obserō

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obsĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-sera], to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

Lit.:

ostium,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

aedificia,

Liv. 5, 41:

fores (opp. aperire),

Suet. Tit. 11:

tabellam liminis,

Cat. 32, 5:

exitus,

Col. 9, 1, 3:

rogos,

i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

Transf.:

aures,

Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21:

fores amicitiae,

Amm. 27, 12.

ob-sĕro ( ops-), sēvi, sĭtum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. obsesse for obsevisse, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27), v. a.

Lit.

To sow or plant (class.):

frumentum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 129. —Comically:

pugnos,

to give a good drubbing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

To sow or plant with any thing:

saepimentum virgultis aut spinis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: terram frugibus. Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Col. 2, 9, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.—

In gen., to cover over, fill with; only in perf. pass. part., covered over, filled:

omnia arbustis obsita,

Lucr. 5, 1377:

loca obsita virgultis,

Liv. 28, 2:

obsita pomis Rura,

Ov. M. 13, 719:

video aegrum pannis annisque obsitum,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

obsitus illuvie ac squalore,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

vestis obsita squalore,

Liv. 2, 23:

legati... obsiti squalore et sordibus,

id. 29, 16:

variis obsita frondibus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 12:

montes nivibus,

Curt. 5, 6, 15:

aër pallore,

darkened, Luc. 5, 627; cf.:

dies nube obsitus,

Sen. Troad. 20:

obsitus aevo,

Verg. A. 8, 307:

Io jam setis obsita,

id. ib. 7, 790:

terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,

Ov. M. 4, 724.—

Trop.:

Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,

hast brought upon me, occasioned me, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 30:

em istic oportet opseri mores malos, si in opserendo possint interfieri,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 130.

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ŏpĕrĭo, ŭi, ertum, 4 (archaic fut. operibo: ego operibo caput, Pompon. ap. Non. 507, 33; imperf. operibat, Prop. 4, 12, 35), v. a. [pario, whence the opp. aperio, to uncover; cf. paro], to cover, cover over any thing (class.; syn.: tego, velo, induo).

Lit.

Operire capita, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 34; cf.:

capite operto esse,

Cic. Sen. 10, 34:

operiri umerum cum toto jugulo,

Quint. 11, 3, 141; id. praef. § 24.—Esp., of clothing:

aeger multā veste operiendus est,

Cels. 3, 7 fin.; so in Vulg. Isa. 58, 7; id. Ezech. 18, 7 et saep.:

fons fluctu totus operiretur, nisi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

summas amphoras auro et argento,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

mons nubibus,

Ov. P. 4, 5, 5:

(rhombos) quos operit glacies Maeotica,

Juv. 4, 42.—Comically: aliquem loris, to cover over, i. e. to lash soundly, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 28:

reliquias malae pugnae,

i. e. to bury, Tac. A. 15, 28:

operiet eos formido,

Vulg. Ezech. 7, 18; id. Jer. 3, 25.—

Transf., to shut, close (syn.:

claudo, praecludo, obsero): fores,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 1:

ostium,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33:

iste opertā lecticā latus est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106: oculos, to shut, close (opp. patefacere), Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf.:

opertos compressosve (oculos),

Quint. 11, 2, 76.—

Trop.

To hide, conceal, keep from observation, dissemble:

quo pacto hoc operiam?

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 6 Bentl. (al. aperiam):

non in oratione operiendā sunt quaedam,

Quint. 2, 13, 12:

quotiens dictu deformia operit,

id. 8, 6, 59; cf. id. 5, 12, 18:

luctum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6:

domestica mala tristitia,

Tac. A. 3, 18.—

To overwhelm, burden, [p. 1268] as with shame, etc. (only in part. perf. pass.):

contumeliis opertus,

loaded, overwhelmed, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111; cf.:

judicia operta dedecore et infamiā,

id. Clu. 22, 61:

infamiā,

Tac. H. 3, 69.—

Of sin, to atone for, cover, cause to be forgotten (eccl. Lat.):

qui converti fecerit peccatorem, operiet multitudinem peccatorum,

Vulg. Jac. 5, 20; id. 1 Pet. 4, 8.— ŏpertus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed (class.):

operta quae fuere, aperta sunt,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 9:

res,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

operta bella,

Verg. G. 1, 465:

cineres,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 9:

hamum,

id. S. 1, 16, 50.—As subst.: ŏpertum, i, n., a secret place or thing, a secret; an ambiguous answer, dark oracle, etc.:

Apollinis operta,

the dark, ambiguous oracles, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 115:

telluris operta subire,

the depths, Verg. A. 6, 140: opertum Bonae Deae, the secret place or secret service, Cic. Par. 4, 2, 32:

litterarum,

a secret, Gell. 17, 9, 22.— Adv.: ŏpertē, covertly, figuratively (post-class.):

operte et symbolice,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.

obsĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-sera], to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

Lit.:

ostium,

Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25:

aedificia,

Liv. 5, 41:

fores (opp. aperire),

Suet. Tit. 11:

tabellam liminis,

Cat. 32, 5:

exitus,

Col. 9, 1, 3:

rogos,

i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

Transf.:

aures,

Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21:

fores amicitiae,

Amm. 27, 12.

ob-sĕro ( ops-), sēvi, sĭtum, 3 ( inf. perf. sync. obsesse for obsevisse, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27), v. a.

Lit.

To sow or plant (class.):

frumentum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 129. —Comically:

pugnos,

to give a good drubbing, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 23.—

Transf.

To sow or plant with any thing:

saepimentum virgultis aut spinis,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1: terram frugibus. Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63; Col. 2, 9, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2.—

In gen., to cover over, fill with; only in perf. pass. part., covered over, filled:

omnia arbustis obsita,

Lucr. 5, 1377:

loca obsita virgultis,

Liv. 28, 2:

obsita pomis Rura,

Ov. M. 13, 719:

video aegrum pannis annisque obsitum,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5:

obsitus illuvie ac squalore,

Tac. A. 4, 28:

vestis obsita squalore,

Liv. 2, 23:

legati... obsiti squalore et sordibus,

id. 29, 16:

variis obsita frondibus,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 12:

montes nivibus,

Curt. 5, 6, 15:

aër pallore,

darkened, Luc. 5, 627; cf.:

dies nube obsitus,

Sen. Troad. 20:

obsitus aevo,

Verg. A. 8, 307:

Io jam setis obsita,

id. ib. 7, 790:

terga (marinae beluae) obsita conchis,

Ov. M. 4, 724.—

Trop.:

Tun' is es, qui in me aerumnam obsevisti,

hast brought upon me, occasioned me, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 30:

em istic oportet opseri mores malos, si in opserendo possint interfieri,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 130.