obrepit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obrepo, obrepere, obrepsi, obreptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
creep up on/approach unawares/unobserved; sneak/drop in; pay surprise visit on;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura IX
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...portio; dum bibimus, dum serta, unguenta, puellas poscimus, obrepit non intellecta senectus.' ne trepida, numquam pathicus tibi derit..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...excitant; quidam creduli, quidam neglegentes sunt; quibusdam mendacium obrepit, quibusdam placet; illi non euitant, hi appetunt..."