obruo

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ ruō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.ru.oː/, [ˈɔbruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.ru.o/, [ˈɔbruo]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obruere	obruisse	obrutūrum esse	obruī	obrutum esse	obrutum īrī
participles		obruēns	—	obrutūrus	—	obrutus	obruendus
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