abs-trūdo — Lewis & Short
abs-trūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a.,
I to push or thrust away, and hence to conceal (cf. abdo).
I Lit.:
aurum,Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 13; so ib. 4, 5, 3: id. Curc. 5, 2, 8:
in cerebro colaphos,to thrust into the brain itself, id. Rud. 4, 3, 68 (cf. a similar passage from Verg. under abdo):
mane me in silvam abstrusi densam,Cic. Att. 12, 15:
tectum inter et laquearia,Tac. A. 4, 69.—
II Trop.:
in profundo veritatem,Cic. Ac. 2, 10:
tristitiam,Tac. A. 3, 6:
metum,id. ib. 15, 5 al.—Hence, abstrūsus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed.
A Lit.: corpus abstrusum in flumine, Att. ap. Non. 308, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 195 Rib.):
insidias,Cic. Leg. Agr. 2, 49:
terra,Ov. H. 7, 147:
incendium,Vell. 2, 130, 4.—With dat.:
serpens abstrusa terrae,Vell. 2, 129, 4.—
2 In neutr. absol.:
in abstruso esse,to be in concealment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; to be unknown, Amm. 17, 7.—
B Trop.: dolor reconditus et penitus abstrusus, a concealed and inwardly repressed sorrow, Auct. Or pro Dom. 10:
disputatio paulo abstrusior,requiring a somewhat deeper investigation, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30:
homo abstrusus,reserved, Tac. A. 1, 24.—Sup. not used.— Adv. comp.: abstrūsĭus, Amm. 28, 1, 49: semet amandarunt, more closely.