ŏb-ĕo — Lewis & Short
ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi,
Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;I
contr. obit for obiit,Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.
I Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A In gen.:
donec vis obiit,until force intervene, Lucr. 1, 222:
dum acris vis obeat,id. 1, 247:
obit infera Perseus in loca,Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718):
ad omnes hostium conatus,to go to meet, to oppose, Liv. 31, 21. —
B In partic.
1 Of constellations, to go down, to set:
abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210:
an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun:
in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22:
in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by:
tres noctes,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—
2 Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.:
occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die:
malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045;
tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,Hor. C. 3, 9, 24:
simul se cum illis obituros,Liv. 5, 39, 13:
gaudio,to die of joy, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:
morbo,of a disease, id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5:
voluntariā morte obiit,Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17:
morte subitā,id. 8, 15:
repentinā morte,id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—
II Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.
A In gen.:
Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,to reach, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—
B In partic.
1 To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit:
nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,Verg. A. 6, 801:
tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87:
villas,to visit, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5:
comitia,id. Att. 1, 4, 1:
cenas,id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —
2 To run over with the eyes, to survey, review:
oculis exercitum,to survey, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13:
omnia visu,Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount:
oratione omnes civitates,to enumerate, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—
3 To go around, surround, overspread, envelop (poet.):
chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,Ov. M. 5, 51:
clipeum,Verg. A. 10, 482.—
4 To apply one's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing:
obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:
hereditatum obeundarum causā,to enter upon, take possession of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8:
facinus,id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:
pugnas,to engage in battle, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710:
judicia,Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:
legationem,to enter upon, undertake, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4:
consularia munera,Liv. 2, 8:
munus vigiliarum,id. 3, 6:
publica ac privata officia,Just. 41, 3, 4:
neque privatam rem ... neque publicam,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:
ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,Liv. 10, 25, 14:
rusticum opus,Col. 12, 3:
bella,Liv. 4, 7:
sacra,id. 1, 20:
imperia,to perform, execute, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—
5 To meet:
vadimonium,to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time, Cic. Quint. 17, 54:
diem,to appear on the day appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1:
annum petitiones tuae,i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die:
ea diem suom obiit,Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so,
diem supremum,Nep. Milt. 7, 6;
and simply, diem,Suet. Vesp. 1:
mortem,Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.:
morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead:
obitis libatione profunditur,App. de Mund. p. 68:
OBITAE,Inscr. Orell. 2673.