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ŏb-haeresco , haesi, 3,
I.v. inch. n., to stick fast, remain stuck; in the tempp. perf., to be stuck fast, to cleave or adhere to a thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “aurum stirpibus obhaerescit,” App. M. 6, p. 178, 19: ubi in medio nobis equosacer obhaesit Flumine, * Lucr. 4, 420: consurgenti ei primum lacinia obhaesit, * Suet. Ner. 19.—
II. Transf., to cleave or cling to: “utrisque pecunia sua obhaesit,” Sen. Tranq. 8, 2.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.420
    • Suetonius, Nero, 19
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