Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word obruebamur could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

* obructans, antis, Part. from the obsol. obructo [ob-ructo], belching at one: tibi obructans, App. Mag. p. 312, 34.

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).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. 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, bury themselves in the sand, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: thesaurum, to bury, id. Sen. 7, 21: ova, to hide in the earth, id. N. D. 2, 52, 129: aegros veste, to cover, 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.
    2. B. 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.
      1. 2. 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.
    3. C. 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.
    4. D. To overload, surfeit with any thing: se vino, Cic. Deiot. 9.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. 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.
      1. 2. Neutr.: et domus aetatis spatio ne fessa vetusto obruat, i. e. fall to ruin, Lucr. 3, 775.
    2. B. To overwhelm, overload, weigh down, oppress with any thing: criminibus obrutus atque oppressus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 20; so, copiā sententiarum atque verborum, id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: ambitione, et foro, id. de Or. 1, 21, 94: aere alieno, id. Att. 2, 1, 11; cf. faenore, Liv. 6, 14; 35, 7: magnitudine negotii, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4.
    3. C. To overcome, overpower, surpass, eclipse, obscure: famam alicujus, Tac. Agr. 17: obruimur numero, are outnumbered, Verg. A. 2, 424: obruit Idaeam quantum tuba Martia buxum, Val. Fl. 1, 320: M. Brutus Vatinium dignatione obruerat, Vell. 2, 69: Venus Nymphas obruit, Stat. Achill. 1, 293.

† 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.).

  1. I. Lit.: auri experimentum ignis est: id ipsum obrussam vocant, Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 59: aurum ad obrussam, refined, pure gold, Suet. Ner. 44.
  2. II. 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, to put to the proof, test accurately, id. Q. N. 4, 5, 1.

obrūtesco, v. obbrutesco.

obrŭtus, a, um, Part., from obruo.