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
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..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...male haerentem, incidentes ancipiti strage arma, viros, equos obruerunt, ut vix decem homines effugerent. Nam cum exanimati plerique..."