OBS 
OBS 
OBS 
obsolete, fade., decay, lose its worth, impor¬ 
tance or force, dTrapxaiovpai. Cic. Ob- 
solevit jam ista oratio, re refutata. Id. 
Hoc vectigal in pace nitet, in bello non 
obsolescit. Id. Qu® propter vetustatem 
obsoieverint. Pliu. Paneg. Enituit ali- 
quis in bello, sed obsolevit in pace. 
OBSOLeTe (obsoletus), adv. in an old or 
1 threadbare dress, sordidly. Cic. Obso- 
letius vestitus. 
CBS0LET8 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 degrade, soil, sully. Tertull. 
OBSIILeTOS (obsolesco), a, um, adj. old, 
no longer new, much used, well icorn, 
squalid. Liv. vestis. Cic. Vestitus ob- 
soletior. Apul. Omnes tristissimos et 
obsoletissimos vestitu circumstare. Cic. 
Obsoletus Thessalonicam noctu venisti, 
in miserable clothes, or in the same gar¬ 
ment, as a mark of grief and abjectness. 
Horat. tectum, old, decayed. Colum. 
color, old, faded, decayed, sullied, tarnish¬ 
ed (otherwise, common, vile, worthless). 
-IT Also, old, h. e. antiquated, old- 
fashioned, obsolete. Cic. verba. - 
IT Also, old, h. e. common, trite, every¬ 
day. Liv. gaudia. Cic. crimina. Id. 
Obsoletior oratio, rather common or 
ordinary (without choice of words and 
without rhetorical ornament). — Hence, 
common, and so, of little worth, not ac¬ 
counted of. Nepos. honores.-IT Al¬ 
so, offensive, hateful, polluted, contamina¬ 
ted, defiled. Horat. Paternis obsoleta 
sordibus. Senec. Dextra obsoleta san¬ 
guine. 
OBSOLIDaTuS (ob & solido), a, um, 
3 purticip. made solid or firm. Vitrav. 
0BS0NAT5R (obsono), oris, m. he that 
2 buys meats, vegetables, &c. a caterer, pur¬ 
veyor, provider. Plaut. 
oBSSNaTOS (Id.), us, m. a catering, 
3 marketing; or, victuals, meat. Plaut. 
6 BS 6 NIT 8 (frequent, from obsono), as, 
3 n. 1. to give a feast or entertainment often. 
Cato ap. Pest. 
GBSoNlUM (dipcoinov), ii, n. any thing 
2 eaten with bread, such as vegetables, 
greens, meat, flesh, especially fish; vi¬ 
ands. Terent.' and Nepos. — Especially 
in the plur. like the Greek oxfa, fish. 
Herat. 
3BS5N8 (dxpcoveoi), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
and 0 BS 0 N 8 R, aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to cater, purvey, buy meat or any thing to 
be eaten with bread, dxpcco. Plant. Post- 
quam obsonavit herus, et conduxit co- 
quos. Id. Obsonari filite in nuptiis. 
Terent. Vix drachmis est obsonatus de¬ 
cern. Plaut. Egometibo, atque obsona- 
bo obsonium. Figur. Cic. famem ara- 
bulando, to whet, sharpen; literally, to 
cater or provide an appetite. — Hence, to 
make feasts, give carousals, make merry, 
keep wassail. Terent. 
5BS8N8 (ob &sono), as, n. 1. tointerrupt. 
3 by a sound. Plaut. alicui sermone, h. e. 
to interrupt by speaking. 
OBSoPIS (ob & sopio), is, ivi, Itum, a. 4. 
3 to make insensible; hence, to put to sleep, 
cast into a sleep. Scrihon. Larg. Ne ob- 
sopiantur, h. e. fall asleep. So, Solin. 
Somno obsopitus. Id. Odoris novitate 
obsopitus, made faint, stupefied, &c. 
6BS5RBE8 (ob & sorbeo), es, ui, a. 
3 and n. 2 . to sup or drink up, suck in, or to 
drink or suck in the whole , swallow doom. 
Plaut. Obsorbeam, sc. aquam. — Figur. 
to suck in, swallow, appropriate to itself. 
Plaut. 
BBSoRDESCS (ob & sordesco), is, dui, 
3n. 3. to become dirty. Prudent. - 
IT Also, to become old, wear out, decrease. 
Ccecil ap. Non. 
OBSTaCuLUM (obsto), i, n. an obstacle, 
3 hindrance, let, K<o\vixa. Prudent. 
OBSTAGIUM (Id.), ii, n. a confinement for 
debtors. Pandect. 
OBSTaNTIX (obstans, from obsto), a;, f. 
3 a standing before. Vitruv. terra. - 
IT Also, a resisting, opposing, hindering. 
Vitruv. Propter obstantiam aeris. 
OBSTeRNS (ob & sterno), is, a. 3. to lay 
3 or throw before one, expose, set before one's 
eyes. Apul. 
CBSTETRICroS (obstetrix), a, urn, adj. 
3 of a midwife, obstetric. Arnob. Obstetri- 
cium, sc. officium, the service or assist¬ 
ance of a midwife-, obstetrication, mid¬ 
wifery. Plin. 
OBSTETRIX (obsto), Icis, f. a midwife, 
3 
woman who assists in childbirth, pala. 
Terent. Mittere ad obstetricem. Plin. 
Obstetricum nobilitas. 
OBSTINATE (obstinatus), adv. obstinate¬ 
ly, stubbornly, pertinaciously, persistingly, 
inflexibly, resolutely, steadily, dvei/Sorws. 
Cces. Posteaquam id obstinate sibi ne- 
gari vidit. Plaut. Me obstinate aggres- 
sus. Liv. Obstinate credere, to persist 
in believing. Sueton. Obstinatius omnia 
agere. Id. Obstinatissime recusare. — 
In a good sense. Sueton. Omnium ho- 
minum obstinatissime tenuit, lie quern 
sine spe dimitteret. 
OBSTINATIO (obstino), onis, f. obstinacy, 
stubbornness, stiffness, persistency, steadi¬ 
ness, pertinacity, inflexibility of resolution, 
unbendingness, in a good or bad sense, 
iiupovy. Cic. Qua: ego omnia non in- 
grato animo, sed obstinatione sententi® 
repudiavi. Nepos. Taciturna obstina- 
tio, silent inflexibility. Plin.Ep. Inflexi- 
bilis obstinatio debet puniri. Senec. In 
dolore pro remedio futura est obstinatio 
animi, firmness, constancy, unyielding¬ 
ness. Tacit. Fidei obstinatio. 
oBSTINaTOS (Id.), a, um, adj. firmly re¬ 
solved, set,fixed, obstinate, pertinacious, in¬ 
flexible, unmoved, resolute,firm, steady, de¬ 
termined, stubborn, stiff-necked, avevcioTOs. 
Liv. Obstinatus mori. Plin. Paneg. Ob- 
stinatum tibi non suscipere, &cc.you are 
firmly resolved. Liv. Quibus animi ob- 
stinati ad decertandum fuerant. Id. 
Mirlto obstinatior adversus lacrymas. 
Quintil. Obstinatus contra veritatem. 
Senec. Popularium pro rege suo virtus 
obstinatissima. Catull. Sed obstinata 
mente perfer, obdura. Liv. Vincere ob- 
stinatarn pudicitiam. Id. Obstinato ani¬ 
mo aliquid facere. Cic. Obstinatior vo¬ 
luntas. Horat. Die modos, quibus ob- 
stinatas applicet aures. 
OBSTINO (unc.; perhaps allied to destino 
2 & sto), as, avi, atum,a. 1. to set about or 
lake in hand obstinately, to set one's mind 
firmly upon a thing , to resolve firmly. 
Plaut. Ea affinitatem hartc obstinavit 
gratia. Liv. Obstinaverant animis aut 
vincere aut mori.-IT Tire passive is 
found in Pacuv. ap. Vest. 
OBSTIPeSCO, is, pui, n. 3. for obstupes- 
3 co ; as if stipes fio. Plaut. and Te¬ 
rent. 
5BSTIP8 (obstipus), as, a. 1. Plaut. ver- 
3 ticem, to AoM the head inclined on any 
side, bent or turned on one side; to go 
stooping. 
oBSTIPOS (unc.), a, um, adj. in general, 
inclined on any side, qpposed to rectus. 
Thus, bent back, drawn back. Sueton. 
Tit. 68. rhcedebat/ervice rigida et ob- 
stipa. — Or, inclined for wards, bent down, 
bowed. Horat. and Pers. caput. — Or, 
bent upon one sifie, inclined obliquely. Cic. 
Obstipurn captit, et tereti cervice reflex- 
urn (which is a translation of the Greek 
Xojoo Kopy, in Arat.). So, Colum. Ob- 
stipre sues transversa capita ferunt. 
6BSTITCS, and OBSTITOS, a, urn. See 
Obsisto. 
oBSTo(ob & sto), as, stlti, statum, n. 1. 
to stand close to, near, against or in the 
way. Slat, dominos. Id. A postibus 
obstant. Plaut. obviam, stand in the 
way. -IT Hence, figur. to stand against, 
stand in the way, withstand, oppose, hin¬ 
der, obstruct, thwart, avSiarapai. Cic. 
Omnia removentur, qua: obstant et im- 
pediunt. Id. Nec, si non obstatur, per- 
mittitur, if no opposition is made (imper¬ 
sonally). Nepos. Ilic multum summnm 
ducem impedivit, sa:peque ejns consiliis 
obstitit. Cic. Cur mihi te offers, ac me- 
is commodis officis et obstas r Lucret. 
Contra pugnare, et obstare. Ovid. Mo¬ 
ras obstantes pellere. Virg. Bonis com- 
munibus obsto. Ovid. Dolor artibus ob- 
stat. Sallust. Vita cetera lruic sceleri 
obstat. — With cur. Terent. Quid ob- 
stat, cur non ver® nupti® fierent, hin¬ 
ders. — With quia. Sallust, fragm. Qui¬ 
bus non humana ulla obstant, quin, &c. 
— With ne. Nepos. Histi®us, ne res 
conficeretur, obstitit. — With quo minus 
(oftener than the other conjunctions). 
Cic. Quid obstat, quominus sit beatus ? 
-IT Also, to be an object of aversion, 
to be an offence, be hateful. Virg. De®, 
quibus obstitit Ilium et gloria Darda- 
niffi.-IT Particip. Obstaturus, a, um. 
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Quintil. and Stat. -IT G^mpaie 05- 
sisto. 
6BSTRAGfrLCM(obsterno),i,n.tAat which 
2 is thrown over something ; Obstragula cre- 
pidarum, latchcts, laces, strings. Plin. 
(where, however, Salm. will read obstri- 
gillis). 
OBSTRANGuLATOS (ob & strangulo), 
3 a, urn, particip. same as Strangulatus. 
Prudent. 
OBSTREPITACOLUM (obstrepo), i, n. 
3 clamor against, outcry. Tertull. 
BBSTREPEROS (id.), a, um, adj. noisy, 
3 clamorous, chirping, of the cicada. 
Apul. 
5BSTREP1T8, as, n. 1. frequentat. from 
3 obstrepo. Claudian. 
OBSTREPS (ob & strepo), is, pui, pitum, 
n. 3. to make a noise at, against, to or be¬ 
fore, interrupt by noise, accompany with 
sound, prevent from being heard while 
speaking, din one’s ears, harass with 
clamor, napevox^eoi. Cic. Tanta inso- 
lentia est, ac turba verborum, ut quo- 
dammodo ipsi sibi obstrepere videantur. 
Liv. Nihil sensere Poeni, obstrepente 
pluvia, the noise of the rain preventing 
them. Senec. Garrula per ramos avis 
obstrepit, sings the while. Propert. Ar¬ 
bor obstrepit aquis, murmurs to. Horat. 
Mare Baiis obstrepens, sounding upon 
the shore of Baice. Propert. Matutinis 
obstrepuit alitibus, strove with the cocks 
in crying. Liv. Decemviro obstrepitur, 
the decemvir is prevented from being heard 
by the noise (impersonally); the voice of 
the decemvir is drowned by the noise of the 
people. So, Id. Uterque vociferari, et 
certatim alter alteri obstrepere, drowned 
each other's voices, interrupted each other 
by noise. So, Quintil. Obstrepere in- 
genti clamore. — Also, in the passive, as 
if it had an accus. in the active. Cic. 
Ejusmodi res obstrepi clamore militum 
videntur, to be interrupted or drowned by 
the shouts of the soldiers -Figur. to op¬ 
pose, impede, stand in the way, disturb, an¬ 
noy, decry, make an outcry against. Se¬ 
nec. Ne tu® laudi obstrepat, lessen the 
sound of your praise. Flor. Cato actis 
ejus obstrepere. Oell. Huic definitioni 
ita obstrepunt. Also, Plin. (of the pu¬ 
pil of the eye) Ut. lux temperato reper- 
cussit non obstrepdt, may not impede or 
weaken the sight by its sharpness. And, 
Cic. Tibi litteris obstrepere, disturb, mo¬ 
lest, burden. -IT Sometimes, simply, 
to sound, resound, sound around. Se¬ 
nec. 
OBSTRICTiiS (obstringo), us, m. a bind¬ 
ing, binding or closing up. Senec. Ac- 
cendat flarnmam ipso obstrictus, the com¬ 
pression (but Ed. Qron. has affrictu). 
6BSTRICT0S, a, um, particip. from ob 
stringo. - IT Adj. bound. Paulin 
Nemo obstrictior est debitor huic. 
6BSTRIGILLAT8R (obstrigillo), oris,m. 
3 an opposer, hinderer, blamer. Varr. ap. 
Non. 
0BSTRIGILL8, or 0BSTRINGILL5 (ob- 
2 stringo), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to oppose, 
hinder, stand in the way, thwart, counter¬ 
act., impede. Varr. ap. Non. Lex neque 
innocenti propter simultatem obstrigil- 
lat, neque nocenti propter amicitiam ig- 
noscit. Senec. Nunc enim multa obstri- 
gillant. — With ne. Varr. ap. Non. Se 
obstrigillaturum, ne triumphus decer- 
neretur. 
oBSTRIGILLOS (obstringo), i, m. a shoe, 
3 or shoe-sole, fastened to the foot by straps. 
Isid. 
5BSTRING8 (ob & stringo), is, nxr, 
ctum, a. 3. to tie about or tie fast, bind 
about or to, KaraSeco. Plaut. follem ob 
gulam. Val. Flacc. tauros aratro. — 
Also, to bind, bind up, close up by binding. 
Horat. Obstrictis ventis. Plaut. collum 
laqueo. Colum. Alii viminibus obstrin- 
g llT1 t. — Hence, to bind together, unite, 
clasp. Flor. Vestis iffgentibus ob- 
stricta gemmis. - IT Figur. to bind, 
fetter, tie, hamper. Cees. civitatem jure- 
jurando. D. Brut, ad Cic. aliquem 
®re alieno, to entangle, bring into debt. 
Cic. Obstririgi legibus. Id. Obstrictus 
foedere. Id. Obstrictus vinculis bene- 
ticii. Tacit. Religione obstringitur mi 
les, non vujneribus cessurum. -- Hence, 
to bind, oblige, put under obligation. Cm- 
aliquem ofliciis. — Also, to unite, con- 
