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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].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. 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.).
    2. B. 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.
  2. II. Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.
    1. A. In gen. (freq. and class.): etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris? do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82: pretium ob stultitiam fero, Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23: ob eam rem iratus, on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33: neu quid ob eam rem succenseat, id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20: ob rem nullam, id. Hec. 5, 3, 2: hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc., Cic. Fat. 10, 23: ob eam causam, quod, etc., id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26: non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc., id. Rep. 1, 21, 34: ob hanc causam, quod, id. ib. 2, 1, 3: nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc., id. Lael. 20, 74: ob meas injurias, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.: quodnam ob facinus? id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37: ob malefacta haec, id. Ad. 2, 1, 46: ob illam injuriam, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: ob aliquod emolumentum suum, id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.): ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87: nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus, on account of, for that knowledge, 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.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. 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.
      3. 3. 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.
      4. 4. 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.
      5. 5. Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. 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.
        3. c. Ob haec: ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset, Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.
        4. d. Ob ea: ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat, Sall. J. 39, 2.
        5. e. Ob quae: ob quae posterum diem reus petivit, Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.
  3. III. 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.

‡ ŏbăcerbat, exacerbat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.

‡ 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.

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).

* 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.

ŏb-aerātus, a, um, adj. [ob-aes],

  1. I. 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, the more deeply in debt, Tac. A. 6, 17.
  2. II. Subst.: ŏbaerā-tus, i, m., a person involved in debt, a debtor: obaeratos liberare, * Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 38: Orgetorix omnes clientes obaeratosque suos eodem conduxit, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Liv. 26, 40, 17.

* ŏb-ambŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [obambulo], a going or walking about: obambulatio hominum, Auct. Her. 3, 19, 31.

ŏb-ambŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

  1. I. a., to walk before or near any thing, to go past (not in Cic. or Cæs.); constr. with dat. or acc.: obambulare adversum alios ambulare, et quasi ambulanti sese opponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.
          1. (α) With dat.: obambulare muris, Liv. 36, 34, 4: gymnasio, Suet. Tib. 11: nec (lupus) gregibus nocturnus obambulat, walk or prowl about, Verg. G. 3, 538.
          2. (β) With acc.: urbem, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 20: totam fremebundus obambulat Aetnam, Ov. M. 14, 188: gymnasia, Suet. Tib. 11 (al. gymnasio).
  2. II. Transf., in gen., to go or walk about, wander: neu noctu irem obambulatum, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 34: ante vallum, Liv. 25, 39: sermone imperfecto, Quint. 11, 3, 121: in herbis, Ov. M. 2, 851: praeter os, Plaut. Poen. prol. 19.
    Absol.: cum solus obambulet, Ov. Tr. 2, 459; Suet. Tib. 25.

Ŏb-ărātor, ōris, m., the god of ploughing, Fab. Pict. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 21.

* ŏb-ardesco, arsi, 3, v. inch. n., to burn before one, to blaze out: obarsit Dryas, Stat. Th. 9, 856.

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).

ŏb-armo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to arm (poet. and post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: securi Dextras, Hor. C. 4, 4, 20: clipeo filium, Aus. Epigr. 25, 1: manus impias contra aliquem, App. M. 9 init.
  2. II. Trop.: perfrictis oculis, et obarmatis ad vigilias, App. M. 2, p. 125, 28.

* 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.

* 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).

* ŏb-ātresco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [obatratus], to become black, Firm. Math. praef.

ŏb-audĭens, P. a., v. obaudio fin.

ŏb-audĭentĭa, ae, f. [obaudio], obedience (eccl. Lat. for the class. oboedientia), Tert. Exhort. ad Cast. 2.

ŏb-audĭo, ii, 4, v. a., for oboedio, to obey (post-class.); constr. with dat. or absol.

        1. (α) With dat.: alicui, App. M. 3, p. 136, 11.
        2. (β) 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.

‡ ŏbaudītĭo, ōnis, f. [obaudio], obedience: obauditio, ύπακοή, Gloss. Philox.

ŏbaudītus, abl., ū, m. [obaudio], a listening: auris, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 29.

ŏb-aurātus, a, um, adj., gilded (postclass.): socci obaurati, App. M. 11, p. 260, 34.

1. 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.)

2. Obba, ae, f., a city in Africa near Carthage, Liv. 30, 7, 10.

(obbātus, false read. for ovatae, App. M. 10, p. 254, 15.)

(ob-blătĕrātus, false read. for adblaterantes, App. M. 9, p. 221, 25.)

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.

obc-, v. occ-.

ob-densātĭo, ōnis, f., a thickening (post-class.): cutis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 47.

obdĭtus, a, um, Part., v. 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, slip the bolt, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 55: forem obdo, shut, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 15: obde forem, Ov. A. A. 3, 587: obditis a tergo foribus, Tac. A. 13, 5; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 37; Ov. F. 1, 28: fores obditae ferratis trabibus, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30: Propontidis fauces Porcius Cato sic obditis navibus quasi portam obseravit, placed opposite, Flor. 3, 6, 10: auribus ceram obdere, Sen. Ep. 31, 2: feralibus amiculis instrictus atque obditus, enveloped, wrapped in, App. M. 10, p. 244: capillos in mutuos nexus obdere, id. ib. 3, p. 137.
Poet., to expose: hic nulli malo latus obdit apertum, exposes an unguarded side to no evil-minded person, Hor. S. 1, 3, 59.

ob-dormĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. n. and

  1. I. 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).
    1. B. Esp., to fall asleep in death (eccl. Lat.): obdormivit in Domino, Vulg. Act. 7, 59.
  2. II. Act. (anteclass.): omnem obdormivi crapulam, have slept off all my debauch, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 1.

obdormisco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [obdormio], to fall asleep (rare but class.): ibidem obdormiscemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 33; id. Am. 1, 1, 116: quid melius, quam in mediis vitae laboribus obdormiscere, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: in jure dicendo, Suet. Claud. 33: post cibum, id. ib. 8: cantante eo, id. Vesp. 4: testudines summā in aquā obdormiscere, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36.

obdormĭto, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to fall asleep, Fortun. Carm. 3.

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).

  1. I. 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, to draw, close, fasten, Prop. 5, 5, 48: callum, to draw over, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 3.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To cover by drawing over; to cover over, overspread, surround, envelop: trunci obducuntur libro, aut cortice, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: operimento, id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. E. 1, 49: vultus, of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 330: caput, Luc. 9, 109: semina cortice, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119: obducta cicatrix, a closed, healed scar, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; Curt. 8, 10, 31: obductā nocte, overcast, cloudy, dark, Nep. Hann. 5, 2; Curt. 8, 13, 25.
      2. 2. To close, shut up (poet.): obducta penetralia Phoebi, Luc. 5, 67: fores, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1548. mors oculos coepit obducere, Petr. S. 19.
      3. 3. To draw in, drink down, swallow: venenum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: potionem, Sen. Prov. 3, 12: pultarium mulsi, to drink up, Petr. 42.
      4. 4. 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.
      5. 5. 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.
      6. 6. To injure, harm (late Lat.): stomachum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2, 28.
      7. 7. To bring home in opposition or rivalry to another: eum putat uxor sibi Obduxe scortum, Plaut. Merc. Arg. 1, 7.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To draw or spread over: obsidionem, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Trag. v. 11 Vahl.): clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere, i. e. to darken, obscure, Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 16: paulatim tenebris sese obducentibus, Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 143.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To cover, conceal: obductus verbis dolor, Verg. A. 10, 64: obductos rescindere luctus, Ov. M. 12, 543: rei publicae obducere cicatricem, Cic. Leg. Agr. 3, 2, 4.
      2. 2. Qs., to draw out, i. e. to pass, spend time: itaque obduxi posterum diem, Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1.

ob-ductĭo, ōnis, f. [obduco], a covering, veiling, enveloping.

  1. * I. In gen.: nubila inimica obductione pendent, Arn. 1, 7.
  2. II. 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, āre, v. freq. a. [obduco], 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, a, um, Part., from obduco.

‡ ob-dulcesco, dulcui, 3, v. inch. n., to become sweet: obdulcesco, περιγλυκύνομαι, Gloss. Philox.: in earum familiaritate obdulcuisses mihi, Aug. Conf. 7, 20, 2.

ob-dulco, 1, v. a., to sweeten, make sweet (post-class.): aliquid sale, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 146; 4, 1, 12: fauces, Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 12: obdulcatus panis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8 med.: fontes amari obdulcati, Vulg. Judith, 5, 15.

obdūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [obduro], a hardening; of the mind, obduration, obduracy (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Ep. 105; id. in Psa. 77 et saep.

* obdūrĕfăcĭo, 3, v. a. [ob-durus-facio], to make hard, to harden, Non. 23, 7.

ob-dūresco, rui, 3, v. n., to grow or become hard, to harden (class. only in the trop. signif.; syn. occalesco).

  1. I. Lit., Cato, R. R. 50: semen diuturnitate obdurescit, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 5: nervis divinis, Arn. 5, 18.
  2. II. 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, at the sight of, Prop. 3, 20, 13: dociliora sunt ingenia, priusquam obduruerunt, Quint. 1, 12, 8.

ob-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. 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.

ŏbēdĭens, entis, Part. and P. a., v. oboedio.

ŏbēdĭenter, adv., v. oboedio, P. a. fin.

ŏb-ēditĭo, v. oboeditio.

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.

  1. I. 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.).
  2. II. 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.
    1. B. 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.

† ŏbĕliscus, i, m., = ὀβελίσκος (a small spit; hence),

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. A rose-bud (postclass.), Aus. Idyll. 14, 27.
  3. III. A mark in books placed against suspected passages, an obelisk (†), Aug. Ep. 10, 2 (cf. 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.

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.

  1. I. Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. In gen.: donec vis obiit, until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222: dum acris vis obeat, id. 1, 247: obit infera Perseus in loca, Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718): ad omnes hostium conatus, to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Of constellations, to go down, to set: abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā, Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210: an sidera obirent, nascerenturve, Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.
        Of the sun: in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22: in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen, Lucr. 4, 433.
        Hence, to pass by: tres noctes, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.
      2. 2. Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.: occido, pereo, occumbo).
        Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera, Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.—
        Hence, to die: malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045; tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens, Hor. C. 3, 9, 24: simul se cum illis obituros, Liv. 5, 39, 13: gaudio, to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180: morbo, of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5: voluntariā morte obiit, Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17: morte subitā, id. 8, 15: repentinā morte, id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.
  2. II. Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.
    1. A. In gen.: Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset, to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. To run over with the eyes, to survey, review: oculis exercitum, to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13: omnia visu, Verg. A. 10, 447.
        In speaking, to go over, mention, recount: oratione omnes civitates, to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.
      3. 3. To go around, surround, overspread, envelop (poet.): chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: clipeum, Verg. A. 10, 482.
      4. 4. To apply one’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, to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8: facinus, id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: pugnas, to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710: judicia, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: legationem, to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4: consularia munera, Liv. 2, 8: munus vigiliarum, id. 3, 6: publica ac privata officia, Just. 41, 3, 4: neque privatam rem … neque publicam, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53: ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit, Liv. 10, 25, 14: rusticum opus, Col. 12, 3: bella, Liv. 4, 7: sacra, id. 1, 20: imperia, to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.
      5. 5. To meet: vadimonium, to meet one’s bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54: diem, to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1: annum petitiones tuae, i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.
        Hence, diem suum obire, to die: ea diem suom obiit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so, diem supremum, Nep. Milt. 7, 6; and simply, diem, Suet. Vesp. 1: mortem, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.: morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam), id. Sest. 38, 83.
        Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead: obitis libatione profunditur, App. de Mund. p. 68: OBITAE, Inscr. Orell. 2673.

ŏb-ĕquĭto, āvi, 1,

  1. I. v. n., to ride towards, ride up to (not ante-Aug.).
          1. (α) 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.
          2. (β) With acc.: obequitans moenia, Amm. 24, 2, 9.
          3. (γ) Absol.: insolentissime, Val. Max. 3, 2, 21: voces obequitantis acceptae, Flor. 4, 2, 50.
  2. * II. Trop.: non obequitabit nec illis vibrantibus concitatisque sententiis velut missilibus utetur, Quint. 12, 9, 3.

ŏb-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to wander, rove, or ramble about a place (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. Transf.: crebris oberrantibus rivis, Curt. 3, 4, 12.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. To err, mistake: ut citharoedus Ridetur, chordā qui semper oberrat eādem, blunders at, Hor. A. P. 356.

‡ ŏbescet, v. obsum init.

ŏbēsĭtas, ātis, f. [obesus], fatness, stoutness, corpulence, obesity (post-Aug.): et obesitas ventris, Suet. Dom. 18; id. Claud. 41; Col. 6, 24.
Of trees: (arbores) laborant obesitate, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 219.

* ŏbēso, āre, v. a. [obesus], to fatten: madefacto triticeo pane obesant avem, Col. 8, 7, 4 (al. obescant).

ŏbēsus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of obedo, q. v.

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.).

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. 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-, v. off-.

obg-, v. ogg-.

* 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.

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).

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf., to cleave or cling to: utrisque pecunia sua obhaesit, Sen. Tranq. 8, 2.

‡ ŏb-herbescĕre, herbam increscere (to become grass), Paul. ex Fest. p. 190 and 191 Müll.

* ŏb-horrĕo, ēre, v. n., to bristle with any thing: prasii alterum genus sanguineis punctis obhorret, Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113 dub. (Sill. abhorret).

ŏb-hŭmo, āre, v. a., to cover with earth, Tert. Pall. 2.

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).

  1. I. 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, to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti, brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48: huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus, to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37: exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4: ne objexis manum, don’t raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52.
    1. B. In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose: Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum … obicio et oppono, Cic. Pis. 33, 81: carros pro vallo, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: ericium portis, id. B. C. 3, 67: faucibus portūs navem submersam, id. ib. 3, 39; 3, 66: se hostium telis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: se ei objecit, Nep. Hann. 5, 1: maximo aggere objecto, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.
      Esp. of arms: objecta tela perfregit, Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49: scutum, Liv. 2, 10: hastas, id. 36, 18: clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt, oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444: objecit sese ad currum, threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. 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, has brought 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, to suggest, Liv. 5, 15: alicui lucrum, to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45: sollicitudinem, to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29: terrorem hosti, Liv. 27, 1: spem, id. 6, 14: furorem alicui objecit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: rabiem canibus, Verg. A. 7, 479.
      Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one: mihi mala res obicitur aliqua, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5: malum mihi obicitur, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18: obicitur animo metus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.
      1. 2. To put in the way, interpose: omnis exceptio interponitur a reo, Gai. Inst. 4, 119: cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio, id. ib. 4, 123.
    2. B. In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.: criminor, exprobro): facinora, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25: alicui multa probra, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285: ignobilitatem alicui, id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse, id. Att. 1, 16, 10: parcius ista viris obicienda memento, Verg. E. 3, 7.
      With quod: Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8: crimen, Tac. A. 3, 12.
      With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing: de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc., Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2.
      In pass.: nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc., Cic. Cael. 3, 6.
      Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Lying before or opposite: insula objecta Alexandriae, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: silva pro nativo muro, id. B. G. 6, 10: flumina, Verg. G. 3, 253: Cyprus Syriae objecta, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.
    2. B. Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad: objectus fortunae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: invidiae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20: ad omnes casus, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.
    3. C. Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations: de objectis non confiteri, Cic. Dom. 35, 93: objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere, Quint. 7, 2, 29: objecta diluere, id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

ŏbĭens, euntis, Part., from obeo.

* ob-ĭgĭto, āre, v. a. [ob-agito], to disturb: obstant, obstringillant, obigitant, Enn. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 Vahl.); cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.

‡ ŏbinductus, παρείσακτος, Gloss. Philox.

‡ ŏbĭnunt, v. obeo init.

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.

* 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).

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.).

  1. I. Lit.: obiter leget aut scribet, on the way, Juv. 3, 241: rotae, quas aqua verset obiter et molat, as it flows along, Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97; cf. id. 33, 4, 21, § 74; 29, 3, 11, § 48; 11, 37, 55, § 148.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. By the way, in passing, incidentally: interrogo ego: Quot estis? obiterque per rimam speculari coepit, Petr. 92: faciem linit, Juv. 6, 481: ne in hoc quidem tam molesto tacebant officio, sed obiter cantabant, Petr. 31: saevire, Sen. Ira, 3, 1, 3: licet obiter vanitatem magicam hic quoque coarguere, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118: dictum sit, id. 29, 5, 30, § 96; 29, 1, 9, § 29; Dig. 18, 5, 1 fin.
    2. B. Forthwith, straightway, immediately (very rare): ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ inibi, obiter, Gloss. Philox.: reducant, App. M. 6, p. 183, 35: ut obiter revertantur, Auct. Quint. Decl. 10, 16 fin.

1. ŏbĭtus, a, um, Part., from obeo.

2. ŏbĭtus, ūs (gen. obiti, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24 med.), m. [obeo].

  1. I. A going to, 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.
  2. II. A going down, setting (the class. signif. of the word; syn. occasus).
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.
  3. III. (Acc. to obeo, II. B. 4.) An entering upon, undertaking a thing (post-class.): fugae, Tert. Fug. ap. Persec. 1.

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.

* objectācŭlum, i, n. [objecto], a barrier, dam, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 9.

‡ objectāmen, ĭnis, n. [objecto], an objection, reproach: objectamen, ἔγκλημα, Vet. Gloss. Lat. Gr.

objectāmentum, i, n. [objecto], a reproach (post-class.): objectamenta jurgio prolata, App. Mag. p. 274, 1.

* objectātĭo, ōnis, f. [objecto], a reproach: ex aliorum objectationibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 60.

objectĭo, ōnis, f. [obicio], a throwing or putting before (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: prorae, Ambros. Ep. 100, § 14: saxorum objectione tutari, Arn. 6, 191.
  2. II. Trop., an upbraiding, reproach: objectio nominis, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5: objectionem repellere, Ambros. Ep. 84: ejus facti, Mart. Cap. 5, § 445.
    1. B. 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.
    2. C. As rhet. fig., = anthypophora, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Dian. § 4.

objecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [obicio], to throw before or against, to set against, oppose.

  1. I. Lit. (poet.): (pelagi volucres) Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas, i. e. to dive down, Verg. G. 1, 386: huc illuc clipeum objectans, opposing, presenting, Stat. Th. 2, 662: ingerit objectans trepidantibus ora leonis, Sil. 2, 194.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. To abandon, expose, endanger: statuit eum objectare periculis, Sall. J. 7, 1: caput periclis, to expose, Verg. A. 2, 751: corpora bello, id. G. 4, 218: aliquem dolo simul et casibus, Tac. A. 2, 5: pro aliquo animam, Verg. A. 12, 229.
      2. 2. To throw in the way, interpose, cause: moras, Ov. Hal. 91.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To throw out, charge, object, to reproach or upbraid with, to accuse of any thing as a crime (so most freq., but whether used by Cic. is doubtful): objectare alicui inopiam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 28: rus mihi tu objectas? id. Most. 1, 1, 16: probrum alicui, Cic. Dom. 29; Sall. J. 85, 14; Tac. H. 2, 30: cum in colloquiis Pompeiani famem nostris objectarent, * Caes. B. C. 3, 48: vecordiam, Sall. J. 94, 4: veneficia in principem et devotiones, Tac. A. 4, 52: spoliatas et inopes legiones Trebellio, id. H. 1, 60: natum (i. e. filii mortem), Ov. M. 2, 400.
        With object-clause: mihi objectent lenocinium facere, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 76: nobilitas objectare Fabio fugisse eum Appium Claudium collegam, Liv. 10, 15, 12.
      2. * 2. To throw out, let fall, say any thing (disagreeable) to any one: cave tu illi objectes nunc in aegritudine, Te has emisse, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 123.

* objector, ōris, m. [obicio], an accuser: falsi criminis objectores, Non. 130, 25.

1. objectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obicio.

2. objectus, ūs, m. [obicio],

  1. I. 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, the interposition, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; cf.: eademque (terra) objectu suo umbram noctemque efficiat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 243, 13 dub. (al. objecta soli): hi molium objectus (i. e. moles objectas) scandere, the projection, Tac. A. 14, 8.
  2. II. Transf., that which presents itself to the sight, an object, appearance, sight, spectacle, Nep. Hann. 5, 2 (al. objecto).

objex, v. obex.

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.

objurgātor, ōris, m. [objurgo], a chider, rebuker, blamer (class.): hic noster objurgator, Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 11; opp. accusator, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4.
In plur.: benevoli, Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 5; id. Div. 1, 49, 111; Sen. Ep. 9, 20.

objurgātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [objurgator], chiding, reproving, reproachful: epistula, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 3: verba, Gell. 1, 26, 7: sonitus vocis, id. 9, 2, 3: clamor, Amm. 16, 12, 55.

objurgĭto, 1, v. freq. a. [objurgo], to chide, rebuke, reproach violently (Plautin.): aliquem verbis multis, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 30; 32.

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.

  1. I. 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.
          1. (β) 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. * A. To dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproof: objurgans me a peccatis, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 54.
      1. 2. To urge in a tone of reproof, to exhort earnestly: quā (epistulā) me objurgas, ut firmior sim, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 1.
    2. B. 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.

ob-jūro, 1, v. a., to bind by an oath: objurare jurejurando obstringere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 188 and 189 Müll.

* ob-languesco, gŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become feeble or languid, to languish: litterulae meae oblanguerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.

‡ 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.

ob-lăquĕo, āre, v. a.

  1. I. To dig about the roots of trees, etc. (cf. ablaqueo): arbores oblaqueatae sunt, Col. 2, 14, 3; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 31.
  2. II. To surround, encircle, set (eccl. Lat.): argento gemmas oblaqueare, Tert. Res. Carn. 7.

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.

ob-lātĭo, ōnis, f. [offero], an offering, presenting, a giving or bestowing gratuitously (post-class.; cf.: donum, munus, votum).

  1. I. In abstr.: honorum oblationibus, Eum. Pan. ad Const. 16: si forte oblatio ei fiat ejus, quod, etc., Dig. 5, 2, 8, § 10.
    1. B. In partic., a bid at an auction: qui ceteros oblatione superavit, Cod. Th. 5, 13, 18.
  2. II. In concr., a gift, present: amplissimi ordinis, Cod. Th. 6, 2, 14: si maritus ad oblationem dei uxori donavit, Dig. 24, 1, 5, § 12.
    1. B. Esp., an offering, sacrifice, Ambros. Cain, 2, 6, 18; id. in Psa. 35, 7; Vulg. Eph. 5, 2; id. Heb. 10, 5.

oblātīvus, a, um, adj. [offero], freely given, voluntarily presented (post-class.): auguria, Serv. Verg. A. 6, 190: functiones, Symm. Ep. 10, 43.

ob-lātor, ōris, m. [offero], an offerer (eccl. Lat.): animae suae pro populi salute, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 26; Ambros. Cain, 2, 6, 18.

ob-lātrātĭo, ōnis, f. [oblatro], a barking at; hence, transf., a railing, scolding, Hier. Ep. 133, 13.

ob-lātrātor, ōris, m. [oblatro], he that barks at; a barker, railer (eccl. Lat.), Sid. Ep. 1, 3.

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