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offundo (obf- ), ūdi, ūsum, 3, v. a. obundo.
I. To pour before or around; to pour out, pour down (class.).
A. Lit.: “cibum (avibus),” Plaut. As. 1, 3, 64; id. Trin. 4, 3, 84.—
2. Transf., mid., to pour itself out; to spread, extend: “ut piscibus aqua, nobis aër crassus offunditur,” i. e. surrounds us, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81: “rubor gravissimis quoque viris offunditur,” Sen. Ep. 11, 3: “cum ignis oculorum cum eo igne, qui est ob os offusus, se confudit,” Cic. Univ. 14: “asinus offunditur,” tumbles down, App. M. p. 144, 23. —
B. Trop., to pour or spread out any thing over a person or thing: “quasi noctem quandam rebus offundere,” Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6: “haec indoctorum animis offusa caligo est,” id. Tusc. 5, 2, 6: “tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset,” id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: “omnium rerum terrorem oculis et auribus,” Liv. 28, 29: “caliginem oculis,” id. 26, 45: “pavorem incompositis,” id. 10, 5: “errorem alicui,” to cause, id. 34, 6: quibus tenebris est offusa hominis cogitatio, Lact. de Ira, 1, 5; id. Inst. 7. 24, 7.—
II. To spread over, i. e. to cover a thing with something.
A. Lit.: “ut obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernae,” eclipsed, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: “oculi clarissimā in luce tenebris offusi,” Val. Max. 2, 7, 6.—
B. Trop.: “offusus pavore,” overcome, Tac. A. 11, 31: “Marcellorum meum pectus memoria obfudit,” has filled, Cic. Marcell. 4, 10 dub.: “non existimare se tantis tenebris offusam esse rem pnblicam,” Val. Max. 3, 8, 3; 2, 7, 6.
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 (16):
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 32.91
    • Cicero, For Marcellus, 4.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 5
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.31
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 1.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 45
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 6
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.14
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.3
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.2
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 11.3
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.7.6
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 3.8.3
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 14
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