obvĭus — Lewis & Short
obvĭus, a, um, adj.ob-via,
I in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet (class.).
I In gen.:
si ille obvius ei futurus omnino non erat,had no expectation of meeting him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47:
dare se obvium alicui,to meet a person, Liv. 1, 16:
quo in loco inter se obvii fuissent,had met each other, Sall. J. 79, 4:
libellus insidiarum ab obvio quodam porrectus,by one who met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29:
cuicumque est obvia,whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412:
cui mater mediā sese tulit obvia silvā,met, Verg. A. 1, 314:
obvia cui Camilla Occurrit,id. ib. 11, 498: esse in obvio alicui, to be in the way of or where one can meet another, Liv. 37, 23; so, with ellips. of dat.:
Brutidius meus ad Martis fuit obvius aram,Juv. 10, 83:
se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre,Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
agmen obviorum,Suet. Calig. 13:
obvii e diverso,Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things:
neque aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus,Lucr. 3, 384:
simulacra nobis,id. 4, 37:
obvias mihi litteras mittas,send to meet, Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3:
ultroque ferebant Obvia securis ubera lactis oves,offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, which lay in their way, which they met or fell in with, Nep. Eum. 9:
quaeque,Val. Fl. 3, 583:
obvia flamina,Ov. M. 1, 528:
obvius undis,up the stream, id. ib. 11, 138:
obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus arbos,over against, opposite, Verg. G. 4, 24:
aquilones,contrary, adverse, Tac. A. 2, 54:
prona cadit lateque et cominus obvia frangens,every thing in its way, Cat. 64, 109.—
II In partic.
A In a bad sense, as an enemy, against, to meet or encounter:
si ingredienti cum armatā manu obvius fueris,Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:
Jugurthae obvius procedit,Sall. J. 21, 1:
obvii hostibus,id. ib. 50, 4:
infestā subit obvius hastā,Verg. A. 10, 877.—
B In a good sense.
1 Easy of access, affable, courteous (perh. not ante-Aug.):
est enim obvius, et expositus, plenusque humanitate,Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—
2 Of inanim. and abstr. things, at hand, easy, ready, obvious:
nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras),Quint. 9, 3, 5:
quidquid venerit obvium loquamur,Mart. 11, 7, 7:
obvias opes deferre deos,Tac. A. 16, 2:
comitas,id. ib. 2, 2:
laudes,common, Gell. 5, 1, 1:
obvia et illaborata virtus,easy, not difficult of attainment, Quint. 12, 2, 2:
ex obvio fere victus (animalibus),id. 2, 16, 14.—
3 Of words, in constant use, common:
est vestibulum in sermonibus celebre atque obvium verbum,Macr. S. 6, 8, 15:
municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia,Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.:
obvium est dicere dimidiā,id. 3, 14, 12.—
4 Se dare obvium, to occur to one's mind or memory:
licet omnes (versus) praesens memoria non suggerat, tamen, qui se dederint obvios, annotabo,Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—
C Lying open, i. e. exposed, obnoxious to an evil (poet.):
rupes Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque ponto,Verg. A. 10, 694:
melioribus opto Auspiciis et quae fuerit minus obvia Graiis,id. ib. 3, 498:
calvitium quoquoversus obvium,i. e. exposed to the air, App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.