The corpus record — Latin

obrepto

to steal on unawares, to come on imperceptibly

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Where it lives

Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

obrepto — Lewis & Short

obrepto, āvi, 1,

I v. freq. n. [id.], to steal on unawares, to come on imperceptibly (very rare): ne quis obreptaverit, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 27: obreptantibus Satyris, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109 (but in Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3, the correct read. is obrepebat).

In the wild

obreptaverit Plautus, Persa 1.2
obreptantibus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.10.p13

Where it came from

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