The corpus record — Latin

obductio

obductio · f

a covering, veiling, enveloping

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

ob-ductĭo — Lewis & Short

ob-ductĭo, ōnis, f.obduco,

I a covering, veiling, enveloping. *

I In gen.: nubila inimica obductione pendent, Arn. 1, 7.—

II In partic., a veiling of criminals before their execution: obductio capitis, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: capitum, Amm. 14, 7, 21; Vulg. Eccles. 5, 1; 5, 10.

In the wild

obductio Cicero, Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 16
obductio Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.7.21

Where it came from

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