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Etymology

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From ob- +‎ ruō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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obruō (present infinitive obruere, perfect active obruī, supine obrutum); third conjugation

  1. to overwhelm or overthrow, overpower
    Synonyms: dēvincō, vincō, ēvincō, conquestō, subiciō, subigō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, superō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō
  2. to bury
    Synonyms: sepeliō, dēmergō, mergō
  3. to conceal
    Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, cooperiō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Conjugation

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References

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  • obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
    • to be overwhelmed with misfortune: calamitatibus obrui
    • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui
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