ŏb-ĭter — Lewis & Short
ŏb-ĭter,
I adv., on the way, in going or passing along (except in Laber., not anteAug.; cf. Charis. 187 P. Augustus found fault with Tiberius for using per viam instead of obiter, Charis. l. l.).
I Lit.:
obiter leget aut scribet,on the way, Juv. 3, 241:
rotae, quas aqua verset obiter et molat,as it flows along, Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97; cf. id. 33, 4, 21, § 74; 29, 3, 11, § 48; 11, 37, 55, § 148.—
II Transf.
A By the way, in passing, incidentally:
interrogo ego: Quot estis? obiterque per rimam speculari coepit,Petr. 92:
faciem linit,Juv. 6, 481:
ne in hoc quidem tam molesto tacebant officio, sed obiter cantabant,Petr. 31:
saevire,Sen. Ira, 3, 1, 3:
licet obiter vanitatem magicam hic quoque coarguere,Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118:
dictum sit,id. 29, 5, 30, § 96; 29, 1, 9, § 29; Dig. 18, 5, 1 fin.—
B Forthwith, straightway, immediately (very rare): e)n tw=| au)tw=| inibi, obiter, Gloss. Philox.:
reducant,App. M. 6, p. 183, 35: ut obiter revertantur, Auct. Quint. Decl. 10, 16 fin.