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    Obex, obicis, pe. pro. com. g. Liu. Virg. Toute chose qu'on met au devant de quelque lieu de paour qu'on ne passe, comme un verrouil, serrures, et autres choses. Toute sorte d'obstacle et empeschement.

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.