to discharge an office

mūnus (old orthogr. moenus;

moenera militiaï,

Lucr. 1, 29), ĕris, n. [root mu-; cf.: moenia, munis, munia, etc.], a service, office, post, employment, function, duty (class.; syn.: officium, ministerium, honos).

Lit.: munus significat officium, cum dicitur quis munere fungi. Item donum quod officii causā datur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll. (cf. infra):

munus curare,

to discharge an office, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 76:

octo munus hominum fungi,

id. Men. 1, 4, 5:

administrare,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 2:

munus atque officium,

Cic. Font. 7, 15:

rei publicae,

a public office, id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

belli,

Liv. 24, 35:

de jure respondendi sustinere,

Cic. Brut. 30, 113:

rei publicae explere,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

vigiliarum obire,

to perform, Liv. 3, 6:

officii,

the performance of a duty, Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes: a te hoc civitas exspectat,

duty, office, obligation, id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

principum est resistere levitati multitudinis,

id. Mil. 8, 22:

vitae,

id. Sen. 11, 35:

senectutis,

id. Leg. 1, 3, 10.—

Esp., = onus, a duty, burden, tribute:

cum hoc munus imponebatur tam grave civitati,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

id quoque munus leve atque commune Mamertinis remisisti,

id. ib. 2, 5, 21, §

52: dum ne quis eorum munere vacaret,

Liv. 25, 7, 4:

non enim detractionem eam munerum militiae, sed apertam defectionem esse,

id. 27, 9, 9.—

Transf.

A work:

majorum vigiliarum munus, Cic. Par. prooem.: solitudinis,

a work, book, written in solitude, id. Off. 3, 1, 4.—

A service, favor: huc ire licet atque illuc munere ditium dominorum, Sall. Orat. Licin.; Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1.—

In partic., the last service, office to the dead, i. e. burial: pro hominis dignitate amplo munere extulit, Nep. Eum. 4, 4 (dub.;

al. funere): suprema,

Verg. A. 11, 25:

supremum mortis,

Cat. 101, 3:

debita,

Val. Fl. 3, 313:

fungi inani Munere,

Verg. A. 6, 885:

cineri haec mittite nostro Munera,

id. ib. 4, 624.—

A present, gift (syn.:

donum, praemium): bonum datum deorum concessu atque munere,

Cic. Univ. 14:

mittere alicui,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

mittere aliquid alicui munere,

to send one something as a present, Plin. 37, 5, 19, § 74 (al. muneri):

quasi totam regionem muneri accepissent,

had received as a present, Tac. A. 14, 31:

aliquem munere donare,

to present one with a gift, Verg. A. 5, 282:

dare muneri aliquid alicui,

to give one something as a present, Nep. Thras. 4, 2:

munera Liberi,

i. e. wine, Hor. C. 4, 15, 26:

terrae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 10:

Cereris,

bread, Ov. M. 10, 74; cf.:

gratae post munus aristae,

Juv. 14, 183:

quem munere palpat Carus,

i. e. a bribe, id. 1, 35.—

In partic.

A public show, spectacle, entertainment, exhibition, esp. a show of gladiators, which was given to the people by the magistrates, and generally by the ædiles, as an expression of gratitude for the honorable office to which they had been elected (cf.:

ludus, spectaculum): erat munus Scipionis, dignum et eo ipso et illo Q. Metello, cui dabatur,

Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

munus magnificum dare,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6:

praebere,

id. Sull. 19, 54:

functus est aedilicio maximo munere,

i. e. gave a splendid exhibition, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:

edere,

Suet. Tit. 7:

venationes, quae vocantur munera,

Lact. 6, 20:

munera nunc edunt,

Juv. 3, 36; 4, 18.—

A public building for the use of the people, erected at the expense of an individual:

Pompeii munera,

the theatre, Vell. 2, 130, 1:

aut ubi muneribus nati sua munera mater Addidit (i. e. theatro Marcelli porticum Octaviam),

Ov. A. A. 1, 69.—

Transf., of the structure of the universe:

effector vel moderator tanti operis et muneris,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70.

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

implĕo ( inpl-), ēvi, ētum, 2 (sync. forms:

implerunt,

Verg. E. 6, 48; id. G. 4, 461; Pers. 1, 99; Ov. M. 11, 666 al.:

impleris,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

implerit,

Ov. M. 6, 111:

implerint,

Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

implerat,

Ov. M. 9, 280 al.:

implessem,

Verg. A. 4, 605:

implesset,

Ov. M. 9, 667:

inplesse,

Liv. 4, 41; Tib. 3, 3, 1; Tac. H. 2, 78 al.), v. a. [inpleo], to fill up, fill full, to make full, fill (freq. and class.; cf. expleo, compleo).

Lit.

In gen.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

is vomens frustis esculentis gremium suum et totum tribunal implevit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

implevitque mero pateram,

Verg. A. 1, 729:

foros flammis,

id. ib. 4, 605:

herbarum suco expresso caput impleatur,

i. e. be wet all over with, Cels. 3, 18 med.; so,

caput calido oleo,

id. 4, 2, 1 med.:

cibis vinoque venas,

Liv. 26, 14, 5: manum pinu flagranti, fills his hand with, i. e. grasps, Verg. A. 9, 72:

fusti istorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6; cf.

in the comic pun: quae (dolia) nisi erunt semper plena, ego te implebo flagris,

id. Cas. 1, 35:

tuis oraculis Chrysippus totum volumen implevit,

Cic. Div. 2, 56, 115; cf. in the foll. g:

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis,

filled, swelled, Verg. A. 7, 23.—

Aliquid alicujus rei (in analogy with plenus; cf.

compleo): ollam denariorum implere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4.—

With a simple acc.:

id mustum coicies in amphoram et implebis ad summum,

Col. 12, 36:

alter de ipsa justitia quatuor implevit sane grandes libros,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; cf. id. Ac. 2, 27, 87.—

In partic.

To fill with food, to satisfy, satiate:

praeparatā nos implevimus cenā,

Petr. 16:

implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae,

satisfy, regale themselves, Verg. A. 1, 215; so,

vis impleri, mid.,

Juv. 5, 75; cf.:

se interdiu,

Cels. 1, 2 fin. —

To fill, to make fleshy, fat, stout:

si aqua inter cutem quem implevit,

Cels. 2, 8 med.:

implet corpus modica exercitatio, etc.,

makes fat, id. 1, 3 med.:

nascentes implent conchylia lunae,

fill up, fatten, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

Nomentanae vites se frequenter implent,

Col. 3, 2, 14.—Hence also of women and animals, to make pregnant, impregnate:

(Peleus Thetidem) ingenti implet Achille,

Ov. M. 11, 265; 4, 698; 5, 111; 9, 280; so of animals: sues implentur uno coitu, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 205; 9, 23, 39, § 76; Col. 7, 6, 3. —

To fill up, amount to a certain measure:

mensuraque roboris ulnas Quinque ter implebat,

Ov. M. 8, 748:

arboris crassitudo quatuor hominum ulnas complectentium implebat,

Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 202; cf. id. 18, 10, 20, § 92:

luna quater junctis implerat cornibus orbem,

Ov. M. 2, 344; 7, 530.

Trop.

Ingen., to fill, make full.

Aliquid ( aliquem) aliqua re:

impune ut urbem nomine impleris meo,

Hor. Epod. 17, 59:

urbem tumultu,

Liv. 24, 26, 12; cf.:

voce deos,

Val. Fl. 2, 167:

aliquem hortatibus,

id. 4, 81:

aliquem spe,

Just. 29, 4 fin.:

pectus falsis terroribus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

scopulos lacrimosis vocibus,

Verg. A. 11, 274:

multitudinem exspectatione vana,

Liv. 36, 29, 3; 41, 5, 2:

milites praeda,

satisfy, id. 7, 16, 3; 25, 20, 6:

omnia terrore,

id. 9, 24, 8:

anxiis curis,

id. 1, 56, 4 et saep.:

vacua causarum conviciis,

Quint. 12, 9, 8; 4, 2, 114; Tac. A. 1, 22:

rem alioqui levem sententiarum pondere,

Quint. 9, 3, 74; cf. id. 5, 13, 56; Liv. 7, 2, 7:

cum sese sociorum, cum regum sanguine implerint,

have filled, covered, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 47:

se caedibus,

Sil. 9, 528:

te ager vitibus implet,

enriches, Juv. 9, 56.— Pass.:

omnia delubra pacem deum exposcentium virorum turba inplebantur,

were thronged, Liv. 3, 5, 14.—

Aliquid ( aliquem) alicujus rei:

celeriter adulescentem suae temeritatis implet,

Liv. 1, 46, 8:

omnia erroris mutui,

id. 4, 41, 7:

aliquem spei animorumque,

id. 7, 7, 5:

aliquem religionis,

id. 5, 28, 4:

hostes fugae et formidinis,

id. 10, 14, 20 et saep.—

With the simple acc.:

acta magni Herculis implerant terras,

Ov. M. 9, 135; 9, 667; id. F. 1, 93:

quod tectum magnus hospes impleveris,

hast filled with thy presence, thy greatness, Plin. Pan. 15, 4; id. Ep. 7, 24 fin.:

non semper implet (Demosthenes) aures meas,

does not always satisfy, Cic. Or. 29, 104:

odium novercae,

Ov. M. 9, 135: implere ceterorum rudes animos, i. q. to inflame, to poison, Tac. A. 1, 31; cf.:

urbs deinde impletur (sc. contagione morbi),

Liv. 4, 30, 8:

nondum implevere medullas maturae mala nequitiae,

Juv. 14, 215:

vestigia alicujus,

to follow after, imitate, Plin. Ep. 8, 13, 1:

ceras pusillas,

i. e. to cover with writing, Juv. 14, 30; cf.:

ceras capaces,

id. 1, 63:

tabulas,

id. 2, 58:

vices,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 432.—

With the simple abl.: Minyae clamoribus implent (sc. Jasonem), fill, i. e. spur on, inflame by acclamation, Ov. M. 7, 120.—

In partic.

To fill up a portion of time or a number, to make out, complete, finish, end:

puer, qui nondum impleverat annum,

Ov. M. 9, 338:

octavum et nonagesimum annum,

Quint. 3, 1, 14; cf.:

me quater undenos sciat implevisse Decembres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 27:

vitae cursum,

Plin. 7, 16, 16, § 75:

finem vitae sponte an fato,

Tac. A. 2, 42 fin.:

impleta ut essent sex milia,

Liv. 33, 14; cf.:

cohortes conscripserat ac triginta legionum instar impleverat,

Vell. 2, 20, 4:

si numerum, si tres implevero,

Juv. 9, 90.—

With the accessory notion of activity, to fulfil, discharge, execute, satisfy, content:

ne id profiteri videar, quod non possim implere,

Cic. Clu. 18, 51; cf.

promissum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6:

munia sua,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

incohatas delationes,

Dig. 48, 1, 5:

consilium,

Tac. H. 1, 16:

vera bona,

id. Agr. 44:

fata,

Liv. 1, 7, 11:

utinam quam spem ille de me concepit, partes officii,

Plin. Ep. 5, 56, 3; 10, 52, 2 (D):

impleverim!

id. ib. 1, 10, 3; Quint. 6, 1, 12:

desideria naturae,

Curt. 6, 2, 3:

exsequiarum officium,

Just. 23, 2, 8:

religionis officium,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 35, 3:

hominis officium, Lact. Op. Dei, 20, 9: officium (opp. suscipere),

id. 6, 6, 15:

mandatum,

Gai. Inst. 3, 161:

legem,

Vulg. Rom. 13, 8.—Rarely with a personal object:

implere censorem,

i. e. to discharge the office of censor, Vell. 2, 95 fin. Ruhnk.—

Rhet. t. t., to make emphatic, make prominent:

infirma, nisi majore quodam oratoris spiritu implentur,

Quint. 5, 13, 56.

missĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.):

litterarum,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3:

legatorum,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

extra telorum missionem,

beyond the range of missiles, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4:

missio sanguinis,

blood-letting, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.—

In partic.

A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation:

munus pro missione dare,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114:

si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum,

Gai. Inst. 2, 106.—

A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio):

praemium missionis ferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1:

exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum,

id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur;

ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,

Dig. 49, 16, 13:

gratiosa ante emerita stipendia,

a discharge obtained by favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:

nondum justa,

id. 43, 14, 15.—Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7.—

Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7:

non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem,

Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.—Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.— Trop.:

quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur,

without respite in the service of wisdom, Sen. Ep. 37, 2:

sine missione pugnatum est,

for life or death, Flor. 3, 20, 4.—

A cessation, termination, end:

ante ludorum missionem,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—

Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.—

In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession:

missio in aedes,

Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.

ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;

contr. obit for obiit,

Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

In gen.:

donec vis obiit,

until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222:

dum acris vis obeat,

id. 1, 247:

obit infera Perseus in loca,

Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718):

ad omnes hostium conatus,

to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21. —

In partic.

Of constellations, to go down, to set:

abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,

Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210:

an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,

Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun:

in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:

in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,

Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by:

tres noctes,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—

Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.:

occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,

Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die:

malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045;

tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 24:

simul se cum illis obituros,

Liv. 5, 39, 13:

gaudio,

to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

morbo,

of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5:

voluntariā morte obiit,

Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17:

morte subitā,

id. 8, 15:

repentinā morte,

id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—

Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.

In gen.:

Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,

to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—

In partic.

To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit:

nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,

Verg. A. 6, 801:

tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

villas,

to visit, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

comitia,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1:

cenas,

id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —

To run over with the eyes, to survey, review:

oculis exercitum,

to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13:

omnia visu,

Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount:

oratione omnes civitates,

to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—

To go around, surround, overspread, envelop ( poet.):

chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,

Ov. M. 5, 51:

clipeum,

Verg. A. 10, 482.—

To apply [p. 1234] one's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing:

obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

hereditatum obeundarum causā,

to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:

facinus,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

pugnas,

to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710:

judicia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

legationem,

to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4:

consularia munera,

Liv. 2, 8:

munus vigiliarum,

id. 3, 6:

publica ac privata officia,

Just. 41, 3, 4:

neque privatam rem... neque publicam,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,

Liv. 10, 25, 14:

rusticum opus,

Col. 12, 3:

bella,

Liv. 4, 7:

sacra,

id. 1, 20:

imperia,

to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—

To meet:

vadimonium,

to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54:

diem,

to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1:

annum petitiones tuae,

i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die:

ea diem suom obiit,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so,

diem supremum,

Nep. Milt. 7, 6;

and simply, diem,

Suet. Vesp. 1:

mortem,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.:

morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),

id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead:

obitis libatione profunditur,

App. de Mund. p. 68:

OBITAE,

Inscr. Orell. 2673.