obruo
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈob.ru.oː/, [ˈɔbruoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ru.o/, [ˈɔbruo]
Verb
editobruō (present infinitive obruere, perfect active obruī, supine obrutum); third conjugation
- to overwhelm or overthrow, overpower
- Synonyms: dēvincō, vincō, ēvincō, conquestō, subiciō, subigō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, superō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō
- 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
- […] ingens curarum moles, quibus in concilianda publici ordinis restitutione obruti fuimus, moram tunc nostrae huic obiecit voluntati.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to bury
- to conceal
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of obruō (third conjugation)
References
edit- “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
- to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi