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ob-nūbo , psi, ptum, 3,
I.v. a., to veil, cover (very rare; syn.: velo, induo, amicio).
I. Lit.: LICTOR, CONLIGA MANVS, CAPVT OBNVBITO, ARBORI INFELICI SVSPENDITO, an old formula ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13: flammeo caput nubentis obvolvatur, quod antiqui obnubere vocarint ... legem jubere caput ejus obnubere qui parentem necavisset, quod est obvolvere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.; Liv. 1, 26; Val. Fl. 2, 254: “ca put tempestate,Sil. 11, 259: comas amictu Verg. A. 11, 77.—Absol., to veil the head obnubit, caput operit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.—*
II. Transf.: “mare terras obnubit,Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, For Rabirius on a Charge of Treason, 4.13
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.77
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 26
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.254
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