The corpus record — Latin

obrogo

obrogo · v. a

Partly to repeal an existing law by proposing a new one, to evade, weaken, invalidate, abrogate

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Where it lives

Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

ob-rŏgo — Lewis & Short

ob-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I Partly to repeal an existing law by proposing a new one, to evade, weaken, invalidate, abrogate it: obrogare est legis prioris infirmandae causā legem aliam ferre, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: obrogatur, id est mutatur aliquid ex primā lege, Ulp. tit. 1, 3; v. abrogo: huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest, Cic. Rep. 3, 22, 33 Mos.: quid, quod obrogatur legibus Caesaris, quae jubent? etc., id. Phil. 1, 9, 16: quia ubi duae contrariae leges sunt, semper antiquae obrogat nova, Liv. 9, 34, 9; Suet. Claud 23: cf. id Caes. 28.—

II To oppose the passage of a bill (post-class.): obrogare auso iegibus suis Minucio, Flor. 3, 15, 4; cf.: ausus obrogare de legibus consul Philippus, id. 3, 17, 8.

In the wild

obrogatur Cicero, Philippicae 1.23
obrogat Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p34
obrogavit Cicero, Letters to Atticus 3.23.3
obrogauit Suetonius, Divus Claudius 23.1
obrogat Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.34.7

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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