obruo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rew-der.

Latin ruō

Latin obruō

From ob- + ruō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.ru.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.ru.o]

Verb

obruō (present infinitive obruere, perfect active obruī, supine obrutum); third conjugation

1. to overwhelm or overthrow, overpower

   Synonyms: dēvincō, vincō, ēvincō, conquestō, subiciō, subigō, expugnō, domō, prōflīgō, caedō, superō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō

   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:

     […] ingens curarum moles, quibus in concilianda publici ordinis restitutione obruti fuimus, moram tunc nostrae huic obiecit voluntati.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to bury

   Synonyms: sepeliō, dēmergō, mergō

3. to conceal

   Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, cooperiō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obruō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obruō		obruis		obruit		obruimus		obruitis		obruunt
	imperfect	obruēbam		obruēbās		obruēbat		obruēbāmus		obruēbātis		obruēbant
	future	obruam		obruēs		obruet		obruēmus		obruētis		obruent
	perfect	obruī		obruistī		obruit		obruimus		obruistis		obruērunt, obruēre
	pluperfect	obrueram		obruerās		obruerat		obruerāmus		obruerātis		obruerant
	future perfect	obruerō		obrueris		obruerit		obruerimus		obrueritis		obruerint
passive	present	obruor		obrueris, obruere		obruitur		obruimur		obruiminī		obruuntur
	imperfect	obruēbar		obruēbāris, obruēbāre		obruēbātur		obruēbāmur		obruēbāminī		obruēbantur
	future	obruar		obruēris, obruēre		obruētur		obruēmur		obruēminī		obruentur
	perfect	obrutus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obrutus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obrutus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obruam		obruās		obruat		obruāmus		obruātis		obruant
	imperfect	obruerem		obruerēs		obrueret		obruerēmus		obruerētis		obruerent
	perfect	obruerim		obruerīs		obruerit		obruerīmus		obruerītis		obruerint
	pluperfect	obruissem		obruissēs		obruisset		obruissēmus		obruissētis		obruissent
passive	present	obruar		obruāris, obruāre		obruātur		obruāmur		obruāminī		obruantur
	imperfect	obruerer		obruerēris, obruerēre		obruerētur		obruerēmur		obruerēminī		obruerentur
	perfect	obrutus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obrutus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obrue		—		—		obruite		—
	future	—		obruitō		obruitō		—		obruitōte		obruuntō
passive	present	—		obruere		—		—		obruiminī		—
	future	—		obruitor		obruitor		—		—		obruuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obruere			obruī			obruēns			—
future		obrutūrum esse			obrutum īrī			obrutūrus			obruendus
perfect		obruisse			obrutum esse			—			obrutus
future perfect		—			obrutum fore			—			—
perfect potential		obrutūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obruendī		obruendō		obruendum		obruendō		obrutum		obrutū

References

• “obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “obruo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
    
  • to be overwhelmed with misfortune: calamitatibus obrui
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui