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