obrepsit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...significatio, sicut hercle C. quoque Trebatio eadem concinnitas obrepsit. Nam in libro de religionibus secundo: ""sacellum" est" inquit..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...adparet illum non saepe de reddendo cogitasse, cui obrepsit obliuio. Denique ad reddendam gratiam et uirtute opus..."