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obtūro , āvi, ātum, 1 (old
I.inf. pass. obturarier, Cato, R. R. 154), v. a., to stop up, to close (class.; syn.: oblino, obstruo).
I. Lit.: “gutturem,” Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 25: “os,” id. Stich. 1, 2, 57: “foramina,” Plin. 19, 10, 58, § 178: “dolia operculis,” Vitr. 7, 12: “aures,” i. e. to refuse to listen, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 105; “obstructas eas partes et obturatas esse,” Cic. Fat. 5, 10: “oculos,” Vulg. Num. 24, 3: “ora leonum,” id. Heb. 11, 33.—
II. Trop., to assuage, allay: “amorem edendi,” Lucr. 4, 869.
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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    • New Testament, Hebrews, 11.33
    • Plautus, Stichus, 1.2
    • Old Testament, Numbers, 24.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.12
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.4
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.869
    • Cicero, De Fato, 5
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