ob-lĭno, lēvi, rarely lĭni (Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.), lĭtum, 3 (form acc. to the 4th conj. oblinio, q. v.)
* V. a., to daub or smear over, to bedaub, besmear (syn.: inficio, induco).
* Lit.
* In gen.: cerussā malas oblinere,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 101: se visco,Varr. R. R. 3, 7: obliti unguentis,Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: oblitus caeno,id. Att. 1, 21: oblitus faciem suo cruore,having besmeared his face with his own blood,Tac. A. 2, 17: caede,Ov. M. 4, 97: sanguine,id. ib. 11, 367.
* Trop.
* To smear over, blot out, rub out any thing written (post-class.; cf.: deleo, interpolo, oblittero): vestrum obleverunt et vestri superscripserunt,Gell. 20, 6, 4.—Trop.: veritatem oblinire,to blot out,Ambros. de Spic. Savet. 3, 10, 60.
* Transf., to cover over, fill with any thing (of things; very rare): villa oblita tabulis pictis,Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5.
* To stop up by smearing, to plaster over (syn. obturo): dolia oblinito,Cato, R. R. 36: amphoram,id. ib. 127: oblinitur minimae si qua est suspicio rimae,is stopped up,Mart. 11, 45, 5: gypso oblitus cadus,Plin. 20, 9, 39, § 98.
* To befoui, defile (class.): se externis moribus. Cic. Brut. 13, 51: oblitus parricidio,id. Phil. 11, 12, 27: sunt omnia dedecore oblita,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8: geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: aliquem versibus atris,to defame,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30.
* To cover over, to fill with any thing; to fill to excess, to overload: facetiae oblitae Latio. Roman wit which had received a Latin tincture (through the right of citizenship granted to the Latins), Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: divitiis oblitus actor,covered, decked,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 204: oblita oratio,overloaded,Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: Sallustii scripta nimiā priscorum verborum affectatione oblita,Suet. Gram. 10.
* To cover over, blind, deceive: sicine mihi esse os oblitum,Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 33.

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