Oblino, óblinis, pen. cor. oblíni, oblîui, obléui, pen. prod. óblitum, pen. cor. oblínere. Varr. Col. To imbrue or make fowle: to sinere or make fowle round about.Moribus externis se oblinere.Cic.To dishonest or distaine him selfe with ill maners of forraine countries.Versibus atris oblinere aliquem. Horat. To defame one with railing verses.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ob-lĭno, lēvi, rarely lĭni (Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.), lĭtum, 3 (form acc. to the 4th conj. oblinio, q. v.), v. a., to daub or smear over, to bedaub, besmear (syn.: inficio, induco). I.Lit.A. In gen.: cerussā malas oblinere, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 101: se visco, Varr. R. R. 3, 7: obliti unguentis, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: oblitus caeno, id. Att. 1, 21: oblitus faciem suo cruore,
having besmeared his face with his own blood
, Tac. A. 2, 17: caede, Ov. M. 4, 97: sanguine, id. ib. 11, 367.—B. In partic. 1.To smear over, blot out, rub out any thing written (post-class.; cf.: deleo, interpolo, oblittero): vestrum obleverunt et vestri superscripserunt, Gell. 20, 6, 4.—Trop.: veritatem oblinire,
to blot out
, Ambros. de Spic. Savet. 3, 10, 60.—2.To bemire, befoul, defile (syn.: polluo, inquino, maculo): quid tu istuc curas, ubi ego oblinar atque voluter? Lucil. ap. Non. 420, 22: catulos, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13: aliquem caeno, Dig. 47, 11, 1, 1; cf. also II. A.—3.To stop up by smearing, to plaster over (syn. obturo): dolia oblinito, Cato, R. R. 36: amphoram, id. ib. 127: oblinitur minimae si qua est suspicio rimae,
is stopped up
, Mart. 11, 45, 5: gypso oblitus cadus, Plin. 20, 9, 39, 98.—C.Transf., to cover over, fill with any thing (of things; very rare): villa oblita tabulis pictis, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5.—II.Trop.A.To befoui, defile (class.): se externis moribus. Cic. Brut. 13, 51: oblitus parricidio, id. Phil. 11, 12, 27: sunt omnia dedecore oblita, id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, 8: geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens, id. Rep. 3, 5, 8: aliquem versibus atris,
to defame
, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30.—B.To cover over, to fill with any thing; to fill to excess, to overload: facetiae oblitae Latio. Roman wit which had received a Latin tincture (through the right of citizenship granted to the Latins), Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: divitiis oblitus actor,
covered, decked
, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 204: oblita oratio,
overloaded
, Auct. Her. 4, 11, 16: Sallustii scripta nimiā priscorum verborum affectatione oblita, Suet. Gram. 10.—C.To cover over, blind, deceive: sicine mihi esse os oblitum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 33.
