obruerat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obruo, obruere, obrui, obrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
cover up, hide, bury; overwhelm, ruin; crush;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quemque ligatum infelix tellure sopor supremaque nubes obruerat. nec numen abest, armataque Iuno lunarem quatiens exerta lampada dextra..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...Babylona refregerat hasta, seu Pelopis terras libertatemque Pelasgam obruerat bello; magnoque ex agmine laudum fertur Thebanos tantum excusasse..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...possit, in mare lassatis volucris vaga decidit alis. obruerat tumulos inmensa licentia ponti, pulsabantque novi montana cacumina fluctus..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pellis. iamque gravem crescens uterum perstrinxerat arbor pectoraque obruerat collumque operire parabat: non tulit illa moram venientique obvia..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...possit, in mare lassatis volucris vaga decidit alis. obruerat tumulos inmensa licentia ponti, pulsabantque novi montana cacumina fluctus..."