obduco

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Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ dūcō (lead).

Pronunciation

Verb

obdūcō (present infinitive obdūcere, perfect active obdūxī, supine obductum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

  1. to lead, conduct, bring or draw towards, before, forward or against
  2. to cover by drawing over; cover over, overlay, overspread, surround, envelop; heal; conceal
  3. to close, shut up, bar; block
  4. to draw in, drink down, swallow, down
  5. to swallow up, overwhelm
  6. (of the brow) to wrinkle, contract
  7. (Late Latin) to injure, harm
  8. (figuratively) to draw out, pass, spend

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: obduce

References

  • obduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obduco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obduco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to render insensible to pain: callum obducere dolori (Tusc. 2. 15. 36)