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
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...puero, priusquam pubes esset, scorta adducebantur, vino epulisque obruebatur, neque ullum tempus sobrio relinquebatur. Is usque eo vitae..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ipsae ad ictus praebebant, et si qua concurrerat, obruebatur infuso igni, magisque ad incendium quam ad proelium trepidabant..."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..."