having besmeared his face with his own blood

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,

is stopped up, Mart. 11, 45, 5:

gypso oblitus cadus,

Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 98.—

Transf., to cover over, fill with any thing (of things;

very rare): villa oblita tabulis pictis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5.—

Trop.

To befoui, defile (class.): se externis moribus. Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

oblitus parricidio,

id. Phil. 11, 12, 27:

sunt omnia dedecore oblita,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:

geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:

aliquem versibus atris,

to defame, 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.