(v. n.P. a.) : ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;
* Contr. obit for obiit,Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.
* Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* In gen.: donec vis obiit,until force intervene,Lucr. 1, 222: dum acris vis obeat,id. 1, 247: obit infera Perseus in loca,Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718): ad omnes hostium conatus,to go to meet, to oppose,Liv. 31, 21.
* Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place.
* Of constellations, to go down, to set: abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā,Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210: an sidera obirent, nascerenturve,Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the sun: in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus,Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22: in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen,Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by: tres noctes,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.
* Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.: occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera,Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to die: malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045; tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens,Hor. C. 3, 9, 24: simul se cum illis obituros,Liv. 5, 39, 13: gaudio,to die of joy,Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180: morbo,of a disease,id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5: voluntariā morte obiit,Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17: morte subitā,id. 8, 15: repentinā morte,id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.
* In gen.: Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,to reach,Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.
* In partic.
* To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit: nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit,Verg. A. 6, 801: tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit,Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: villas,to visit,id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: comitia,id. Att. 1, 4, 1: cenas,id. ib. 9, 13, 6.
* To run over with the eyes, to survey, review: oculis exercitum,to survey,Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13: omnia visu,Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount: oratione omnes civitates,to enumerate,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.
* To go around, surround, overspread, envelop (poet.): chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus,Ov. M. 5, 51: clipeum,Verg. A. 10, 482.
* To applyone's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing: obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: hereditatum obeundarum causā,to enter upon, take possession of,id. Agr. 1, 3, 8: facinus,id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: pugnas,to engage in battle,Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710: judicia,Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: legationem,to enter upon, undertake,id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4: consularia munera,Liv. 2, 8: munus vigiliarum,id. 3, 6: publica ac privata officia,Just. 41, 3, 4: neque privatam rem ... neque publicam,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53: ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit,Liv. 10, 25, 14: rusticum opus,Col. 12, 3: bella,Liv. 4, 7: sacra,id. 1, 20: imperia,to perform, execute,Stat. Achill. 1, 149.
* To meet: vadimonium,to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time,Cic. Quint. 17, 54: diem,to appear on the day appointed,id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1: annum petitiones tuae,i. e. to be a candidate the first year the law permits,id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die: ea diem suom obiit,Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so, diem supremum,Nep. Milt. 7, 6; and simply, diem,Suet. Vesp. 1: mortem,Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.: morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam),id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead: obitis libatione profunditur,App. de Mund. p. 68: OBITAE,Inscr. Orell. 2673.

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