obruebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obruo, obruere, obrui, obrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
cover up, hide, bury; overwhelm, ruin; crush;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- C
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...puero, priusquam pubes esset, scorta adducebantur, vino epulisque obruebatur, neque ullum tempus sobrio relinquebatur. Is usque eo vitae..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipsae ad ictus praebebant, et si qua concurrerat, obruebatur infuso igni, magisque ad incendium quam ad proelium trepidabant..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...virtutem. Surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures: obruebatur animus miseratione curaque, ne pertinacibus armis minus placabilem victorem relinqueret..."