obruitur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obruo, obruere, obrui, obrutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
cover up, hide, bury; overwhelm, ruin; crush;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dolor et quidquid aliud incommodi est; virtute enim obruitur. Quemadmodum minuta lumina claritas solis obscurat, sic dolores, molestias..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...cetera quibus inuoluti sumus, uincula animorum tenebraeque sunt. Obruitur his, offocatur, inficitur, arcetur a ueris et suis..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...vastum et multas iam domos depastum parte urbis obruitur. XXVI. 1. Crudelitatem privatorum quoque serviles manus sub certo..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uela procellae: talis Agenoreis Argiuum exercitus armis obruitur; non ora uirum, non pectora flectit imber atrox, rectosque tenent..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cauernis. talis Hyperborea uirides niue uerberat agros Iuppiter; obruitur campis genus omne ferarum, deprensaeque cadunt uolucres, et messis..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...obuia leto turba superstantem atque emissi turbine montis obruitur; simul ora uirum, simul arma manusque fractaque commixto sederunt..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tantum nec dextra valet, iniectis sic undique telis obruitur. strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum tinnitu galea et saxis..."