OBS 
OB8 
OBS 
iraparypto>. Plaut. Ne me observare 
possis, quid rerum geram. Id. Procul 
liinc observabo, meis fortunis quid 1 'uat, 
I will watch in. order to see. Virg. Fetus 
unitor observans, nido implumes de- 
traxit, h. e. captans insidiose. Cic. Ho¬ 
mines in speculis sunt, observant, 
quemadmodum se se unusquisque gerat. 
Q. Cic. Fac, ut se abs te custodiri atque 
observari sciant. Plaut. Virum obser¬ 
vare desines, to watch the actions of. Cic. 
Observare rnotus stellarum. Id. Ob¬ 
servare occupationem alicujus, et aucu- 
pari tempus, to have an eye upon, spy, in 
order to one’s own interest. Terent. 
Scripturam ab iniquis observari, scruti¬ 
nized for the purpose of finding fault. 
Cic. Araneol® ex inopinato observant, 
et si quid incidit, arripiunt.— Figur. 
Pandect Observandum est, ne is judex 
detur. — Hence, to watch, guard, keep. 
Plaut. januam. Ovid, armenta greges- 
que. Cic. e Sophocle. Draconem obser- 
vantem arborem. — Also, to show reve¬ 
rence, respect, high consideration ; to look 
up tc, venerate, pay respect to, attend to, 
revere, honor, regard, esteem, value. Cic. 
Me ut patrem observat et diligit. Id. 
Ne observent tributes suos. Id. Ali¬ 
quem observare et colere. Id. aliquem 
peroffieiose. Id. Eas tribus officiis ab 
hoc observatas. (In this sense, in par¬ 
ticular, of the respect shown in saluting 
or waiting upon another, or of the 
assistance rendered to a candidate by 
supporting his canvass. It is also the 
proper word to mark the deference of a 
pupil for his teacher. Compare the 
corresponding signification of observan- 
tia.) - IT Also, to consider, contem¬ 
plate, observe. Cic. Res tamen ips® ob¬ 
servari animadvertique possunt. Tacit. 
Observans Aceronne necem.-IT Al¬ 
so, to observe, keep, regard, comply with, 
obey, follow, conform to, adhere to, regard. 
Cic. leges. Cies. praiceptuin. Sallust. 
itnperium. Cic. centesimas. Liv. va- 
cationem. Id. Suffragium non observa¬ 
tions, allow its validity. Cic. commen- 
dationes meas, to regard my recommenda¬ 
tions, take into notice those I recommend. 
Sallust. Neque signa, neque ordines 
observare, mind, heed. — Also, of inani¬ 
mate things. Senec. Etesi® tempus ob¬ 
servant. — With ut or ne. Sueton. Ob- 
Barvavit sedulo, ut, quoties terra ino- 
visset, ferias l’rietor indiceret, made it 
a matter of punctilious observance. Id. 
Observatum est, ne supplicium sumere- 
iun - IT See, also, Observans, and 
Obscrvandus, a, urn. 
&BSES (ob k sedeo), Idis, m. and f. a 
hostage, npnpo;. Cws. Ut obsides acci- 
pere, non dare consueverint. Cic. Ob¬ 
sides alicui imperare. JVcpos. Retinere 
aliquem obsidem, as a hostage. - 
IT Figur. any one who is a pledge or secu¬ 
rity; a sponsor, surety ; any°pledge or 
security. JVepos. Phocion, se ejus rei 
obsidem fore, pollicitus est, be 'surety, 
answer for it. Cic. Aratoribus Metel- 
ius obsides dedit, se futuruin. Id. Ac- 
cipere aliquem obsidem nuptiarum. Id. 
Parvulus filius, quern mihi videtur am 
plecti respublica, tanquam obsidem con 
sulatus mei. Cces. Obsidibus de pecu- 
nia cavent. Senec. Me in penates ob¬ 
sidem invisos datam. — So, of inani¬ 
mate things. Cic. Ilabemus a C. Cis- 
sare sententiam, tanquam obsidem per- 
petuas in rempublicam voluntatis. Id. 
Habet a Al. Ccelio duas accusationes 
obsides periculi, h. e. sure proofs that no 
_ danger is to he feared from him. 
uBSkSSIS (obsideo), on is, f. a blockading , 
2 blockade , hemming in , blocking up. etc. 
Obsessione templorum, occupatione fori. 
Cces. Obsessioneni omittere, to give up 
the siege. Cic. Obsessio militaris viie, 
h. e. interclusio, occupatio. 
OBSkSSQR (Id.), (iris, rn. one who sits or 
s Jfys long in a place,, a frequenter, haunter. 
Plaut. fori. Ovid. Hydros obsessoraqua- 
r V n V —7 11 Especially, in order to pre¬ 
clude going in and out, a besieger, block- 
auer, invester. Cic. curiie. Liv. urbis. 
6 BSgSSfrS. a, um, particip. from obsideo 
and obsido. 
6 BSIBII .6 (ob & sibilo) , as, a. 1 . to mur- 
d znur, whisper. Apul. Arbores dulces 
pitus obsibilabant. 
istre- 
OBSIDaTOS (obses), us, m. h. e. obsidum 
3 traditio, obiigatio, hostageship. Ammian. 
OBSIDES (ob k sedeo), es, edi, esstitn, n. 
and a. 2 .to sit or stay any where. Terent. 
Doini obsidere certum est, donee redie- 
rit. Val. Flc.cc. Dira in limine conjux 
obsidet, stands, to prevent their iroiuo out. 
— With accus. to sit or stay in or upon, 
occupy by sitting. Plaut. Ut nos hanc 
aram obsidere patiare. Plin. Ran® 
stagna obsident. Cic. e poeta. Apollo, 
qui umbilicum terrarum obsides, dwellest 
in, occupicst. -IT Especially, to hem 
in, hold in blockade, invest, besiege, for 
instance, roads, towns, men, &c. Cic. 
aditus. Sallust. Obsessus teneor. Cass. 
vias. Liv. Consiliis ab oppugnanda 
urbe ad obsidendam versis. Cic. Car- 
thaginem obsidere, oppugnare, labefac- 
tare. Ncpos. Locorum angustiis clausi, 
ab hostibus obsidebantur. Id. Num 
(fores) undique obsiderentur, were beset. 
Id. Arcem munierat ad urbem obsiden¬ 
dam, keep in check, hold in blockade. 
(Compare J\ r epos, Alcib. 4.) — Hence, to 
occupy, cover, possess. Cic. Corporibus 
obsidetur locus, is filled. Ovid. Palus 
obsessa salictis, overgrown, thick with, 
full of. Tihull. Tellus obsessa colono, 
held, possessed, occupied. Ovid. Trachas 
{a. town) obsessa palude, begirt, encom¬ 
passed. Figur. Senec. Peetora tantis 
obsessa malis, beset, occupied, filled. Cic 
Qui tempus meurn obsideret, take up 
or occupy my time, arid so hinder me. 
Liv. Aures patris obsideri a fratre, beset, 
occupied .— Also, to have one’s eye upon 
something, pry about, watch closely, be on 
the look-out for a convenient opportunity to 
do something. Cic. stuprum. Id. Curia 
obsidet rostra, watches narrowly, eyes 
closely ._—— U Compare Obsido. 
OBSIDIaNCS, a, uni, adj. named from one 
Obsidius, Obsidian. Plin. lapis, a stone 
which Obsidius first discovered in JEthio 
pia ; according to Beckmann, probably 
the volcanic glass, which is sometimes 
called Iceland agate, lava glass, pumez 
vitreus. So, also, Id. vitrum, h. c. re¬ 
sembling that transparent stone. 
oBSIDIo (obsideo), onis, f. a blockade, en¬ 
vironment, for instance, of a tower, irspi- 
nadr/aig. Cic. Partim vi, partim obsidi- 
one urbes capere. Liv. Cum spes ma¬ 
jor Romanis in obsidione, quam in op- 
pugnatione esset. Nepos. Urbem ob¬ 
sidione claudere, to blockade. Id. In 
obsidione tenere, to hold in a state of 
blockade. Ctes. Habere in obsidione. 
Liv. Esse in obsidione, to be blockaded. 
Id. Obsidione solvere, or e.xiinere, to 
free from, deliver. Id. Obsidionem ur¬ 
bis solvere, to raise the blockade. - 
IT Hence, a near, pressing danger. Cic. 
Ex obsidione feneratores exemerit. Id. 
Renip. liberare obsidione.-IT Also, 
imprisonment, captivity, in a place. Jus¬ 
tin. - IT Obsidio, blockade, environ¬ 
ment, or encompassment., is not to be con¬ 
founded with oppugnatio, a storming, 
attacking by storm, or with expugnatio, 
a carrying by storm. Thus, Cces. Uno 
tempore obsidione et oppugnationibus 
eos premere. 
oBSIDIoNaLIS (obsidio), e, adj. pertain¬ 
ing to a blockade. Oell. corona, a crown 
given to a general, who had delivered others 
from a blockade. 
oBSIDIOR (obsidium), aris, dep. i. same 
as Insidior. Colum. 
oBSIDIUAI (obsideo), ii, n. a blockade, 
same as Obsidio. Plaut. and Tacit. -- 
IT Hence, figur. a lying in wait, ambush, 
snares. Colum. — Also, care, attention, 
foresight. Colum.. - IT Also, danger. 
Plaut. Tuo tergo obsidium adesse, h. e. 
blows. -IT Also, from obses, the con¬ 
dition of a hostage. Tacit. Meherdates 
obsidio nobis datus, h. e. delivered as a 
hostage. 
oBSIDO fob & sido), is, edi, essum, a. 3. 
(expressing the beginning of that, which 
obsideo denotes), to beset, environ, encom¬ 
pass, sit down before, shut in, blockade, 
form the. blockade of, invest. Sallust. 
januam Ciceronis. Tacit, aditum sena- 
tus. Cces. vias. Liv. urbem. Saltiest. 
pontem militibus. Virg. Fauces obses¬ 
sa;, clotted, swollen, straitened. -IT Al¬ 
so, to sit down in, occupy, take possession 
of. Virg. Obsedit milite campos. TV- 
587 
bull, immensos campos, li. c. to main 
them his. Cic. Italiam prasidiis. Id 
Domus obsessa. — Figur. Cic. Tribuna¬ 
ls obsessus, confined, shackled, impeded 
Id. Viin regia potestatis obsederat, 
drawn to itself appropriated. Id. Is qui 
audit, ab oratore obsessus est, has had 
his mind taken possession of, his attention 
gained. - IT It is difficult in some 
cases to decide whether a tense is to be 
referred to obsideo or obsido. See Ob¬ 
sideo. 
OBSIGNATIS (obsigno), onis, f. asealing, 
3 scaling up. Oell. 
oBSIGNaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a scaler, 
sealer up ; one who puts his seal to a thing. 
Cic. Obsignator litterarum. Id. testa- 
menti. So that it sometimes answers 
to our witness of an instrument. 
OBSIGNO (ob k signo), as, avi, aturn, a. 1 . 
to seal,seal up,affix one’s seal to (sometimes 
as a witness), inimppayi^w. Plaut. Age 
obliga, obsigna cito. Cic. Litteras ob- 
signandas publico signo curavi. Id 
Tabula annulo meo obsignata. Id. tes- 
tamentum signis adulterinis. Id. de- 
cretuni. Id. pecuniam. Plaut. cellas. 
Q- Cic. in Cic. Ep. lagenas. Plant. Ob¬ 
signation in vidulo marsupium. Helices 
Cic. Tabellis obsignatis agis mecum, 
h. e. you appeal to my own writings. — 
Hence, figur. Cic. Tabulas obsignare, 
to set his seal to them forthwith, h. e. to 
accept the opinion as certain, take it for 
granted. — Also, to mortgage, by sub¬ 
scribing one’s name and affixing one’s 
seal. Val. Max. -IT Also, to impress, 
stamp. Lucret. formam verbis, give a 
form. Id. Habere aliquid obsignatum, 
to mark, be convinced of, strongly impress¬ 
ed with. 
OBSIMOLaTOS (ob k simulo), a, um, 
same as Oppositus , Olijectus. Ammian. 
oBSIPO (ob k sipo, not used; whence 
3 dissipo, &c.), as, a. J. to sprinkle or spurt 
to or upon. Plaut. aquulam, h. e. to re¬ 
vive, give heart (as a fainting person is 
revived by water). 
OBSISTO (ob k sisto), is, stlti, stltum, 
n. 3. to take up one’s stand, or post one’s 
self in any spot or before or in the way 
of something, place one’s self in the way, 
eviirrapai. Plaut. Hie obsistam, ne im- 
prudenti hue ea se surrepsit mihi. Id. 
Erninor, ne quis mi (mihi) obstiterit ob- 
viam. Liv. alicui abeunti. — Figur. 
Liv. alicujus fain®, to darken, obscure. 
-If Hence, to set one’s self against, 
oppose one’s self, resist, withstand. Cic. 
Qui cum obsistere ac defendere cona- 
rentur, male mulcati repelluntur. Id 
Qui non defendit, nec obsistit injuri® 
Id. Potest repugnari obsistique fortun®, 
h. e. fortune may be opposed, &c. (im¬ 
personally.) Id. Obsistere visis, h. e. 
to withhold one’s assent. — With ne. JVc- 
pos. — With infin. Tacit. Obstitit Oce¬ 
ania in se inquiri.-If Transitively, 
to place by or over against. Hence, Ob- 
stitus, a, um. Thus, Apul. sol, the sun 
standing on one side of the moon. — Ob- 
stltus (with long penult.) is also found ; 
standing opposite or obliquely to. Enn 
ap. Fest. Montibus obstitis obstantibus. 
Lucret. Omnia mendose fieri atque ob- 
stita necessuin est (but Creech has ob- 
stipa). — Cic. e xii. tab. lidem fulgura 
atque obstita pianto, h. e. as Festus ex¬ 
plains it, struck by lightning; but per¬ 
haps it may signify generally, some¬ 
thing evil. — Obstitum, i, n. obliquity. 
Apul. 
5BSIT0S, a, um, particip. from obsero, 
is. 
oBSOLEFACIS (obsoleo k facio), is, eci, 
2 actum, a. 3. (Pass, obsoleflo, factus 
sum, fieri), to wear out, sully, make vile 
or contemptible, corrupt, degrade, lower, 
make common. Amoli. Ne illam vis tem- 
poris obsolefaceret. Senec. Aucloritas 
obsolefacta. Sueton. Nomen suum com- 
missionibus obsolefieri. Val. Max. To¬ 
ga maculis obsolefacta, soiled, sullied. 
oBSOLEO (ob k oleo), es, n. 2. to lose its 
splendor, be in bad odor, be of no account. 
Cic. In homine enim turpissimo obsole- 
bant dignitatis insignia. (Al. leg. obsoles- 
cebant, alii obsolefiebant.) 
oBSOLESCO (obsoleo), is, evi, n. 3. to 
pass away by degrees, become antiquated, 
grow out of use, become unfashionable or 
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