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I. Lit.: “magnam partem eorum palam Carthagini obversari dici,” Liv. 31, 11: “in foro,” id. 33, 47: “sedebant judices, obversabantur advocati,” Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2: “limini,” who were about the threshold, id. ib. 6, 16, 13: “in urbe inter coetus,” Tac. A. 3, 37.—

B. Trop., to hover or float before, to appear to one: “illius et nomen dulce obversatur ad aures,” Lucr. 4, 1062: “mihi ante oculos obversatur rei publicae dignitas,” Cic. Sest. 3, 7: “obversentur species honestae viro,” id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: “animis, oculis,” Liv. 35, 11: “in somnis,” id. 2, 36: “sibi speciem noctibus obversari,” Suet. Claud. 37.—

II. To oppose, withstand, resist (eccl. Lat.): “malo obniti et obversari,” Tert. adv. Gnost. 5.

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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Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
- Cicero, For Sestius, 3.7
- Tacitus, Annales, 3.37
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1062
- Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 37
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 6.16
- Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.21.2
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 36
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 11
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 11
- Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 47
- Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.22

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