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not difficult of attainment

  • 1 obvius

    obvĭus, a, um, adj. [ob-via], in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,

    had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:

    dare se obvium alicui,

    to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:

    quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,

    had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:

    libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,

    by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:

    cuicumque est obvia,

    whomsoever she meets, 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,

    send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

    ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,

    offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:

    quaeque,

    Val. Fl. 3, 583:

    obvia flamina,

    Ov. M. 1, 528:

    obvius undis,

    up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:

    obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,

    over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:

    aquilones,

    contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:

    prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,

    every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In a good sense.
    1.
    Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—
    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,

    common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:

    obvia et illaborata virtus,

    easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:

    ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),

    id. 2, 16, 14.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    C.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obvius

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