to+cover+over

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

ob-tĕgo (collat. form obtĭgo, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to cover over, cover up (for protection or concealment) (syn.: obtendo, velo, celo; class.).

Lit.:

insuper lingua bubula obtegito,

Cato, R. R. 40:

in pectus perpluit meum, neque jam umquam obtigere possum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8:

domus arboribus obtecta,

Verg. A. 2, 300:

armis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

se servorum et libertorum corporibus,

Cic. Sest. 35, 76:

os obtegendum, fauces velandae,

Cels. 3, 22. —

Trop., to veil, hide, conceal, keep secret:

obtegere errata,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 23:

vitia multis virtutibus obtecta,

Cic. Cael. 18, 43:

ut adulescentiae turpitudo obscuritate obtegatur,

id. Vatin. 5, 11:

nihil,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

scelera nuper reperta priscis verbis,

Tac. A. 4, 19:

flagitia,

id. ib. 13, 33.— With gen.:

animus audax, sui obtegens in alios criminator,

Tac. A. 4, 1.—

To protect:

aegre precibus meliorum obtectus,

Tac. A. 16, 5.

ŏb-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to overshadow, to shade ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: opaco, obscuro).

Lit.:

gramineus madidam caespes obumbrat humum,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 10:

coma umeros obumbrat,

id. M. 13, 845:

templum,

id. ib. 14, 837; Verg. G. 4, 20 Jahn (al. inumbret):

sibi,

to shade itself, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 165:

obumbratus amnis,

Curt. 5, 4, 8; Vulg. Luc. 1, 35; 9, 34.—

Transf.

To darken, obscure:

obumbrant aethera telis,

Verg. A. 12, 578:

nubes solem obumbrant,

Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111.—

In gen., to cover over:

germina obumbrata,

Pall. 12, 1.—

Trop.

To overcloud, darken, obscure:

nomina,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

candorem aequitatis,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 5.—Prov.:

sapientia vino obumbratur,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41; cf.:

fidem amittunt propter id, quod sensus obumbrant,

Quint. 8, prooem. § 23. —

To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise, palliale; to screen, defend, protect:

crimen,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 75:

simulationem lacrimis,

Petr. 101:

magnum reginae nomen (eum) obumbrat,

Verg. A. 11, 223.

al-lĭno ( adl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a. (upon the formation of the perf. v. Struve, p. 254 sq.; inf. adlinire, Pall. 1, 41 fin.; Febr. tit. 33; Maj. tit. 8, 1).

Lit., to besmear, cover over, bedaub, = aleiphô (very rare):

schedam,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—

Trop., to draw over, to attach to, impart to: nulla nota, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis adlini posse, * Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17: incomptis (versibus) adlinet atrum signum, * Hor. A. P. 446:

adlinere alteri vitia sua,

Sen. Ep. 7.

al-lĭno ( adl-), lēvi, lĭtum, 3, v. a. (upon the formation of the perf. v. Struve, p. 254 sq.; inf. adlinire, Pall. 1, 41 fin.; Febr. tit. 33; Maj. tit. 8, 1).

Lit., to besmear, cover over, bedaub, = aleiphô (very rare):

schedam,

Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—

Trop., to draw over, to attach to, impart to: nulla nota, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis adlini posse, * Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17: incomptis (versibus) adlinet atrum signum, * Hor. A. P. 446:

adlinere alteri vitia sua,

Sen. Ep. 7.

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.

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.

sŭpĕr-indūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to draw over, cover over (post-Aug.):

corpus,

Quint. 5, 8, 2 N. cr.:

terram,

Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 61:

tabellas cerā delitā,

Just. 2, 10, 14.—

To cause to come upon, to bring upon:

eis principes,

Vulg. 2 Par. 33, 11:

in nos magnum malum,

id. Dan. 9, 12.—

Trop., to mention afterwards, to add:

dispositionem caeli,

Tert. adv. Herm. 26.