ob-lĭno — Lewis & Short
ob-lĭno, lēvi, rarely lĭni (Varr. ap.
Prisc. p. 898 P.), lĭtum, 3 (form acc. to the 4th conj. oblinio, q. v.),I v. a., to daub or smear over, to bedaub, besmear (syn.: inficio, induco).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
cerussā malas oblinere,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 101:
se visco,Varr. R. R. 3, 7:
obliti unguentis,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:
oblitus caeno,id. Att. 1, 21:
oblitus faciem suo cruore,having besmeared his face with his own blood, Tac. A. 2, 17:
caede,Ov. M. 4, 97:
sanguine,id. ib. 11, 367.—
B In partic.
1 To smear over, blot out, rub out any thing written (post-class.; cf.:
deleo, interpolo, oblittero): vestrum obleverunt et vestri superscripserunt,Gell. 20, 6, 4.—Trop.:
veritatem oblinire,to blot out, Ambros. de Spic. Savet. 3, 10, 60.—
2 To bemire, befoul, defile (syn.: polluo, inquino, maculo): quid tu istuc curas, ubi ego oblinar atque voluter? Lucil. ap. Non. 420, 22:
catulos,Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13:
aliquem caeno,Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 1; cf. also II. A.—
3 To stop up by smearing, to plaster over (syn. obturo):
dolia oblinito,Cato, R. R. 36:
amphoram,id. ib. 127:
oblinitur minimae si qua est suspicio rimae,is stopped up, Mart. 11, 45, 5:
gypso oblitus cadus,Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 98.—
C Transf., to cover over, fill with any thing (of things;
very rare): villa oblita tabulis pictis,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5.—
II Trop.
A To befoui, defile (class.): se externis moribus. Cic. Brut. 13, 51:
oblitus parricidio,id. Phil. 11, 12, 27:
sunt omnia dedecore oblita,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:
geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,id. Rep. 3, 5, 8:
aliquem versibus atris,to defame, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30.—
B To cover over, to fill with any thing; to fill to excess, to overload: facetiae oblitae Latio. Roman wit which had received a Latin tincture (through the right of citizenship granted to the Latins), Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:
divitiis oblitus actor,covered, decked, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 204:
oblita oratio,overloaded, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16:
Sallustii scripta nimiā priscorum verborum affectatione oblita,Suet. Gram. 10.—
C To cover over, blind, deceive:
sicine mihi esse os oblitum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 33.