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The corpus record — Latin

ob-lăquĕo

ob-lăquĕo · v. a

To dig about the roots

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What it meant

ob-lăquĕo — Lewis & Short

ob-lăquĕo, āre, v. a.

I To dig about the roots of trees, etc. (cf. ablaqueo): arbores oblaqueatae sunt, Col. 2, 14, 3; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 31.—
II To surround, encircle, set (eccl. Lat.): argento gemmas oblaqueare, Tert. Res. Carn. 7.

Where it came from

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