag. p. 312, 34.
obruo ob-rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum, 3 (inf. pres. pass. OBRI for obrui, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341; v.in the foll. I. B. 1.), v. a. (n.Lucr. 3, 775; v.infra), to overwhelm, overthrow, strike down; to cover, cover over with any thing; also to hide in the ground, bury by heaping over (class.; cf.: opprimo, subruo). Lit. In gen.: aliquem caestu,Stat. Achill. 1, 191: concidit, et totis fratrem gravis obruit armis,id. Th. 11, 573; Verg. A. 5, 692: confossus undique obruitur,Curt. 8, 11: ranae marinae dicuntur obruere sese harenā solere,
,Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16: oceanum rubra tractim obruit aethra, covered, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.); so, terram nox obruit umbris,Lucr. 6, 864. In partic., to bury, inter a dead body (perh. only post-Aug.), Tac. A. 1, 29 fin.: cadaver levi caespite obrutum est,Suet. Calig. 59: cujus ossa in Vulcanali obruta sunt, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. statua, p. 290 Müll.: QVOD SE VOLVIT OBRI. Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 341.To sink in the sea, cover with water: puppes,Verg. A. 1, 69: quos Obruit Auster,
overwhelmed, sunk
,id. ib. 6, 336: navem,Dig. 9, 2, 29: obrutus adulter aquis,Ov. Her. 1, 6: obruerit cum tot deus aequoris undis,id. P. 3, 6, 29: vultus,id. Tr. 1, 2, 34: Aegyptum Nilus,Cic. N. D. 2, 52.To sow seed; cover with earth: semina terrā,Ov. R. Am. 173: milium,Col. 11, 2, 72: lupinum,id. 11, 2, 81: betam,id. 11, 3, 42.To overload, surfeit with any thing: se vino,Cic. Deiot. 9. Trop.To overwhelm, bury, conceal, put out of sight, abolish, consign to oblivion: ut adversā quasi perpetuā oblivione obruamus,Cic. Fin. 1, 17, 57; cf.: ea quae umquam vetustas obruet aut quae tanta delebit oblivio?id. Deiot. 13, 37; and: (sermo) nec umquam de ullo perennis fuit, et obruitur hominum interitu,id. Rep. 6, 23, 25: talis viri interitu sex suos obruere consulatus,
to dim, cloud, destroy the glory of six consulships
,id. Tusc. 5, 19, 56.Neutr.: et domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto obruat,i. e.
obrussa obrussa, ae (pure Gr. collat. form = χρυσίον ὄβρυζον, obrȳzum aurum, Vulg. 2 Par. 3, 5; Isid. 16, 18, 2), f., = ὄβρυζον, the testing or assaying of gold by fire in a cupel (class.). Lit.: auri experimentum ignis est: id ipsum obrussam vocant,Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 59: aurum ad obrussam,
refined, pure gold
,Suet. Ner. 44.Trop., a test, touchstone, proof: adhibenda tamquam obrussa ratio,Cic. Brut. 74, 258: sic verus ille animus probatur: haec ejus obrussa est,
this is its touchstone, its test
,Sen. Ep. 13, 1: si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,
obryza obrȳza, ae (collat. form of obrȳzum aurum), f., standard gold, Cod. 12, 6, 12; 12, 7, 3; v. obrussa init.
obryzatus obrȳzātus, a, um, adj.obryzum, made of standard gold (post-class.), Cod. Th. 11, 10, 3; 12, 49, 1.
obryzum obrȳzum (obrī-, also written obry-zum aurum), = ὄβρυζον (sc. χρυσίον), pure gold, Vulg. 2 Par. 3, 5; Petr. 67; Vulg. Job, 28, 15; 31, 24; cf. obrussa init.
obsaepio ob-saepĭo (ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.), v. a., to hedge or fence in, to enclose; hence, transf., to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible (class.; syn.: obstruo, oppilo). Lit.: NEQVE QVIS IN EO LOCO QVID OPPONIT, MOLIT, OBSEPIT, FIGIT, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129: ubi illum saltum video obsaeptum,Plaut. Casin. 5, 2, 35; cf.: obsaeptis itineribus,Liv. 25, 29; v. Drak. ad Liv. 39, 1, 5: mox iter, apertis, quae vetustas obsaepserat, pergit,
,Sil. 12, 110.Trop., to close or bar up: haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant, adipiscendi obsaepiebant,Cic. Mur. 23, 48; cf. id. Scaur. § 40: plebi iter ad curules magistratus obsaepsit,Liv. 9, 34; 4, 25: obsaepta diutinā servitute ora reseramus,Plin. Pan. 66.
obsalutare obsălūtāre, se offerre salutandi gratiā dicebant antiqui, ut consalutare, persalutare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.
obsatullo ob-sătullo, āre, v. dim. a. [saturo], to sate: obstrudant, obsatullent, Poët. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 73 Rib.).
obsaturo ob-sătŭro, āre, v. a., to sate, cloy, glut; trop.: ne tu propediem istius obsaturabere,
obscaevo obscaevo, āvi, 1, v. n.ob-scaeva, to give or bring a bad omen: metuo, quod illic obscaevavit meae falsae fallaciae,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 18.
obscene obscēnē (obscaenē and obscoe-nē), adv., v. obscenus fin.
obscenitas obscēnĭtas (obscaen-, obscoen-), ātis, f.obscenus. * Unfavorableness, inauspiciousness, of a bad omen: mali ominis obscenitas,Arn. 1, 10.Moral impurity, foulness, unchastity, lewdness, obscenity. In abstr. (the class. signif. of the word): si rerum turpitudo adhibetur et verborum obscenitas,Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 127; cf. also id. de Or. 2, 59, 242: si quod sit in obscenitate flagitium, id aut in re esse aut in verbo,id. Fam. 9, 22, 1: obscenitas non a verbis tantum abesse debet, sed etiam a significatione,Quint. 6, 3, 29: eques Romanus obscenitatis in feminas reus,Suet. Claud. 15: professis apud se obscenitatem cetera quoque concessisse delicta,
unchastity
,id. Ner. 29: obscenitate oris hirsuto atque olido seni clare exprobrata,
the disfigurement produced by lewdness
,id. Tib. 45: in obscenitatem, aliquem compellere,Dig. 1, 12, 1, § 8. Concr., an obscene thing (post-Aug. and very rare): corporum obscenitas, = τὰ αἰδοῖα, Arn. 5, 176: amputata,id. 5, 173. Plur.: in poculis libidines caelare juvit ac per obscenitates bibere,
obscenus obscēnus (obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj.perh. ob and caenum, filth, of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16: deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876: canes,id. G. 1, 470: obscenum ostentum,Suet. Galb. 4: omen,Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.: Troja,Cat. 68, 99: anus,
old witches, hags
,Hor. Epod. 5, 98. Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,Verg. A. 7, 417: volucres pelagi,i. e.
,Luc. 4, 312: cruor,Verg. A. 4, 455. As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine: qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9. In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.; syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111: adulterium,Ov. Tr. 2, 212: obscenas tabellas pingere,Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27): carmina,id. 1, 16, 10: gestus motusque,Tac. A. 15, 37: obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,i. e.
so as to suggest impure thoughts
,Suet. Calig. 56: jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,Quint. 8, 3, 38: quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. Comp.: illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112: abjectior et obscenior vita,Val. Max. 3, 5fin. Sup.: obscenissimi versus,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.Subst.obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person: quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,Juv. 2, 9.obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, τὰ αἰδοῖα. Plur.: Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.: pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,Mel. 3, 7: obscena,Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10: obscena corporis,Just. 1, 6. Sing.: virile,Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84. Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.): latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128. Comp.: cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56: obscenius concurrerent litterae,id. de Or. 45, 154. Sup.: impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,Eutr. 8, 22.
obscuratio obscūrātĭo, ōnis, f.obscuro, a darkening, obscuring, obscuration (class.). Lit.: solis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 15; Quint. 1, 10, 47; Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202: in illā obscuratione, darkness, obscurity, Auct. B. Hisp. 6.Trop.: in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem, obscuratio consequitur,
obscurefacio obscūrĕfăcĭo (only in pres.), 3, v. a.obscurus-facio, for obscuro, to obscure, render invisible: oblitterare est obscurefacere,Non. 146, 28.
obscuritas obscūrĭtas, ātis, f.obscurus, a being dark, darkness, obscurity. Lit. (perh. only post-Aug.): latebrarum,Tac. H. 3, 11: atra,Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: visūs,
,Suet. Tib. 70. Of sound, to pronounce indistinctly: (M) neque eximitur sed obscuratur,
is pronounced indistinctly
,Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to render dull or indistinct, id. 11, 3, 20.To obscure, cover with obscurity; to render unknown: paupertas quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,Sall. C. 8, 1. (Acc. to I. B.) To suppress, hide, conceal: quod obscurari non potest,Cic. Arch. 11, 26: laudes,id. Marcell. 9, 31: veritatem,Quint. 4, 2, 64. Hence, to obscure, cause to be forgotten, render of no account: magnitudo lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131. In pass.: obscurari, to become obscure or of no account, to grow obsolete, etc.: sin dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, quia valde parva sint, nos quoque concedimus,id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509: obscurata vocabula,
obsolete
,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115.
obscurus obscūrus, a, um, adj.Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. σκευή, σκῦτος, κύτος; cf.: scutum, cutis, dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.). Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so, umbra,Verg. A. 6, 453: donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,
,Ov. F. 4, 758. Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight: in obscuro, advesperascente die,Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis,Verg. G. 1, 478: lumen,i. e.
darkness visible
,Sall. J. 21, 2. obscū-rum, adverb.: obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,Luc. 5, 631.Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen: ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,Verg. A. 6, 268: obscurus in ulvā Delitui,id. ib. 2, 135.Trop. In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible: Heraclitus ... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ὁ σκοτεινός), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133: quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?id. ib.: obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,Hor. A. P. 25: reperta Graiorum,Lucr. 1, 136: obscurum et ignotum jus,Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177: cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?id. Agr. 2, 14, 35: nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,
,id. ib. 6, 36. Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low: non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61: Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,
obsecrator obsĕcrātor, ōris, m.id., one who entreats, a suppliant, Ven. Fort. Vit. Ger. 6.
obsecro ob-sĕcro (op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a.sacro, qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico). With acc. of the pers. or thing: Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32: advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,id. Trin. 1, 2, 139: cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42: te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,
obsecundo ob-sĕcundo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to be compliant, show obedience; to comply with, humor, fall in with, follow implicitly, obey a pers. or thing (rare but class.; syn.: morigeror, obsequor, oboedio): obsecundare in loco,Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 23; id. Ad. 5, 9, 37: ut ejus semper voluntatibus socii obtemperarint, hostes oboedierint, venti tempestatesque obsecundarint, * Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48: obsecundando mollire impetum,Liv. 3, 35, 7: simul capite atque umeris sensim ad id, quo manus feratur, obsecundantibus,Quint. 11, 3, 92; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 35 Mai.: imperiis,Amm. 17, 10, 10. Hence, * obsĕcundanter, adv., in compliance with, according to a thing: obsecundanter naturae vivere, Nigid. ap. Non. 147, 26 (obsequenter, Non.).
obsecutor obsĕcūtor (obsĕquūtor), ōris, m.id., an obeyer, keeper, observer (eccl. Lat.): obsecutores legis,Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 9; Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 3, 2.
obseptus ob-septus, a, um, Part., from obsaepio.
obsequela ob-sĕquēla or obsĕquella, ae, f.obsequor, compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness: obsequela obsequium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll. (ante-class. and in Sall.): neque erat tuae benignitatis atque obsequellae, Turp. ap. Non. 215, 32; 29 (Com. Rel. v. 63 and 210 Rib.); Afran. ap. Non. 216, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 257 Rib.): obsequelam facere (alicui),
to show complaisance
,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 50 (Fleck. obsequentiam): qui regi per obsequelam orationis cari erant, through obsequiousness in speaking, i. e. because they spoke as he liked, Sall. ap. Non. 215, 33 (Hist. 2, 49 Dietsch).
obsequens obsĕquens, entis, Part. and P. a., from obsequor.
Obsequens Obsĕquens, entis, m., a Roman proper name: C. IVLIVS OBSEQVENS,Inscr. Murat. 824, 7.
obsequenter obsĕquenter, adv., v. obsequor, P. a. fin.
obsequentia obsĕquentĭa, ae, f.1. obsequens, compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness (very rare; not in Cic.): omnes parentes liberis suis facient obsequentiam,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 50: nimia obsequentia reliquorum,Caes. B. G. 7, 29, 4; v. obsequela.
obsequiae obsĕquĭae, ārum, f.obsequor, for exsequiae, funeral rites, obsequies, Inscr. Fabr. p. 702, n. 235 (Burm. and Meyer read exsequias).
,Suet. Aug. 21: nulla colonia vestra erit, quae nos obsequio erga vos fideque superet,Liv. 7, 30, 19: obsequium in regem retinere,Tac. A. 6, 37 (43) fin.; 13, 3; Just. 20, 4, 9: jurare in obsequium alicujus, to swear obedience or allegiance to one, Just. 13, 2: obsequium erga aliquem exuere,
obsequor ob-sĕquor, cūtus (quutus), 3, v. dep.Lit., to accommodate one's self to the will of a person; to comply with, yield to, gratify, humor, submit to; with dat. of the pers. or thing (freq. and class.; syn.: morigeror, obtempero, pareo, oboedio),Cato, R. R. 5: cum huic obsecutus sis, illi est repugnandum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32: voluntati alicujus,id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: imperio,Juv. 10, 343. With acc. of the thing (ante- and post-class.): et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo,
,Col. 3, 8, 5: nurus,Quint. Decl. 291. In partic., an appellation of the gods, favorable, indulgent, gracious, propitious: bonam atque obsequentem deam,Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 3. Esp. as subst., of Fortuna: Quem te deum autem nominem? Leo. Fortunam atque obsequentem, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 126; Inscr. Orell. 1750; 1751. Hence, adv.: obsĕquenter, compliantly, obsequiously (perh. not in Cic.): haec a collegā obsequenter facta,Liv. 41, 10, 12: parere alicui,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 15. Sup.: vixit in contubernio aviae severissime, et tamen obsequentissime,
,Luc. 5, 627; cf.: dies nube obsitus,Sen. Troad. 20: obsitus aevo,Verg. A. 8, 307: Io jam setis obsita,id. ib. 7, 790: terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,Ov. M. 4, 724.Trop.: Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,
,App. M. 11, p. 267, 8: nox ista est observabilis Domini,Vulg. Exod. 12, 42.
observans observans, antis, Part. and P. a., from observo.
observanter observanter, adv., v. observo, P. a. fin.
observantia observantĭa, ae, f.observo, a remarking, noting, regard, observance. In gen.: temporum observantia,Vell. 2, 1063. In partic. Observance, attention, respect, regard, reverence shown to another: observantia est, per quam aetate, aut sapientiā, aut honore, aut aliquā dignitate antecedentes veremur et colimus,Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 65: officia observantiamque dilexit,id. Balb. 28, 53: tenuiorum,id. Mur. 34, 71: amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retinere,id. Quint. 18, 59: observantia, quā me colit,id. Fam. 12, 27, 1: in regem,Liv. 1, 35: eadem pro libertis adversus patronos,Quint. 11, 1, 66.An obedient observance; a keeping, following, performing of laws, customs, etc.: prisci moris observantia,Val. Max. 2, 6, 7: juris,Dig. 1, 2, 2.An observance of religious duties, divine worship, religion: fides Catholicae observantiae, Cod. Th. 16, 5, 12, § 54: religio et observantia,Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 11.
observate observātē, adv., v. observo, P. a. fin. 2.
observatio observātĭo, ōnis, f.observo, a watching, observing, observance (class.). In gen.: observationi operam dare,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 5: siderum,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2. As a gift or faculty, the power of observation, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284. In partic. An office, duty, service (eccl. Lat.): Dei sui et expiationis,Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 44: in observationibus sicut fas est,id. 1 Macc. 12, 11.An observation, remark; a precept, rule (post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 163: dare observationes aliquas coquendi,id. 22, 23, 47, § 99: sermonis antiqui,Suet. Gram. 24. In partic., circumspection, care, exactness: summa erat observatio in bello movendo,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36.Regard, respect, esteem, reverence (post-class.): religionibus suam observationem reddere,Val. Max. 1, 1, 8: Christianitatis, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 112: divina,ib. 12, 1, 104.Display, outward show (eccl. Lat.): non venit regnum Dei cum observatione,Vulg. Luc. 17, 20.Observance: dierum,Gell. 3, 2, 3.
observator observātor, ōris, m.id., a watcher, observer (perh. not ante-Aug.): nemo observator, nemo castigator assistet,Plin. Pan. 40: observator et custos bonorum,Sen. Ep. 41, 2: Catholicae legis, i. e. one who obeys it, Cod. Th. 16, 5, 1.
observatrix observātrix, īcis, f.observator, she that observes, an observer (eccl. Lat.): fides observatrix,Tert. Cor. Mil. 4.
observatus observātus, ūs, m.observo, observation (ante-class.): ex observatu dicere,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3.
observito observĭto, āvi, v. freq. a.observo, to watch carefully, to note, observe (class.): Assyrii.. trajectiones motusque stellarum observitaverunt,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: deorum voces,id. ib. 1, 45, 102: omnia,App. Deo Socr. p. 52, 31; id. M. 8, p. 208, 17: caerimonias, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 26.
observo ob-servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic fut. perf. observasso, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 57), v. a. In gen., to watch, note, heed, observe a thing; to take notice of, pay attention to (class.; syn.: animadverto, attendo): ne me observare possis, quid rerum geram,Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14: quid ille faciat, ne id observes,id. Men. 5, 2, 38: fetus,
,id. Or. 62, 210: observavit sedulo, ut praetor indiceret, etc., took care that, etc., Suet. Claud. 22. So pass. impers.: observatum est, ne quotiens introiret urbem, supplicium de quoquam sumeretur,Suet. Aug. 57 fin.: observans Acerroniae necem,
observing, perceiving
,Tac. A. 14, 6: postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,
,Sall. J. 51, 1. Pass.: id ab omnibus,Just. 21, 4, 5.To pay attention or respect to; to respect, regard, esteem, honor one (syn.: veneror, revereor): tribules suos,Cic. Planc. 18, 45: regem,Verg. G. 4, 210: me, ut alterum patrem, et observat, et diligit,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: et colere aliquem,id. Att. 2, 19, 5: aliquem perofficiose et amanter,id. ib. 9, 20, 3: clarissimus et nobis observandus vir,Front. Ep. ad Anton. p. 4. Observare se a quā re = se abstinere, Vulg. Judic. 13, 12.To observe, notice, perceive (eccl. Lat.): Amasa non observavit gladium,Vulg. 2 Reg. 20, 10. Hence, ob-servans, antis, P. a.Watchful, regardful, observant. Comp.: observantior aequi Fit populus,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296. Sup.: observantissimus omnium officiorum,Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; 10, 11, 1: observantissima lex suorum itinerum, App. de Mundo, 33 fin.Attentive, respectful: homo tui observans,Cic. Quint. 11, 39; Charis. 77 P.: observantissimus mei homo,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11; id. Fam. 13, 3 init. Hence, adv.: observanter, carefully, sedulously (post-class.): sequi,Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, § 7; App. Mag. p. 320, 11. Comp.: observantius,Amm. 23, 6, 79. Sup.: aliquid observantissime vitare,Gell. 10, 21.Reverentially: ad precandum accedere,Lact. 5, 19, 26.observātē, adv., observantly, carefully, perspicaciously (postclass.): observate curioseque animadvertit M. Tullius,Gell. 2, 17, 1.
obses obses (old orthogr. opses, in the first Epit. of the Scipios; v.infra; Inscr. Spec. Epigr. p. 5, 11 Jahn), ĭdis (gen. plur. obsidium, Caes. B. G. 5, 27; 6, 9; Liv. 2, 13, 97), m. and f.ob-sedeo. Lit., a hostage: OPSIDES ABDOVCIT, first Epit. of the Scipios: ut obsides accipere, non dare consueverint,Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Liv. 34, 35: obsides alicui imperare,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35: dedere,Sall. J. 54, 6: retinere aliquem obsidem,
,Caes. B. G. 1, 9. Transf., in gen., a surety, security, bail, pledge (syn.: sponsor, vindex, vas, praes): Phocion se ejus rei obsidem fore, pollicitus est,
obsessor obsessor, ōris, m.id., one who sits, stays, abides in a place; a frequenter, haunter. In gen. (only ante-class. and poet.): hoc ego fui hodie solus obsessor fori,
obsibilo ob-sībĭlo, 1, v. a., to whistle away, to rustle (post-class.): arbores dulces strepitus obsibilabant,App. M. 11, p. 260, 27.
obsidatus obsĭdātus, ūs, m.obses, the condition of a hostage, hostageship (post-class.): pater ejus diu obsidatūs pignore tentus,Amm. 16, 12, 25: obsidatūs sorte in Syriis detentus,id. 18, 6, 20: in obsidatum datus, Schol. Juv. 2, 164.
obsideo ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a. [sedeo]. Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.): servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,Plaut. Poen. prol. 23: domi obsidere,Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: in limine,Val. Fl. 2, 237.Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place. In gen.: aram,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36: ranae stagna et rivos obsident,
that they were continually besieged by his brother
,Liv. 40, 20 fin.To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for: jacere humi ... ad obsidendum stuprum,Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: rostra,id. Fl. 24, 57.
obsidialis obsĭdĭālis, e, adj.obsidium, of or for besieging, siege-: admotis obsidialibus machinamentis (al. obsidionalibus), Auct. Itin. Alex. 47 Mai.
obsidio obsĭdĭo, ōnis, f.obsideo. Lit. In gen., a siege, investment, blockade of a place (class.): obsidionem potias dicendum esse, quam obsidium, adjuvat nos testimonio suo Ennius in Telamone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf.: cui tu obsidionem paras, Enn. ib. (Trag. v. 365 Vahl.); and: obsidionem obducere,id. ib. (Trag. v. 11 ib.): partim vi, partim obsidione urbes capere,Cic. Mur. 9, 20: aliquem in obsidione habere,Caes. B. C. 3, 31: cum spes major Romanis in obsidione quam in oppugnatione esset,Liv. 5, 2: obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from, id. 38, 15: obsidione cingere,
,id. ib. 15, 5: obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege, by either surrender or relief: tolerando paucos dies totam soluturos obsidionem,Liv. 26, 7, 8; cf. Amm. 20, 7, 3: solutā obsidione,
obsidior obsĭdĭor, āri, v. dep.obsidium, to lie in wait for, to waylay one (perh. only postAug.): alicui,Col. 9, 14, 10. (In Cic. Scaur. p. 40, instead of obsidietur, Mai. more correctly reads obsaepiatur; v. obsaepio.)
obsidium obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n.obsideo, a siege, investment, blockade (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug. for obsidio; not in Cic. or Cæs.; but cf. obsidio). Lit.: obsidium dictum ab obsidendo, quominus hostis egredi posset inde,Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.: obsidium, tam quam praesidium, subsidium, recte dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.: saevo obsidio premere aliquem, Enn. ap. Non. 216, 29 (Ann. v. 28 Vahl.): obsidium facere Ilio,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 24: obsidio circumdare,Tac. A. 13, 41: obsidium urgere,id. H. 4, 28; Flor. 4, 4, 4; Gell. 15, 31, 1; Amm. 20, 7, 3: ad liberandum Mogontiaci obsidium,Tac. H. 4, 37.Trop.A waylaying, an ambush: obsidia hominum aut insidiosorum animalium,Col. 8, 2, 7.Attention, foresight: curatoris,Col. 9, 9, 1; cf. obsidio.Danger: tuo tergo obsidium adesse,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 64.
obsidium obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n.obses, the condition of a hostage, hostageship (Tacitean): Meherdates obsidio nobis datus,Tac. A. 11, 10.
Obsidius Obsĭdĭus, ĭi, m., a Roman surname, Flor. 1, 18, 7.
obsido ob-sīdo, ĕre, v. a., to beset, invest, besiege, blockade (mostly poet.): ne auriculam obsidat caries, ne vermiculique, Lucil. ap. Non. 21, 25: vias oculorum,Lucr. 4, 351: certas partes,id. 4, 1092: pontem,Sall. C. 45, 2 Kritz N. cr.: portas,Verg. A. 9, 159: Italos fines,
obsignator obsignātor, ōris, m.id., a sealer, sealer up (class.): litterarum obsignator,Cic. Clu. 66, 186. Esp., the witnesses who set their seals to a will, Cic. Clu. 13, 37: testamenti,id. Att. 12 18, b, 2: decisionis,id. Fl. 36, 89.
obsigno ob-signo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to seal, seal up a will, a letter, etc. (class.). Lit. In gen.: cedo tu ceram ac linum actutum: age obliga, obsigna cito,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 96: cellas,id. Cas. 2, 1, 1: lagenas,Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 26: epistulam,Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1; id. Pis. 28, 71. Esp.: tabulas, testamenta, to sign and seal, as a witness: istam ipsam quaestionem, dicite, quis obsignavit?Cic. Clu. 66, 185: tabellas ejus rei condicionisque,id. Quint. 21, 67: testamentum signis adulterinis,id. Clu. 14, 41: obsignavit anulo,Vulg. Dan. 6, 17. Prov.: agere cum aliquo tabellis obsignatis, to deal with one with sealed writings, i. e. in the strictest form, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33 (cf.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo,id. Mur. 17, 35): tabulas obsignare velle, would seal up the documents, i. e. would have no discussion, id. Pis. 28, 69. In partic. To seal up the papers and effects of an accused person, Cic. Verr. 1, 19, 50. Hence, To seal an accusation against one: qui contra Scaurum patrem suum obsignaverat, Cic. Scaur. Fragm. ap. Ascon.To pledge or mortgage under one's hand and seal: tria agri jugera ad aerarium obsignaverat,Val. Max. 4, 4, 7.To close under seal, make fast: inane obsignari nihil solere,Cic. Div. 2, 70, 145; cf. the context.Trop., to stamp, impress: formam verbi,Lucr. 4, 567: aliquid obsignatum habere,
obsisto ob-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n., to set, place, or post one's self before any thing (class.; syn.: adversor, repugno). In gen.: hic obsistam, ne, etc.,
,id. Fin. 3, 9, 31: opinionibus,id. Ac. 2, 34, 108. With inf.: obstitit Oceanus in se simul atque in Herculem inquiri,
opposes, forbids
,Tac. G. 34. With ne: Histiaeus Miletus ne res conficeretur obstitit,Nep. Milt. 3, 5: obstitisti, ne ex Italiā transire in Siciliam fugitivorum copiae possent,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5. With quominus: quae si cui obstitit, quominus referret gratiam, etc.,Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 3. Impers. pass.: magnitudine animi facile posset repugnari obsistique fortunae,Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 17.obstĭ-tus, a, um, P. a.Over against, opposite: luna radios solis obstiti vel adversi usurpat,App. de Deo Socr. p. 42.Lit., opposing, inimical; hence, in augury, struck by lightning: obstitum Cloatius et Aelius Stilo esse aiunt violatum attactumque de caelo. Cincius quom qui deo deaeque obstiterit id est qui viderit, quod videri nefas esset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.: FVLGVRA ATQVE OBSTITA PIANTO,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21.
obsitus obsĭtus, a, um, Part., from 2. obsero.
Obsius Obsĭus, i, m., a Roman surname, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196. Hence, Obsĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to Obsius: lapis,
so named after the discoverer
,Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177. Also subst.: obsĭāna, ae, f., Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200; and obsĭāna, ōrum, plur. n., a kind of glass: obsiana numerantur,id. 36, 26, 67, § 196. (The older editions of Pliny read Obsidius and Obsidianus; hence the name obsidian applied to the stone.)
obsolefacio obsŏlĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.; in pass.: obsŏlĕfīo, factus, fieriobsoleofacio, to wear out, spoil, injure, sully, degrade, lower, make common (mostly postAug.): rivi non opere, nec fistulā, nec ullo coacto itinere obsolefacti, sed sponte currentes,Sen. Ep. 90, 43: auctoritas obsolefacta,id. ib. 29, 3: toga,Val. Max. 3, 5, 1: admonebat, ne paterentur nomen suum commissionibus obsolefieri,Suet. Aug. 89: obsolefiebant dignitatis insignia,Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105; B. and K. dub. (al. obsolescebant; al. obsolebant).
obsolefactus obsŏlĕfactus, a, um, Part., from obsolefacio.
obsoleo obsŏleo, ēre, v. obsolefacio fin.
obsolesco obsŏlesco, lēvi, lētum, 3, v. inch. n. [obs-olesco], to wear out, to grow old, decay, fall into disuse, lose value, become obsolete (class.; syn. exolesco): his (verbis) oportet, si possis, non uti: sic enim obsolescent,Varr. L. L. 9, § 16 Müll.: haec ne obsolescerent, renovabam, cum licebat, legendo,Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11: obsolevit jam oratio,id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52: vectigal, quod in bello non obsolescat,id. Agr. 1, 7, 21: laus,Tac. A. 4, 26: enituit aliquis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace,Plin. Pan. 4, 5. Hence, obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a.Lit., old, worn out, thrown off: erat veste obsoletā,Liv. 27, 34: vestitus,Nep. Ages. 8, 2: amiculum,Curt. 6, 9, 25: vestitu obsoletiore, Cig. Agr. 2, 5, 13: homo obsoletus,
obsoleto obsŏlēto, āvi, 1, v. a.obsoletus, to degrade, soil, sully, stain, defile (eccl. Lat.). Lit.: qui vestitum obsoletāssent nuptialem,Tert. adv. Gnost. 6.Trop.: majestatis vestigia obsoletant,Tert. Apol. 15.
obsoletus obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a., v. obsolesco fin.
obsolido obsŏlĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a.ob-solido, to make firm or fast, to harden, consolidate, only in part. pass.: obsŏlĭdātus, made solid, firm: tectorio rigide obsolidato,Vitr. 2, 3, 2.
obsonatio obsōnātĭo (ops-), ōnis, f.1. obsono, a buying of victuals; a catering, marketing, Don. ad Ter. And. 2, 2, 32.
obsono obsōno or ops-, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and obsōnor or ops-, ātus, 1, v. dep.ὀψωνέω, to buy provisions, to cater, purvey (class.). Lit.: postquam opsonavit erus,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 1; id. Men. 1, 3, 26: ibo atque opsonabo opsonium,id. Stich. 3, 1, 36: vix drachmis est opsonatus decem,Ter. And. 2, 6, 20. Dep. form absol., Plaut. Stich. 5, 3, 8: de suo obsonari filiai nuptiis; id. Aul. 2, 4, 16.Transf., to feast, treat, to furnish an entertainment: opsonat, potat, olet unguenta; de meo,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37; 5, 9, 7.Trop.: obsonare ambulando famem, to cater or provide an appetite, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.
obsono ob-sŏno, 1, v. a., to interrupt by a sound; trop.: alicui sermone,i. e.
obsopesco obsŏpesco, 3, v. n., to fall asleep: obsopit, obsopitus, obsopesco,Not. Tir. p. 135.
obsopio ob-sŏpĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., to put or lull to sleep (post-class.): a somni tempore prohibere, ne obsopiantur,Scrib. Comp. 180: somno obsopitus,
fallen asleep
,Sol. 12: odoris novitate obsopitus,
made faint, stupefied
,id. ib.
obsopitus obsŏpītus, a, um, Part., from obsopio.
obsorbeo ob-sorbĕo, ŭi, 2, v. a., to sup or drink up, to swallow or gulp down (poetical). Lit., Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 21: aquam,id. Curc. 2, 3, 34: placentas, to gulp down, bolt, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24: unionem liquefactum,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121. Absol.: ter die absorbebat, terque eructabat,Hyg. Fab. 125: ursis homines non plane comedendi, sed obsorbendi objectabantur,Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 6.Transf.: fores, Quae obsorbent quicquid venit intra pessulos,
obsordesco ob-sordesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become dirty, be soiled (ante- and post-class.). Lit.: ne coma fumo obsordescat,Prud. Apoth. 214.Trop., to wear out, decrease: obsorduit jam haec in me aerumna, i. e. is moderated, Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 86 Rib.).
obstaculum ob-stācŭlum, i, n.obsto, a hinderance, obstacle (post-class.; cf. impedimentum): teneris et rarioribus parcit (fulmen), quia transitu patente minus obstaculum invenit,Sen. Q. N. 2, 52, 1: rumpere obstacula,Prud. Ham. 601; App. Flor. p. 361, 11; Arn. 2, 62; Amm. 17, 3. In plur., of mountains, Amm. 21, 10.
obstans obstans, antis, Part., from obsto.
obstantia obstantĭa, ĭum, n., v. obsto fin. c.
obstantia obstantĭa, ae, f.obsto, a standing before or against, a resistance, hinderance, obstruction (only in Vitr.): terrae,Vitr. 9, 5, 4: aëris,id. 6, 1: umbrarum,id. 8, 1.
obsterno ob-sterno, strāvi, 3, v. a., to strew or cast before, to throw in one's way (postclass.): uxorem puero,App. Mag. p. 335, 31.
obstetricius obstē^trīcĭus (opst-) or -tĭus, a, um, adj.obstetrix, of or belonging to a midwife, obstetric (post -Aug.). Lit.: manūs obstetriciae,Arn. 3, 166.Trop., Front. Orat. p. 246.Subst.: obstē^-trīcĭa (sc. officia), ōrum, n., midwifery, obstetrics: Jove Liberum parturiente inter obstetricia dearum,Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.
obstetrico obstē^trīco (opst-), āre, v. n. and a. [id.], to perform the office of a midwife (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Nat. 2, 12: Hebraeas (sc. mulieres),
obstinatio obstĭnātĭo, ōnis, f.obstino, firmness, in a good and bad sense; resolution, steadfastness, determination, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy (class.; syn.: pertinacia, contumacia): quae ego omnia obstinatione sententiae repudiavi,
obstinatus obstĭnātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obstino.
obstinet obstĭnetdicebant antiqui, quod nunc ostendit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 197 Müll.; so, iam se caelo cedens aurora obstinet suum patrem, Poët. ib. (Trag. Rel. p. 228 Rib.).
obstino obstĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.a lengthened form of obsto, to set about a thing with firmness or resolution, to set one's mind firmly on, to persist in, be resolved on a thing (as a verb. fin. very rare; only the Part. as a P. a. is freq.). With acc.: id inhiat, ea affinitatem hanc obstinavit gratia,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 89. Pass.: obstinari exorsus, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 425 Rib.). With inf.: obstinaverant animis aut vincere, aut mori,Liv. 23, 29, 7.Absol.: ipso Vespasiano inter initia imperii ad obtinendas iniquitates haud perinde obstinante,Tac. H. 2, 84. Hence, obstĭnātus, a, um, P. a., firmly set, fixed, resolved, in a good or bad sense; determined, resolute, steadfast, inflexible, stubborn, obstinate (class.; syn.: pervicax, pertinax): vos qui astatis obstinati, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): obstinato animo aliquid facere, Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. l. l. (Trag. Rel. p. 123 Rib.); so,Vulg. Ruth, 1, 18: ad decertandum obstinati animi,Liv. 6, 3, 9: ad silendum,Curt. 8, 1, 30: ad mortem, Liv. 5, 41, 1: adversus lacrimas,id. 2, 40, 3; 3, 47, 4: ad resistendum,Suet. Caes. 15 fin.: contra veritatem,Quint. 12, 1, 10: pudicitia,Liv. 1, 58: fides,Tac. H. 5, 5: aures,Hor. C. 3, 11, 7. With inf.: jam obstinatis mori spes affulsit,Liv. 42, 65; 7, 21, 1; 9, 25, 6: obstinatum est tibi, non suscipere imperium, nisi, etc.,
you are firmly resolved
,Plin. Pan. 5, 6. Rarely with in: obstinatae in perniciem Romae urbes,Amm. 17, 11, 3: in extrema,Tac. H. 3, 56: militum animos obstinatos pro Vitellio subruere,id. H. 2, 101. Comp.: voluntas obstinatior,Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1: adversus lacrimas muliebres,
obstipatio obstīpātĭo, ōnis, f.ob-stipo, the close pressure (eccl. Lat.): turbarum obstipatione, Laurent. Hom. 1.
obstipesco ob-stĭpesco and ob-stŭpesco, pŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a., to become senseless, lose feeling; to be stupefied, benumbed (syn.: obtorpesco; class.). Lit.: apes obstupescunt potantes,Varr. R. R. 3, 16: corpus,Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.Trop., to be astonished, astounded, amazed, to be struck with amazement: quid hic, malum, adstans obstipuisti,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 51: ob haec beneficia, quibus illi obstupescunt,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: ejus aspectu cum obstupuisset bubulcus,id. Div. 2, 23, 50: visu Aeneas,Verg. A. 5, 90: obstupuerunt stupore magno,Vulg. Marc. 5, 42 et saep. With acc., to wonder or be astonished at any thing (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.
obstipus obstīpus, a, um, adj.ob-stipes, bent or inclined to one side; opp. to rectus (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). In gen., oblique, shelving: omnia mendose fieri atque obstipa, necesse est,Lucr. 4. 517: obstitum (leg. obstipum) obliquum, Enn. Libr. XVI.: montibus obstitis (leg. obstipis) obstantibus, unde oritur nox. Et in Libr. VIII.: amplius exaugere obstipolumve (leg. opstipo lumine) solis. Caecilius in imbros (leg. Imbris): resupina obstito (leg. obstipo) capitulo sibi ventum facere cunicula (leg. tunicula). Lucretius: omnia, etc.; v.supra, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf. Enn. Ann. v. 290 and 407 Vahl.; and Trag. Rel. p. 44 Rib. Esp. Bent or drawn back, said of the stiff neck of a proud person: cervix rigida et obstipa,Suet. Tib. 68.Bent forward, bent or bowed down: stes capite obstipo, multum similis metuenti,Hor. S. 2, 5, 92. So of one lost in thought: obstipo capite et figentes lumine terram,Pers. 3, 80.Bent or inclined to one side, of the dragon's head, a translation of the Gr. λοξὸν κάρη: obstipum caput et tereti cervice reflexum,Cic. Arat. N. D. 2, 42, 107; cf. Col. 7, 10, 1.Transf., stiff - necked, obstinate, perverse (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 3, 38. Hence, obstīpē, adv., perversely, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 25.
,Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14. In partic., to stand against or in the way of a person or thing; to withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: obsisto, adversor, officio). Constr. with dat., absol., with quin, quominus, cur, or ne. With dat.: quae tardis mora noctibus obstet,Verg. A. 1, 746: alicui,Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 6: cur mihi te offers ac meis commodis officis et obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6: vita cetera eorum huic sceleri obstat,
their former life stands opposed to this crime, secures them against the suspicion of this crime
,Verg. A. 6, 64: nam sic labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus,i. e.
keeps from falling
,Juv. 3, 194; cf. v. 243. For the dat. in with acc. is found: in laudem vetustorum invidia non obstat,Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2.Absol.: me obstare, illos obsequi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: restitant, occurrunt, obstant, id. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 ib.): obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur,Liv. 40 25: exercitus hostium duo obstant,
block up the way
,Sall. C. 58, 6; Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 15: si omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19. With quin: quibus non humana ulla, neque divina obstant, quin socios amicos trahant, exscindant,Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch. With quominus: quid obstat, quominus sit beatus?Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95: ne quid divini humanive obstet, quominus justum piumque de integro ineatur bellum,Liv. 9, 8, 6. (ε) With cur: quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant?Ter. And. 1, 1, 76. (ζ) With ne: Histiaeus Milesius, ne res conficeretur, obstitit,Nep. Milt. 3, 5: cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne non posset nisi ab consule dici dictator,Liv. 4, 31, 4: ne id, quod placebat, decerneret in tantae nobilitatis viris, ambitio obstabat,id. 5, 36, 9.Impers. pass.: nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14: indignatur amans Obstari animae,Ov. M. 11, 788.Part. pres. in plur. as subst.: obstantia, ĭum, n.: obstantia silvarum amoliri,
obstragulum obstrāgŭlum, i, n.obsterno, a strap, lace, latchet, that fastened the sandal to the foot: crepidarum obstragulis,Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 114.
obstrangulatus obstrangŭlātus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. obstrangulo [ob-strangulo], strangled; trop. (post - class.): obstrangulata mens,Prud. Cath. 7, 10.
obstreperus obstrĕpĕrus, a, um, adj.obstrepo, clamorous, chirping (post-class.), App. Flor. p. 349, 22.
obstrepitaculum obstrĕpĭtācŭlum, i, n.obstrepito, a clamor against, an outcry (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 20.
obstrepito obstrĕpĭto, 1, v. freq. n. [obstrepo], to sound against, to interrupt by noise or clamor (poet.). obstrepitant lamenta choris, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 355.
obstrepo ob-strĕpo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a.Neutr. Prop., to make a noise against or at; to roar or resound at; to resound, sound. With dat.: marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Submovere litora,Hor. C. 2, 18, 20: remotis Obstrepit Oceanus Britannis,id. ib. 4, 14, 48: multaque nativis obstrepit arbor aquis,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 4.si, intrante te, clamor, et plausus, et pantomimica ornamenta obstrepuerint, si, etc.,Sen. Ep. 29, 12: fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus,Hor. Epod. 2, 27: tympana ... raucis Obstrepuere sonis,Ov. M. 4, 392: garrula per ramos avis obstrepit,
,Sen. Herc. Oet. 758. Impers., there is a noise, a noise arises: non statim, si quid obstrepet, abiciendi codices erunt, etc.,
if there shall be a noise
,Quint. 30, 3, 28.Trop.To bawl or shout against; to clamor or cry out against. Absol.: adversarius obstrepit,Quint. 12, 6, 5. With dat.: certatim alter alteri obstrepere,Liv. 1, 40 fin.: ut quodammodo ipsi sibi in dicendo obstrepere videantur,Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50.Impers. pass.: decemviro obstrepitur,Liv. 3, 49, 4.To annoy, molest, be troublesome to. With dat.: quae res fecit, ut tibi litteris obstrepere non auderem,Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 1.To impede or hinder; to prove an obstacle, hinderance, or injury to. With dat.: detrectare Pompeium, actisque ejus obstrepere,Flor. 4, 2, 9: remove parentem, ne tuae laudi obstrepat,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1030.Absol.: nihil sensere (Poeni), obstrepente pluviā,Liv. 21, 56, 9: ut accipiatur circumjecto candore lux, et, temperato repercussu, non obstrepat,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148: scelerati, conscientiā obstrepente, condormire non possunt, Curt. 6, 10, 14: sed clausae sunt aures, obstrepente irā,id. 8, 1, 48.To cry out against, blame. With dat.: huic definitioni ita obstrepunt,Gell. 6, 2, 4.Act., to clamor against; to oppose, disturb: tamen ejus modi, etiam cum leguntur, obstrepi clamore militum videntur, et tubarum sono,Cic. Marcell. 3, 9: quae in Cn. Pompeium congesta sunt: hinc assensione favoris, illinc fremitu invidiae, litterarum monumentis obstrepuntur,
are perverted, distorted
,Val. Max. 8, 15, 8.To fill with noise, cause to resound: secretus ab omni voce locus, si non opstreperetur aquis,Ov. F. 6, 9.
obstrictus obstrictus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obstringo.
obstrictus obstrictus, ūs, m.obstringo, a binding, clasping: accendat flammam ipso obstrictu (al. affrictu),Sen. Q. N. 5, 14, 4.
,Tac. H. 4, 55: obstringi conscientiā tanti sceleris, ne, etc., to be hindered by the sense of so great a crime, from, etc., Liv. 4, 17, 5: aliquem societate scelerum,Tac. A. 4, 57: fidem suam alicui,
to pledge one's word, to promise positively
,Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 8; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 11; cf. Just. 2, 15, 14. Mid.: qui alienum ... sustulit, furti obstringitur, makes himself guilty, becomes guilty, Sabin. ap. Gell. 11, 18, 21: eidem sceleri obstrictus est,Lact. 3, 18, 6. Hence, obstrictus, a, um, P. a.; according to III., bound, obliged. Comp.: obstrictior Debitor,Paul. Nol. Nat. Felic. 9, 145. Hence, obstrictē, adv.; comp.: obstrictius, more stringently, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 24.
obstructio ob-structĭo, ōnis, f.obstruo, a building before or against, a closing up by building, a blocking up. Lit. (post-class.): corporum,Arn. 2, 63.Trop., an obstruction, a barrier: haec obstructio non diuturna est,Cic. Sest. 9, 22.
obstructus obstructus, a, um, Part., from obstruo.
obstrudo obstrūdo, ĕre, v. obtrudo.
obstrudulentus obstrūdulentus, a, umobtrudo, that can be swallowed down: obstrudulenti da aliquid, quo pectam sedens, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 134 Rib.), v. obtrudo.
obstruo ob-strŭo (opstr-), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to build before or against; to build, block, or wall up; to stop up, barricade, renderimpassable (class.; cf. obsaepio, claudo, oppilo). Lit.: validum pro diruto obstruentes murum,Liv. 38, 29: frontem castrorum auxiliis,id. 5, 1. Esp., to build before so as to obstruct the light: obstructae fenestrae,Varr. R. R. 1, 4: FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus,Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to purchase permission of a neighbor to build so as to obstruct his light, Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64: portas,Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas aedis. Nep. Paus. 5: aditus,Cic. Brut. 4, 16: flumina,Caes. B. C. 3, 48: aquarum venas,Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: saxa,
,id. Ac. 2, 3, 7: mentes,Tac. H. 3, 21.Intr., to be in the way: si officiens signis mons obstruet altus,Cic. Arat. 44.
obstrusus obs-trūsus, false read. for abstrusus, Sen. Ep. 68, 4.
obstupefacio ob-stŭpĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.; in pass.obstŭpĕfīo, factus, fieri, to astonish, amaze, astound, stupefy; to render senseless, deprive of feeling, benumb (class.): eum timidum obstupefecit pudor,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 54: ipso miraculo audaciae obstupefecit hostes,Liv. 2, 10: nisi metus maerorem obstupefaceret,id. 25, 38; cf. Tac. H. 4, 72. Pass.: obstupefactis hominibus,Cic. Deiot. 12, 34: obstupefacti hostes,Tac. Agr. 18: obstupefactis nervis,Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 6.
obstupefactus obstŭpĕfactus, a, um, Part., from obstupefacio.
obstupefio obstŭpĕfīo, fieri, v. obstupefacio.
obstupendus ob-stŭpendus, a, um, adj.ob-stupeo, astounding, Cassiod. Var. 6, 23.
obstupesco ob-stŭpesco, v. obstipesco.
obstupidus ob-stŭpĭdus, a, um, adj., amazed, confounded, beside one's self, senseless, stupefied (ante- and post-class.): hiat sollicita, studio obstupida, suspenso animo civitas, Pac. ap. Non. 429, 7 (Trag. Rel. p. 68 Rib. fin.): quid astitisti obstupida?Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 39: attonitus et obstupidus,Gell. 5, 1, 6: consternatus ac prorsus obstupidus,App. M. 1, p. 114, 3.
obstupratus obstū^prātus, a, um, Part., from obsol. obstupro [ob-stupro], defiled, dishonored (post-class.), Lampr. Commod. 3.
obsufflo ob-sufflo, 1, v. a., to blow against or at, Auct. Quint. Decl. 7
obsum ob-sum, obfui or offui, obesse (old form of fut. obescet, oberit vel aderit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 188 Müll.), v. n., to be against, be prejudicial to; to hinder, hurt, injure; opp. to prodesse (cf.: officio, noceo, injuriam facio; class.): Ty. Nunc falsa prosunt. Heg. At tibi oberunt, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 48; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 13; cf.: men obesse, illos prodesse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 84 Vahl.); and: qui (pudor) non modo non obesset ejus orationi, sed etiam probitatis commendatione prodesset,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122: subicimus id. quod nobis adjumento futurum sit, aut offuturum illis e contrario. Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33: obsunt auctoribus artes,Ov. M. 7, 562: ne prodigus obsit,Verg. G. 4, 89. With a subject-clause: nec, dum degrandinat, obsit Agresti fano supposuisse pecus,Ov. F. 4, 755: nihil obest dicere,Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 4.
obsuo ob-sŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a.To sew on (very rare): obsutum caput,Ov. F. 2, 578. To sew up, sew together; to stop or close up (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): nares, et spiritus oris obsuitur,Verg. G. 4, 301: sporta auri obsuta,Suet. Rhet. 1 fin.: obsuta lectica,
the curtains of which are sewed together all around
obsurdatus obsurdātus, a, um, adj.ob-surdus, rendered deaf (eccl. Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 57, 15.
obsurdefacio obsurdĕfăcĭo, ĕre, 3, v. a.ob-surdusfacio, to render deaf (eccl. Lat.), Aug. c. Faust. 33, 6.
obsurdesco ob-surdesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become deaf (class.). Lit.: hoc sonitu oppletae aures hominum obsurduerunt,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19: si sapiens excaecatur, obsurdescat, etc., Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 4, 4.Trop., to be deaf, not to give ear: obsurdescimus nescio quo modo, nec ea, quae ab eā (naturā) monemur, audimus,Cic. Lael. 24, 88: obsurduerunt aures hominum ad tam salutaria praecepta, Ambros. de Tobia, 3, 9.
obsutus obsūtus, a, um, Part., from obsuo.
obt obt- in compounds. In some MSS. and editions opt-.
obtaedesco ob-taedesco (opt-), ĕre, v. inch. n., to disgust: nolo optaedescat,Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 52 Fleck.
obtectus obtectus, ūs, m.obtego, a covering (late Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 4, 65.
obtectus obtectus, a, um, Part., from obtego.
obtego ob-tĕgo (collat. form obtĭgo, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to cover over, cover up (for protection or concealment) (syn.: obtendo, velo, celo; class.). Lit.: insuper lingua bubula obtegito,Cato, R. R. 40: in pectus perpluit meum, neque jam umquam obtigere possum,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8: domus arboribus obtecta,Verg. A. 2, 300: armis,Caes. B. C. 3, 19: se servorum et libertorum corporibus,Cic. Sest. 35, 76: os obtegendum, fauces velandae,Cels. 3, 22. Trop., to veil, hide, conceal, keep secret: obtegere errata,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 23: vitia multis virtutibus obtecta,Cic. Cael. 18, 43: ut adulescentiae turpitudo obscuritate obtegatur,id. Vatin. 5, 11: nihil,id. Att. 1, 18, 1: scelera nuper reperta priscis verbis,Tac. A. 4, 19: flagitia,id. ib. 13, 33. With gen.: animus audax, sui obtegens in alios criminator,Tac. A. 4, 1.To protect: aegre precibus meliorum obtectus,Tac. A. 16, 5.
obtemperanter obtempĕranter, adv., v. obtempero fin.
obtemperatio obtempĕrātĭo, ōnis, f.obtempero, a complying with or submitting to; compliance, submission, obedience; with dat.: si justitia est obtemperatio scriptis legibus,Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42.
obtemperator obtempĕrātor, ōris, m.id., one who obeys (eccl. Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 134, 1.
obtempero ob-tempĕro (opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.). With dat.: te audi, tibi obtempera,Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2: alicui obtemperare et parere,id. Planc. 39, 94: imperio populi Romani,Caes. B. G. 4, 21: voluntati alicujus,id. B. C. 1, 35: auctoritati senatūs,id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56: rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.: naturae,Suet. Tib. 59: qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,
,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70. With ad: ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,Cic. Caecin. 18, 52. With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.): non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,
do not mind what he says
,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293: quae dico,id. Most. 2, 2, 89. Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133: si mihi esset obtemperatum,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35. Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. στεφ. 2, 112.
obtendo ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.). Lit. Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82: sudarium ante faciem,Suet. Ner. 48. Poet.: obtentā nocte,i. e.
in dark night
,Verg. G. 1, 248.Pass., with mid. force: oculis membrana obtenditur,
,Tac. Agr. 10.Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse: matris preces obtendens,Tac. A. 3, 17: ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,id. ib. 1, 26: valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,id. ib. 3, 35: suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15: qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,Lact. 4, 24, 10: quid poterimus obtendere,
plead what excuse
,Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.Lit.: obtendunt limina silvis,Stat. Th. 2, 248: lucem pulvere,Sil. 10, 228: diem nube atrā,Tac. H. 3, 56.Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop: quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.To spread over, make a cover for: Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,i. e.
obtenebratio ob-tĕnebrātĭo, ōnis, f.obtenebro, darkness (eccl. Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 5, 49.
obtenebresco ob-tĕnebresco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become or grow dark (eccl. Lat.): lux in tabernaculo,Vulg. Job, 18, 6; Hier. in Isa. 5, 12, 1.
obtenebro ob-tĕnebro, āre, v. a., to make dark, to darken (eccl. Lat.): obtenebrabitur dies lucis (al. tenebrabitur),Lact. 4, 19: stellae,Vulg. Job, 3, 9: lux,id. Isa. 5, 30: sol,id. ib. 13, 10: dies,id. Mic. 3, 6.
obtentio ob-tentĭo, ōnis, f.id. II., a covering, veiling; trop., obscurity, darkness (postclass.): aliquid obtentionibus allegoricis claudere,
by an allegorical dress
,Arn. 5, 181; 5, 182.
obtento ob-tento, āre, a false read. for oblectabat, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3; v. Orell. and Baiter ad loc.
obtentus obtentus, a, um. Part., from obtendo.Part., from obtineo.
obtentus ob-tentus (opt-), ūs, m.obtendo. A drawing, spreading, or placing before (poet. and post-Aug.). Lit.: obtentu togae, tamquam se amiciens, ne videretur,Gell. 11, 18, 14: frondis,Verg. A. 11, 66: nubium,Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2.Trop., a pretence, pretext, color (cf.: simulatio, species): obtentum habere,Tac. A. 12, 7: tempora reipublicae obtentui sumpta,
assumed as a pretext
,id. ib. 1, 10: sub obtentu liberationis,Just. 5, 8, 12: damnationis,Lact. 2, 4, 36: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 6. (Acc. to obtendo, II.) A covering, cover, veil (post-class.): quia secundae res mire sunt vitiis optentui,Sall. H. 1, 41, 24: vera sunt, quae loquuntur poëtae, sed obtentu aliquo specieque velata,
disguise
,
allegorical dress
,Lact. 1, 11: non terror obtentui est,
a hinderance
,Nazar. Pan. Constant. 5.
obtero ob-tĕro (opt-), trīvi, trītum, 3 (pluperf. subj. obtrisset for obtrivisset, Liv. 3, 56, 8 Drak. N. cr.; perf. obterii, App. Mag. 8, p. 278, 15), v. a.To bruise, crush, or break to pieces (syn. obtundo; class.). Lit.: ne in stabulo infantes grex boum obtereret,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5: ranas,Phaedr. 1, 30, 1: puerum,Suet. Ner. 5: homines,Liv. 27, 41: caput saxo,Luc. 6, 276: locustarum ova,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 105: crura,Col. 8, 8: in angustiis portarum obtriti sunt,
obtestatio ob-testātĭo, ōnis, f.obtestor, an adjuring, conjuring; an engaging or obliging to any thing by calling God to witness (class.): obtestatio est, cum deus testis in meliorem partem vocatur: detestatio, cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.: quid ergo illa tua obtestatio tibicinis?Cic. Dom. 48, 125: viri,Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.Transf., an earnest entreaty, adjuration (rare); in plur.: matronae in preces obtestationesque versae,
obtestor ob-testor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to call as a witness to any thing; to protest or assert by a person or thing (syn.: testor, obsecro, supplico; class.). In gen.: necessitudinem nostram tuamque in me benevolentiam obtestans,Cic. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1: deūm hominumque fidem,Liv. 2, 10: sacra regni, deos et hospitales mensas,Tac. A. 2, 65: summam rempublicam agi obtestans,id. ib. 12, 5: aut militum se manibus aut suis moriturum obtestans,id. H. 3, 10; Suet. Calig. 15 fin.Transf., to conjure by calling to witness; to entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore: per ego haec genua te,Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 13; id. Aul. 4, 9, 4: per omnes deos te obtestor, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2; Verg. A. 9, 260: vos judices,Cic. Cael. 32, 78: vos obtestor atque obsecro, ut, etc.,id. Sest. 69, 147: id sibi ne eripiatis, vos obtestatur,id. Sull. 32, 89: obsistens obtestansque deum et hominum fidem testabatur, nequiquam eos fugere,Liv. 2, 10, 3. With double acc.: illud te ... Pro Latio obtestor, ne, etc.,Verg. A. 12, 819. Part.: obtestātus, a, um, in the pass. signif., earnestly entreated, supplicated, implored: obtestatus prece impensā,Amm. 31, 9, 4: obtestatā fide,App. M. 2, p. 125, 11.
obtexo ob-texo, xŭi, 3, v. a. (post-Aug.). To weave to or over any thing: papilio fila araneosa alarum lanugine obtexit,Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65.To weave over, i. e. to overspread, cover with any thing: caelum obtexitur umbrā,Verg. A. 11, 611: per nubes caelum aliud obtexens,Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104: jaculis obtexitur aër,Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 258. Transf.: excusationes obtexere avaritiae suae,Ambros. in Luc. 8, § 78: sol nubibus obtexitur,id. Ep. 5, 4.
obticentia obtĭcentĭa, ae, f.obticeo, a pause, sudden break in the midst of a discourse, as a rhet. figure: Ἀποσιώπησις, quam Cicero reticentiam, Celsus obticentiam, nonnulli interruptionem appellant, Quint. 9, 2, 54.
obticesco obtĭcesco (opt-), tĭcŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [obticeo], to become or be struck silent; in perf., to be silent (syn. obmutesco): obticuit obticescit,Not. Tir. p. 90: quid, amabo, opticuisti?Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 28: quid nunc obticuisti?Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 2 (dub.; Umpfenb. and Fleck. obstipuisti): repente obticuit,Just. 32, 2, 3: nec prius obticuit quam, etc.,Ov. M. 14, 523: chorus,Hor. A. P. 284; Mart. 10, 17, 4. With acc.: cetera obticuit, Lact. Ira Dei, 4, 13.
obtigo obtĭgo, ĕre, v. obtego.
obtinentia obtĭnentĭa, ae, f.obtineo, a holding fast, possession, Prisc. 1163 P.
obtineo ob-tĭnĕo (opt-), tĭnŭi, tentum, 2 (old perf. OPTENVI, fifth Epit. of the Scipios; inf. pass. obtinerier, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. Most. 3, 2, 154), v. a. and n.teneo. Act. * To take hold of, hold: obtine aures, amabo,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 16.To hold, have, occupy, possess; to preserve, keep, maintain, etc. (class.). In gen.: sancte Apollo, qui umbilicum certum terrarum obtines, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115 (Trag. Rel. p. 201 Rib.): suam quisque domum tum obtinebat,Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48: armis Galliam atque Italiam,Liv. 30, 19: cum imperio Hispaniam citeriorem,
,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7: QVEI AERARIVM PROVINCIAM OBTINEBIT, who will have the administration of the public treasure, Lex Thor. § 20 Rudorff. p. 168; Lex de Scribis ap. Haubold, p. 85: necessitudinem cum publicanis,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12, § 35: vitam et famam,
,id. 1, 16. With inf., to persist in: earumque artem et disciplinam obtineat colere,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 30. In partic., of speech, to assert, maintain, i. e. to show, prove, demonstrate: possumus hoc teste ... quod dicimus, obtinere?Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 168: duas contrarias sententias,id. Fin. 4, 28, 78: diu pugnare in iis, quae obtinere non possis,Quint. 6, 4, 15: recta apud turpes,id. 3, 8, 38: quaedam (leges) an obtineri possint,id. 2, 4, 39; 6, 1, 7: quod orator praecipue sibi obtinendum intellegit,id. 3, 6, 9 Spald. N. cr. (al. proponendum); cf. id. 12, 10, 53: si defecerint omnia, tum videndum erit, an obtineri possit, ne illud quidem recte factum,id. 5, 13, 24; 2, 5, 18.To get possession of; to gain, acquire, obtain something (syn.: assequor, adipiscor, impetro; class.): quanta instrumenta habeat (homo) ad obtinendam adipiscendamque sapientiam,Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59: impetrare et obtinere,Gell. 12, 14, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 5: malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,
,Caes. B. G. 7, 85: voluimus quaedam; obtenta non sunt,Cic. Balb. 27, 61: apud eum causam obtinuit,Caes. B. G. 7, 37: aditu regis obtento,Just. 21, 6, 5. Hence, to conquer, overcome (eccl. Lat.): melius est ut pugnemus contra eos in campestribus, et obtinebimus eos,Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 23; 20, 25; id. Judith, 1, 5.Neutr. (cf. teneo, II.), to maintain itself; to hold, prevail, last, stand, continue, obtain (not in Cic.): quod et plures tradidere auctores et fama obtinuit,Liv. 21, 46, 10; cf. with a subject-clause: pro vero antea obtinebat, regna atque imperia Fortunam dono dare, Sall. Rep. Ordin. init.: non ipsos quoque fuisse pastores obtinebit, quod? etc.,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9: si dissentirent, sententia plurium obtineret,
obtingo ob-tingo (opt-), tĭgi, 3, v. a. and n.tango. * Act., to touch, strike: mustulentus aestus nares obtigit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 415, 16. (The same fragm., ib. 64, 2, has attigit.)Neutr., to fall to one's lot (syn.: accidit, evenit, contingit): naufragio res contigit. Nempe ergo haud Fortuna obtigit, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: nullus est, quoi non invideant rem secundam obtingere,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 14: dies mihi adversus,id. Men. 5, 5, 1: mihi propter te hoc optigit,id. Capt. 3, 5, 88: quod cuique obtigit, id quisque teneat,Cic. Off. 1, 7, 21: mihi obtinget sors,Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 21; cf.: cum tibi aquaria provincia sorte obtigisset,Cic. Vatin. 5, 12: cum optatissimum nuntium accepissem, te mihi quaestorem obtigisse,id. Fam. 2, 19, 1; id. Div. 2, 17, 38: quam mihi obtigisse dicis σπἀρταν, numquam deseram, id. Att. 1, 20: omnia, quae hominibus forte obtigerunt,Quint. 3, 7, 13: quae (vox, latus, etc.) si modica obtigerunt, possunt ratione ampliari, id. praef. § 27. With ut: cum ei (L. Paulo), bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret, obtigisset,
it had fallen to his lot
,Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103. Of events, to happen, befall, occur (in this sense accidere, contingere, evenire, etc., are more common): eloquere, ut haec res obtigit de filiā, has happened, taken place, turned out: id quom optigerat,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 20; id. Rud. 4, 6, 7: istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse, laetor,Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5: hoc confiteor jure Mi obtigisse,id. And. 3, 5, 2: praeter spem,id. Phorm. 2, 1, 9: si quid obtigerit, aequo animo paratoque moriar,
obtorqueo ob-torquĕo, si, tum, 2, v. a.To turn towards; to turn: obtorque prorim, Att. ap. Non. 200, 33 (Trag. Rel. v. 575 Rib.): dextrasque obtorquet in undas Proram,Stat. Th. 5, 414.To turn round, twist, writhe, wrench (esp. the neck; rare, and class. only in the part. perf.)): collum,Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66: obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,i. e.
obtrectator obtrectātor, ōris, m.id., a detractor, traducer, disparager (class.): obtrectator est, qui facit quid contra recte tractantem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 199 Müll.: beneficii,Cic. Fl. 1, 2: multi communes obtrectatores atque omnium invidi, multa finxerunt,id. Planc. 23, 57: obtrectatores et invidi Scipionis,id. Rep. 1, 19, 31; id. Fam 1, 4, 2: non relinquere locum obtrectatorum sermoni,id. Fl. 28, 68: contra inimicos atque obtrectatores,Quint. 11, 1, 23: laudum mearum,Cic. Brut. 1, 2. With dat.: huic sententiae obtrectatores amici regis erant,Just. 31, 6, 1.
obtrectatus obtrectātus, ūs, m.id., for obtrectatio, detraction, disparagement (postclass.): sine vano obtrectatu considerare, an, etc., Gell. praef. § 16.
obtrecto ob-trecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [tracto], to detract from through envy; to disparage, underrate, decry; to be opposed to; to thwart; to injure a person or thing (class.; syn. detrecto; cf.: aemulo, invideo); constr. with dat. or acc. With dat.: obtrectare alicui,Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46: bonis,id. Phil. 10, 3, 6: gloriae alicujus,Liv. 36, 34; Suet. Ner. 18: laudibus ducis,Liv. 8, 36: legi, atque causae,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21. With acc. (so perh. not ante-Aug.): sin livor obtrectare curam voluerit,
to detract from
,
carp at
,Phaedr. 2 epil. 10: laudes alicujus,Liv. 45, 37: urbanas excubias,Tac. A. 1, 17: se invicem,id. Or. 25. With inter se, to be rivals: obtrectārunt inter se,Nep. Arist. 1. Absol.: obtrectantis est angi alieno bono,Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 56: obtrectandi causā,id. Ac. 2, 24, 76: ne aut obstare aut obtrectare praesens videretur,Suet. Tib. 10.
obtritus obtrītus, ūs, m.obtero, a bruising, crushing (post-Aug.): ne herbae obtritu hebetentur,Plin. 18, 28, 67, § 258.
obtrudo ob-trūdo (collat. from obstrūdo), si, sum, 3, v. a., to thrust into or against (ante- and post-class.). In gen.: titionem inguinibus,App. M. 7, p. 200 fin. In partic. To gulp down, to swallow hastily: obtrudamus pernam, sumen, glandium,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 87. In the form obstrudo: stans obstrusero aliquid strenue,id. Stich. 4, 2, 12; cf.: obstrudant obsatullent, ab avide trudendo ingulam, non sumendo cibum. Unde et obstrudulentum ... dixit Titinius: obstrudulenti aliquid, quod pectam sedens, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.Transf., to thrust, press, force, or obtrude upon one: virginem alicui,Ter. And. 1, 5, 15: palpum alicui,
obtundo ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare; perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,
,id. Att. 8, 1: aliquem,id. Fam. 5, 14, 3: rogitando,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6. With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157. With subj.: non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,App. M. 9, p. 228, 8: aliquem de aliquā re,
,Calp. Ecl. 5, 94. Comp.: quo quid dici potest obtusius?Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70. Sup. does not occur. Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.): crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,Sol. 32, § 28. Fig.: hoc facere obtuse,Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.
obtunsio obtunsĭo, ōnis, f.obtundo, a beating upon any thing; a banging, belaboring (post-class.), Lampr. Commod. 10.
obtunsus obtunsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obtundo.
obturaculum obtūrācŭlum, i, n.obturo, a stopper, stopple (post-class.), Marc. Emp. 35.
obturbator obturbātor, ōris, m.id., a troubler, disturber (late Lat.), Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49.
obturbo ob-turbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to stir up, make turbid.Lit.: obturbata proculcatione prius aqua,Plin. 8, 18, 26, § 68. Trop., to throw into disorder or confusion; to disorder, confuse, trouble, disturb, distract: (eos) denso agmine obturbabat,Tac. H. 3, 25: ne obturba, ac tace,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 49: lectorem,Suet. Aug. 86; cf.: obturbatur militum vocibus,Tac. H. 3, 10: me scriptio et litterae non leniunt sed obturbant,
,id. ib. 12, 18. Absol.: obturbabant patres specie detestandi, to raise a disturbance or clamor, Tac. A. 6, 24 (30 Ritter). Impers.: obturbatur, obstrepitur,Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 19.
obturgesco ob-turgesco, tursi, 3, v. inch. n., to begin to swell, to swell up (very rare; not in Cic.): obturgescit pes,Lucr. 6, 658; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. bova, p. 30 Müll.: obtursi ebrius, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P.
obtusus obtūsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obtundo.
obtutus obtūtus, ūs, m.obtueor, a seeing, looking at or upon any thing (class., but in prose always with oculorum, unless this word is obviously supplied by the context; cf. aspectus): obtutu quasi obtuitu a verbo tuor quod significat video, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: oculorum,Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17; so id. Univ. 8; id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: obtutum aliquo figere, id. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107: dum stupet, obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,Verg. A. 1, 495: obtutu tacito stetit,id. ib. 12, 666: defixa Latinus Obtutu tenet ora,id. ib. 7, 249: oculi in uno obtutu defixi, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4 init. Trop.: in obtutu malorum,
in the contemplation of
,Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 39. In plur.: nil intecurrens obtutibus,Prud. Hamart. 915. (Late Lat.) The eye: quis ita gemino obtutu eluminatus. Sid. Ep. 8, 11. More freq. in plur.: ita videri nostris obtutibus constitutis,Amm. 20, 3, 12; 24, 6, 8: humi prostrati sub obtutibus ejus,id. 17, 8, 5.
obultroneus ŏb-ultrōnĕus, a, um, adj., voluntary, spontaneous: ultroneus, obultroneus,Not. Tir. p. 83: ‡ obultroneus, αὐθαίρετος, Gloss. Philox.
obumbraculum ŏbumbrācŭlum, i, n.obumbro, an obscuration, darkening: aversionis,Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, § 39.
obustus ŏbustus, a, um, Part. [ob-uro]. Lit., burnt around, burnt, hardened in the fire (poet.): hic torre armatus obusto,Verg. A. 7, 506: sudes,id. ib. 11, 894.Transf.: glaeba gelu,
obvagio ob-vāgĭo, īre, v. n., to whine or whimper about: neve esurientes hic, quasi haedi, obvagiant,Plaut. Poen. prol. 31.
obvagulatum obvāgŭlātum, v. obvagulo.
obvagulo obvāgŭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.obvagio, to demand aloud (lit. with clamor, outcry); in Roman jurid. lang., of the summons addressed to a person to appear as a witness before court: vagulatio in Leg. XII. significat quaestionem cum convicio. Cui testimonium defuerit, is tertiis diebus ob portum (i. e. domum) obvagulatum ito, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. vagulatio, p. 375 Müll.
obvallo ob-vallo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to surround with a wall or rampart; to fortify, intrench.Lit.: urbem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 179 Müll.Trop.: locus omni ratione obvallatus. Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3.
obvaricator obvārĭcātor, ōris, m.obvaro: qui cuipiam occurrit, quominus rectum iter conficeret, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 194, 195 Müll.
obvaro ob-vāro, 1, v. n., to be opposed to; to cross, thwart: consiliis obvarant, Enn. ap. Non. 147, 22 (Trag. v. 3 Vahl.).
obvelo ob-vēlo, āre, v. a., to cover over, hide, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 26.
obvenio ob-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n.Lit., to come before or in the way of, to meet (syn.: obviam venio, occurro; perh. only in the foll. passage): se in tempore pugnae obventurum,
obverbero ob-verbĕro, 1, v. a., to beat soundly, to bang (post-class.): asinum baculo,App. M. 7, p. 198, 34: aliquem pugnis,id. ib. 9, p. 221, 9: nates (pueri) ferulā,id. ib. 9, p. 230, 11.
obversio obversĭo, ōnis, f.obverto, a turning towards, offering: alterius malae,Hier. in Isa. 18, 66, v. 5.
obversor ob-versor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form obverso, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to take position opposite or over against, to oppose one's self (class.). Lit.: magnam partem eorum palam Carthagini obversari dici,Liv. 31, 11: in foro,id. 33, 47: sedebant judices, obversabantur advocati,Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2: limini,
who were about the threshold
,id. ib. 6, 16, 13: in urbe inter coetus,Tac. A. 3, 37.Trop., to hover or float before, to appear to one: illius et nomen dulce obversatur ad aures,Lucr. 4, 1062: mihi ante oculos obversatur rei publicae dignitas,Cic. Sest. 3, 7: obversentur species honestae viro,id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: animis, oculis,Liv. 35, 11: in somnis,id. 2, 36: sibi speciem noctibus obversari,Suet. Claud. 37.To oppose, withstand, resist (eccl. Lat.): malo obniti et obversari,Tert. adv. Gnost. 5.
obversus obversus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obverto.
,id. ib. 3, 549: obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, to turn against (the water), to play, Ov. M. 3, 676: ordines ad clamorem,Liv. 27, 18. Mid., to turn one's self to or towards, turn to any thing: obvertor ad undas,Ov. H. 19, 191. Hence, obversus, a, um, P. a., turned towards or against, directed towards.Lit.: faciemque obversus in agmen utrumque,Ov. M. 12, 467: ad matrem,Tac. A. 4, 54: domicilia (apium) ad orientem,Col. 9, 7, 5; for which: frons (ornithonis) orienti,id. 8, 3, 1: Caucasus quā soli est obversus,Sol. 65. With simple acc.: obversus orientem,App. M. 2, p. 127; cf.: profligatis obversis,
the opponents
,
enemy
,Tac. A. 12, 14.Trop., turned towards, inclined to, engaged in: ad sanguinem, et caedes,Tac. H. 3, 83: obversi militum studiis,id. ib. 3, 11.
obviam ob-vĭam (also written separate, ob vĭam; cf. Corss. Ausspr. I. 495, 769), adv.Lit., in the way; hence, with verbs of motion (in a good or bad sense), towards, against, to meet: ob Trojam duxit exercitum pro ad, similiterque vadimonium obisse, id est ad vadimonium isse, et obviam ad viam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 147 Müll.: morti occumbant obviam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 62 (Ann. v. 176 Vahl.): nec quisquam tam audax fuat homo, qui obviam obsistat mihi,
as to put himself in my way
,Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 2: cum in Cumanum mihi obviam venisti,Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 3: prodire,id. ib. 3, 7, 4; cf.: si quā ex parte obviam contra veniretur, an advance or attack should be made, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: alicui obviam advenire, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 10, 3, 5: quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,
obvigilo ob-vĭgĭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n., to be watchful, vigilant: obvigilato opust,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 14 Ritschl N. cr.
obvio ob-vĭo, āvi, 1, v. n., to meet (post-class.). In gen.: alicui,Hier. Ep. 5, 1: sibi,Vulg. Psa. 84, 11. In partic. In a hostile sense, to withstand, resist, oppose: alicui,Macr. S. 7, 5: suae confessioni,Dig. 39, 5, 30.To prevent, hinder, obviate: grandini,Pall. 1, 35, 14: vermibus,id. Mart. 10, 4.
obviolo ob-vĭŏlo, 1, v. a., to violate: OSSA,Inscr. Grut. 996, 13 (but in Varr. L. L. 6, § 80 Müll., we now read, more correctly, violavit; v. Müll. ad loc.).
obvius obvĭus, a, um, adj.ob-via, in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.). In gen.: si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,
,Juv. 6, 412: cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,
met
,Verg. A. 1, 314: obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.: Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,Juv. 10, 83: se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7: agmen obviorum,Suet. Calig. 13: obvii e diverso,Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201. Of things: neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,Lucr. 3, 384: simulacra nobis,id. 4, 37: obvias mihi litteras mittas,
,Tac. A. 2, 54: prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,
every thing in its way
,Cat. 64, 109. In partic. In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter: si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,Cic. Caecin. 27, 76: Jugurthae obvius procedit,Sall. J. 21, 1: obvii hostibus,id. ib. 50, 4: infestā subit obvius hastā,Verg. A. 10, 877. In a good sense. Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.): est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2. Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious: nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),Quint. 9, 3, 5: quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,Mart. 11, 7, 7: obvias opes deferre deos,Tac. A. 16, 2: comitas,id. ib. 2, 2: laudes,
,Quint. 12, 2, 2: ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),id. 2, 16, 14. Of words, in constant use, common: est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,Macr. S. 6, 8, 15: municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.: obvium est dicere dimidiā,id. 3, 14, 12. Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory: licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil (poet.): rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,Verg. A. 10, 694: melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,id. ib. 3, 498: calvitium quoquoversus obvium,i. e.
exposed to the air
,App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.
obvolito ob-vŏlĭto, āre, v. n., to fly or flit around, to run or rove about: in foro obvolitare,Porc. Latro Declam. 11: palam,id. ib. 32.
obvolvo ob-volvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wrap round, muffle up, cover all over (class.; cf. obtego). Lit.: pictor ille vidit, obvolvendum caput Agamemnonis esse,Cic. Or. 22, 74; so freq.: capite obvoluto,