oblimo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

oblīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-limus], to cover with mud or slime.

I Lit. (rare but class.): Aegyptum Nilus irrigat, mollitosque et oblimatos ad serendum agros relinquit, * Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: fossae oblimatae, Suet. Aug. 18: sulcos (i. e. partes genitales), Verg. G. 3, 136.—*

B Transf., qs. to scatter one's fortune as if it were slime, to lavish, squander, dissipate : rem patris oblimare, Hor. S. 1, 2, 62 Heind.—

II Trop., to darken, obscure, confuse (poet. and in post-class. prose): humanas oblimat copia mentes, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 29: universa, Sol. 11.

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