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
- T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ambusti homines iumentaque foeda primum fuga, dein strage obruebant itinera portarum. quos non oppresserat ignis ferro absumpti, binaque..." - P
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..."