obruerunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obruo, obruere, obrui, obrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
cover up, hide, bury; overwhelm, ruin; crush;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pars in vino consumitur, qui corporum cura mentem obruerunt (hos enim abesse ab eo quem instituimus quam longissime..." - T
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...male haerentem, incidentes ancipiti strage arma, viros, equos obruerunt, ut vix decem homines effugerent. Nam cum exanimati plerique..."