oppeto

oppetō (obp-) īvī, ītus, ere

ob+peto, to go to meet, encounter : mortem: clarae mortes pro patriā oppetitae: eo loco mortem oppetendam esse, L.: poenas superbiae, suffer for pride , Ph.— To perish, die (sc. mortem): Quīs sub moenibus Contigit oppetere, V.