Obeo, obis, obiui, vel obij, óbitum, pen. cor. obîre. To gorta: to go about: to be at hand: to be assiftant or present to meete with one: to die: to doe or exercise.Obeunt tres noctes.Plaut.Three nights past.Obire sidera dicuntur, quum ócciduot Plin.To goe downe.Id obire non potui.Cic.I would not atchieue or goe through with it. Obire.To die. vt, Pereas atque obeas citò. Plaut.Obire morbo. Plin. To die of a fickenesse.Annum petitionis suæ non obierunt.Cic.They came not to sue for office that yeare that by the law is appointed.Bella & res alias obire.Liu. Quia duo consules obire tot fimul bella nequirent. Bicause the two Consulles could not follow and be present at so many warres at ence.Ne ad omnia simul adire & obire vnus non possit.Liu.Least happely one man could not be assillent and go to, all things at once.Omnia per se obire. Cæs. To do all him selfe without the aide of any.Cœnas obire.Cic.To go hither and thither to feasies.Colonias obire.Cicer.To go all about to the cities whither men were sent to inhabite.Comitia obire.Cic.To go to or be present at the assemblies of the people.Competitores plures obeunt. Q. Cicer.Many suters labour for the office.Diem aliquem obire. Sueton. Cic.To be assistent or present at a place on a day appointed.Diem auctionis obire.Cic.To be present on the day of the common sale.Diem obire.Plaut.To die.Obire supremum diem, Idem. Plin. Hæieditatem obire, Vide HAEREDITAS.Legationes obire.Cic.To go often as ambassadour.Obijt legatus Ægyptum.Cic.He being ambassadour went about all Aegypt.Lethum obire. Lucret. To die.Locum & tÊpus obire, Cic.To take conuenient place & time.Mortem obire.Cic.To die.Morte obijt repentina, & sine casu. Suet. Munus Consulis obire.Liu.To do and exercise the authoritie of a Consull.Munus vigiliarum obibant.Liu.To keepe watche in a citie: to be present them selues in the watch to see it kept.Grauatè munus obire.Liu.To do the office vnwillingly.Munia regis obire.Liu.To exercise the offices of a King.Negotium obire.Cic.To atchiene and doe a bufinesse.Oculis obire.Plin. iun.To looke here and there about.Officia obire.Plin. iun.To execure offices.Officia liberaliter & dextrè obire.Liu.Opus rusticum obire. Col. To labour in the fielde.Nolite expectare dum omnes obeam oratione mea ciuitates: hoc vno complector crimine omnia.Cic.One you not looke that I, will rehearse in my talke all the lewde actes, that he hath done in euerie citie.Poricula ac labores obire.Liu.To put him selfe in daunger, and take great paines.Prælia obire. Lucrer. To fight.Prouinciam obire.Cic.To go about al the prouince to which he is sent as Lieutenaunt.Rem priuatam obire & publicam.Cic.To doe both prinate and publike affaires.Res suas obire.Cic.To do his affaires.Sacra obire.Liu.To be present at diuine seruice: to execute diuine seruice.Vadimonium obire.Cicer.To be present and appeare at the day appointed in indgement.Vigilias obire Plin.To watch: to see a watch kept. Terras obire.Virg.To go ab out the world.Multum telluris obiuit.Virg. Vrbes obire. Cure. Regiones pedibus obire.Cic.To go about connteies a foote.Domos amicorum obire. Cicero. To go all about from one friends house to an other. -quem fulua leonis Pellis obit totum.Virg.Whom the yealowe skinne of a lyon couereth or compasseth cleane, who weareth on his bodie a lyons skinne. Obiri, Passinum. Plin. To be compassed.Campus obîtur aqua.Ouid.
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ŏb-ĕo, īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1; contr. obit for obiit, Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, obinunt obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.I.Neutr., to go or come to or towards, to come in, to go to meet, go against (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). A. In gen.: donec vis obiit,
until force intervene
, Lucr. 1, 222: dum acris vis obeat, id. 1, 247: obit infera Perseus in loca, Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718): ad omnes hostium conatus,
to go to meet, to oppose
, Liv. 31, 21. —B. In partic. 1. Of constellations, to go down, to set: abditur Orion, obit et Lepus abditus umbrā, Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210: an sidera obirent, nascerenturve, Plin. 2, 26, 24, 95.—Of the sun: in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22: in undis Sol fit uti videatur obire et condere lumen, Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to pass by: tres noctes, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—2. Pregn., to fall, perish (syn.: occido, pereo, occumbo). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et Hiera, Plin. 5, 31, 39, 139; id. 5, 29, 31, 117.— —Hence, to die: malo cruciatu ut pereas atque obeas cito, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045; tecum vivere amem, tecum obeam libens, Hor. C. 3, 9, 24: simul se cum illis obituros, Liv. 5, 39, 13: gaudio,
to die of joy
, Plin. 7, 53, 54, 180: morbo,
of a disease
, id. 11, 37, 71, 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5: voluntariā morte obiit, Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17: morte subitā, id. 8, 15: repentinā morte, id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—II.Act. (freq. and class.), to go or come to a thing or place. A. In gen.: Acherontem nunc obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): tantum restitisset urbis, quantum flamma obire non potuisset,
to reach
, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—B. In partic. 1.To travel over or through; to wander through, traverse, visit: nec vero Alcides tantum telluris obivit, Verg. A. 6, 801: tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit, Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: villas,
to visit
, id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: comitia, id. Att. 1, 4, 1: cenas, id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —2.To run over with the eyes, to survey, review: oculis exercitum,
to survey
, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13: omnia visu, Verg. A. 10, 447.—In speaking, to go over, mention, recount: oratione omnes civitates,
to enumerate
, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, 125.—3.To go around, surround, overspread, envelop (poet.): chlamydem limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: clipeum, Verg. A. 10, 482.—4.To applyone's self to, to engage in, attend to any business or undertaking; to enter upon an office; to discharge, perform, execute, accomplish any thing: obeundi negotii studio tot loca adire, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: hereditatum obeundarum causā,
, Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710: judicia, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: legationem,
to enter upon, undertake
, id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. Dion. 1, 4: consularia munera, Liv. 2, 8: munus vigiliarum, id. 3, 6: publica ac privata officia, Just. 41, 3, 4: neque privatam rem ... neque publicam, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53: ne ad omnia simul obire unus non possit, Liv. 10, 25, 14: rusticum opus, Col. 12, 3: bella, Liv. 4, 7: sacra, id. 1, 20: imperia,
to perform, execute
, Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—5.To meet: vadimonium,
to meet one's bail, appear at the appointed time
, Cic. Quint. 17, 54: diem,
to appear on the day appointed
, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1: annum petitiones tuae, i. e.
to be a candidate the first year the law permits
, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to die: ea diem suom obiit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so, diem supremum, Nep. Milt. 7, 6; and simply, diem, Suet. Vesp. 1: mortem, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; hence, in the pass.: morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam), id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for mortuus, dead, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the dead: obitis libatione profunditur, App. de Mund. p. 68: OBITAE, Inscr. Orell. 2673.