6BR.6B5R.aTI 8 (ob & roboro), onis, f. 
3 rigidity and hardness of the nerves. Veo-et. 
OBRoDS (oo & rodo), is, osi, osum, a° 3. 
3 to gnaw round, TTepirpuiyio. Plant. Ut 
quod obrodat, sit, h. e. may taste, take as 
food. 
5BR8GaTI 5 (obrogo), onis, f. a disannul- 
2 ling, invalidating, by the substitution 
of another law. Jluct. ad Herenn. 
5BR6G5 (ob & rogo), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
to invalidate an old, law ( wholly or in 
part) by making a new one contrary to it, 
or to impair in some measure the force of 
a law, though it is left to exist. Cic. Obro- 
gatur legibus Csesaris, qu® jubent, &c. 
h. e. the laws are invalidated or made of 
none effect. Sueton. Capiti ( dat.) Papi® 
legis edicto (abl.) obrogavit. Liv. Cum 
du<e contraries leges sunt, semper anti¬ 
ques obrogat nova-ir Also, to put a 
veto upon a bill, prevent its passage. Flor. 
legibus, or de legibus.-IT °Obrogare, 
and abrogare are often interchanged in 
MSS. 
OBRuCTaNS (ob & ructo, or ructor), tis, 
3 particip. belching at or in one’s face. 
Apul. 
oBROMPQ (ob & rumpo), is, a. 3. same 
as Rumpo. Varr. (Al. leg. abrumpunt.) 
CBR05 (ob &l ruo), is, ui, utum, a. 3. to 
cover over, hide in the ground, bury, sink, 
rrposemxboi. Cic. Ran® marin® di- 
cuntur obruere sese arena solere. Id. 
thesaurum aliquo loco. Id. Crocodilos 
dicunt obruere ova. Plin. ®gros veste. 
Virg. duos obruit auster, sunk. Lucrct. 
T errain nox obruit umbris, bury, cover 
over. Id. Cinere multa latet obrutus 
ignis. Cato, uvas in terra. Cic. ASgyp- 
tum Nilus obrutam tenet. Hence, to 
sow, because the seed is buried in the 
ground. Colum. milium.—Figur. Cic. 
se vino, to drown one’s self in wine, in¬ 
toxicate one’s self, become maudlin or 
drunk. JVepos. Obrui vino. — Also, to 
cover, hide, conceal, bury, obliterate, efface, 
abolish, cover with oblivion. Cic. adver- 
sa perpetua oblivione. Id. Qu® un- 
quain vetustas obruet, aut qu® tanta 
delebit oblivio ? Id. Marius talis viri 
(/t. e. Catuli) interitu sex suos obruit 
consulatus, obscured the glory of his six 
consulships. Id. Sermo omnis ille obrui- 
tur hominum interitu. Id. Firmamen- 
ta ad fidem posita digressionibus obru- 
enda, h. e. in a measure covered and kept 
out of sight. Id. Quod dii omen obru- 
ant, render vain and empty. Senec. Ob- 
rut® leges, h. e. abolit®. -IT Also, to 
oppress, load, bury, whelm, overwhelm, 
strike down, weigh, down. Cic. quen- 
dam lapidibus. Virg. Telis nostrorum 
obruiinur. Id. Tua obrue dextra, strike 
dozen, overwhelm. Lucan. Hunc falari- 
ca obruit. — Figur. Cic. His crimini- 
bus, his testibus obrutus atque oppres- 
sus est. Id. Ut testem omnium risus 
obrueret. Id. Obrui are alieno. Id. 
Obrui magnitudine negotii tanquam 
nuctu. Quintil. Corporis cura mentem 
obruere. Propert. Deus me obruit, over¬ 
whelms me with misfortune _IT Also, 
figur. to outdo far, exceed, overcome, out¬ 
strip, suz-pass, eclipse, obscure, throw izito 
the shade. Virg. Ilicet obruimur nume- 
ro. Tacit, alterius successoris curam 
famamque. Vellei. M. Brutus Vati- 
nium dignatione obruerat. Stat. Venus 
Nymphas obruit. - IT Perhaps, for 
tuo, h. c. cado, to fall, go to ruin. Lu- 
cret. An rnetuit conciusa manere in 
corpore putri ? Et domus atatis spatio 
ne fessa vetusto obruat? (But it seems 
_ better to understand se.) 
OBRuSSX (allied with o/3pv^a), ®, f. the 
essay, or trial of gold. Sueton. Aurum 
ad obrussam, h. e. gold tried by the cop- 
tcsl ’ S 00 ^ pure, fine (otherwise 
called auruzn obrusszim, obryzum, or obri- 
zum). — Figur. Cic. Adhibenda, tan¬ 
quam obrussa, ratio, qua mutari non po¬ 
test. Seziec. Hmc ejus (animi) obrussa 
est, the test, proof, coppel. -IT Hence, 
Obryzatus, a, um, adj. h. e. ex auro 
. obryzo factus. Cod. Just. 
ura > particip. from obruo. 
KDO- Y /;^r US ’ a > um - See Obrussa. 3 
na aUrUm (xpvclou Sfipvtlov). 
3 bee Obrussa. So, Petron. Obryzum (or 
obrussum), sc. aurum. 
nliSATORQ (ob & saturo), as, a. 1 . to cloy, 
satiate , glut, diroKopevvvui. Figur. Te- 
reut. N* tu propediem istius obsatura- 
bere, will have your Jill of. 
oBSC^EVQ (ob & sc<*evo), as, avi, atum, 
d a. 1. to give or bring a bad omen to, to 
hinder, disturb or vitiate by a bad omen. 
Plant. Metuo, quod iilic obscasvavit 
meae falsse fallacite. 
OBSCeNe (obscenus), or oBSCCENe, adv. 
impurely, disgustingly, immodestly, lewdly, 
abominably, aitrxpws. Cic. Re turpe est, 
sed dicitur non obscene. Id. Obsce- 
nius excitata natura. Id. Obscenius 
concurrerent litters, harshly, unpleas - 
antly. Eutrop. Impudicissime et obsce- 
nissime vixit. 
oBSCeNITaS (Td.), or oBSCCENITaS, 
atis, f. obscenity, impurity, lewdziess, 
aioxP<>Tris, to dryeXye;. Cic. rerum, ver- 
borum, orationis. Pandect. In obsceni- 
tatem compellere, unchastitzj, sensual in¬ 
dulgence. Lamprid. Schematibus libidi- 
nosissimis.-IT Also, portentousness, 
inauspiciousness. Arnob. mali orninis. 
oBSCENiiS (unc.), or oBSCCENOS, a, 
um, adj. unlucky, inauspicious, ill-boding, 
ominous, of bad omen, portentous, airaioi 
o(, on account of filthiness, unseemli 
ness, &c. Acc. ap. JVon. Ore obscena 
dicta segregent, words of ill omen. Jffes- 
sala ap. Cl ell. Mons avibus obscenis omi- 
nosus, h. e. mount Aventinus, zohere, the 
ill-omened birds appeared to Reams. Vim. 
Obscen® canes. Id. Obscen® vo!ucre°s, 
h. e. night-owls. Cic. omen. Ooid. 
puppis, h. e. which bore Helen to Troy. 
—— ^ Also, foul, detestable, abomina¬ 
ble, lewd, immodest, obscene, ojfezisivc, 
disgusting, revolting, shameful , aiaxpdg. 
Varr. ap. JVon. Obscena verba. Cic. 
Obscenissimi versus. Id. Jocandi ge¬ 
nus illiberale, petulans, flagitiosum, 
obscenum. Id. Delicat® et obscen® 
voluptates. Ovid. Obsceni risus. Val. 
Max. Abjectior et obscenior vita. Virg. 
Obscen® pela’gi volucres, h. e. the har¬ 
pies. Id. cruor. Ovid, flamm®, immod¬ 
est love. Catuli. Troja, detestable, ac¬ 
cursed, hateful, on account of my broth¬ 
er’s death. Ovid, adulterium. Tacit. 
gestus. Plin. avis, li. e. upupa. Liv. 
fetus, h. e. monster. Senec. Obscena, 
h. e. anus, podex. Justin. Obscena cor¬ 
poris, rd atCila. Ovid. Obscena red- 
dere, h. e. excrementa. — So, of men, 
addicted to lewd pleasures, immodest, im¬ 
pure, soft, voluptuous. Liv. viri, h. e. 
_ molles- Owid. greges, h. c. Galli Cybeles. 
5 BSCuRaTI 8 (obscuro), onis, f . a dark- 
ening, obscurizig, obscuration, cncdrcocnj. 
Cic. fragm. Obscuratio solis. Azict. B. 
Hisp. Itaque in ilia obscuratione, h. e. 
obscurity, darkness -IT Figur. an ob¬ 
scuring, tlirnzoing into the shad'', eclipsing. 
Cic. in quibus voluptatibus, propter 
earum exiguitatem, obscuratio conse- 
quitur. 
OBSCORe (obscurus), adv. darkly, ob- 
scurely, h. e. without light. Cic. fragm. 
Aut niliil superum, aut obscure admo- 
dum cernimus-IT Also, darkly, ob- 
scurely, indistinctly, unintelligibly. Cic. 
He natura obscure memorare. Id. Non 
again obscure. Gell. Aliquid obscu 
rissime dicere. - IT Also, covertly, 
closely, secretly , hiddcnly, izi obscurity, in 
the dark, unobservedly. Cic. Malum ob¬ 
scure serpens Id. Avertere aliquid de 
publico quam obscurissime per magis- 
tratum solebant. Id. Ceteri sunt par- 
tiin obscurius iniqui, partim non dis- 
simulanter Irati. Suetozi. Simultatem 
non obscure gerere, h. c. openly. Cic. 
Itaque istam paupertatem tuain nun- 
quam obscure tuiisti, have never made a 
secret of, have been open with. -1 IT Al¬ 
so, obscurely, zoithout note, lowly, humbly. 
Arnmian. Obscurissime natus. 
6BSC0REFACI8 (obscurus & laeio), is, 
3 a. 3. same as Obscuro. Non. 
OBSCuRITaS.( obscurus), atis, f. obscuri¬ 
ty, darkness, <rx4ruf. Tad'. Obscuritas 
latebrarum, quibus occulebatur. Plin. 
Obscuritas visits, or oculorum. _ 
TT Figur. obscurity, want of distinctness 
or perspicuity, ahstruseness, indistinctness. 
Cic. Ut oratio, qu® lumen adliibere re¬ 
bus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras 
afferat. Id. In eaobsciritate ac dnbita- 
tione omnium, uncertainty, zoaut of clear¬ 
ness. Id. Cum rerum obscuritas, non 
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verborum, facit, ut non intelligatui 
oratio. Id. Latet (causa) obscuritata 
involuta natur®-IT Also, figur. ob¬ 
scurity, lozo birth or descent, humble ori<nn~ 
Cic. and Tacit. 
6BSC0R8 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
obscure, darken, deprive of light, iKitricid- 
gw, okot6io. Cic. Tenebras tantas, 
quant® quondam regiones obscuravisse 
dicuntur. Id. Obscuratur et offunditur 
luce soils lumen lucern®, is darkened or 
dimmed. Virg. Volucres ®thera ob¬ 
scurant pennis. Plin. Nullum aliud 
sidus eodem modo obscuratur, is eclipsed. 
Id,. Visu obscurato hiberna latebra. 
Pandect, vicini ®des, to darken, shut oat 
the light. — Hence, ligur. to obscure, 
dim, bcchmd, as to the understanding. 
Plaut. Scio, amorem tibi pectus obscu- 
rasse. - IT AIsc, to cover, hide, con¬ 
ceal, zerup up, make izivisible or imper¬ 
ceptible, suppress. Cic. Coetus tenebris 
(where, however, according to the best 
Codd. captizs, h: e. cunatus, is to be read) 
Horat. Caput obscurante lacerna. Cic. 
Qu® minim® siift voluptates, eas ob- 
scurari S®pe, et obrui. Id. Nummus 
in CrcBsi divitiis obscuratur, is lost. Id. 
Magnitudolucriobscurabat pericuii mag- 
nitudinem, made him blind to. Id. Tuas 
laudes nulla unquam obscuratura est 
oblivio. Quintil. Qui obscurare veri- 
tatem vult, narrat falsa pro veris. Cic 
Neque est hoc dissimulandum, quod 
obscurari non potest, cannot be concealed. 
— Hence, to render obscure, znake con¬ 
fused, involve, express indistinctly. Cic. 
Si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, 
d\\r/yopiais (by allegories) obscurabo. 
Id. Niliil me subterfugere voluisse reti- 
cendo, nec obscurare dicendo. Sueton. 
Affectatione, et morositate nimia ob- 
scujtabat stilum. Quintil. Neque enim 
(litlera) eximitur, sed obscuratur, is 
shirred. Id. Fauces obtus® obscurant 
vocem, thicken, render dull or indistinct. 
— Also, to obsezire, render unknown or 
obsolete, cover zoith obscurity or oblivion. 
Sallust. Fortuna res celebrat obscurat- 
que. Cic. Eorum memoria sensim ob- 
scurata est, et evanuit. Horat. Obscu- 
rata diu vocabula, become unknown, obso¬ 
lete. —-Also, to blot out, extirpate, remove, 
annul, invalidate. Cic. consuetudinem. 
8BSC0R0S (unc.), a, um, adj. daz-k, 
darksome , dusky , dun, shady, opaque, ob¬ 
sezire, gloomy, cKoreivof. Horat. Ob¬ 
scuro deterget nubila cslo. Virg. Lu- 
cus trabibus obscurus acernis. Id. 'Sol 
caput obscura ferrugine texit. Virg. 
nox. Id. nubes. Liv. Post occasum solis, 
jam obscura luce, zchen it zoas already 
dusk. Horat. Obscurs tabern®, dark. 
Ovid, aquffi, turrbid, muddy. — Hence, 
Obscurum, the dark, darkness. Virg. 
noctis. Tacit, lucis coept®, li. c. the 
dusk of morning. — And, Obscurum, 
adv. Lucan. Obscurum nimbosus dis- 
silit aer.-IT Also, dark, h. e. in the 
dark , unseen, hidden. Virg. Ibant ob- 
scuri sola sub nocte per umbram. Id. 
Ipsa procul nebulis obscura resistit. 
-if Also, obscure, hidden, occult, ab¬ 
struse, intricate, difficult, involved, dark, 
indistinct. Cic. Obscurum et ignotum 
jus. Id. Cur hoc tarn est obscurum 
atque c®cum ? Stat. Si farme obscura 
jaceres, h. e. unknown to fame. Cic. 
Videre res obscurissimas. Id. Non 
obscura bdnevolentia, h. c. plain, evident. 
Virg. Baud obscura signa, h. e. clear. 
Horat. Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio, 
obscure, indistinct. Cic. Quid ? poeta 
nemo, nemo physicus abstrusus ? ille 
vero nimis etiam obscurus, Eupborion: 
valde Heraclitus obscurus. Id. Scien- 
tia obscurior. Id. Obscura oracula, 
dark. Id. Noil obscurum est, it is clear, 
plain, evident. Hence, Quintil. vox, 
thick, stifled, indistinct. -IT Also, ob¬ 
scure, unknown, hying hid. JTepos. Ob- 
scuriora gesta. Cats. C®saris erat no¬ 
men obscurius. Ooid. Obscurant rese- 
cuta est Pallada dictis, h. c. concealed, 
disguised, in an unknown form. Liv. Ex 
loco obscuro vulnera accepta, hidden, 
withdrawn, from sight.. Senec. Vitam 
per obscurum transmittere, in privacy, 
in, obscurity, in secrecy. — Also, ignoble, 
of mean parentage nr descent, humble, lozo 
Cic. Obscuris orti inajoribus. Id. Pom. 
