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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + ruō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obruō (present infinitive obruere, perfect active obruī, supine obrutum); third conjugation
- to overwhelm or overthrow, overpower
- Synonyms: dēvincō, vincō, ēvincō, conquestō, subiciō, subigō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, superō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō
- to bury
- Synonyms: sepeliō, dēmergō, mergō
- to conceal
- Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, cooperiō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō
- Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō
Conjugation
References
- “obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
- to be overwhelmed with misfortune: calamitatibus obrui
- to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui