I.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,” Cic. 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.—
