obmolior

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

ob-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I Lit., to push or throw up one thing before another (as a defence or obstruction): nec in promptu erat quod obmolirentur, Liv. 33, 5, 8: arborum truncos et saxa, Curt. 6, 6, 24.—

II Transf., to block up, obstruct : ad munienda et obmolienda, quae ruinis strata erant, Liv. 37, 32, 7; cf. id. 33, 5.

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