oppĕto — Lewis & Short
oppĕto (obp-), īvi and ii, ītum, 3, v. a.ob-peto,
I to go to meet, to encounter (an evil, esp. death; class.; syn.: obeo, occumbo, intereo): malam pestem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 15 Vahl.); so,
pestem,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 7—Esp.: mortem, to encounter death, for to perish, die (only of a violent or unnatural death), Enn. ap. Non. 507, 19 (Trag. v. 235 Vahl.):
cum milites pro salute populi Romani mortem oppetiverint,Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38; cf.:
clarae mortes pro patriā oppetitae,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:
poenas superbiae,to suffer for one's pride, Phaedr. 3, 16, 2.—
II In partic., pregn. for oppetere mortem, to perish, die (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
quīs ante ora patrum Trojae sub moenibus altis Contigit oppetere,Verg. A. 1, 96; 11, 268; 12, 543:
eodem mari,Tac. A. 2, 24:
non senio, sed fame,Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15: gloriosā morte, to die a glorious death, Prud. stef. 10, 65.