obruebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obruo, obruere, obrui, obrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
cover up, hide, bury; overwhelm, ruin; crush;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ambusti homines iumentaque foeda primum fuga, dein strage obruebant itinera portarum. quos non oppresserat ignis ferro absumpti, binaque..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...subeuntibus, in quarum tectum egressi saxis tegulisque Vitellianos obruebant. neque illis manus nisi gladiis armatae, et arcessere tormenta..."