I.to push or thrust away, and hence to conceal (cf. abdo).
I. Lit.: “aurum,” Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 13; so ib. 4, 5, 3: id. Curc. 5, 2, 8: “in cerebro colaphos,” to thrust into the brain itself, id. Rud. 4, 3, 68 (cf. a similar passage from Verg. under abdo): “mane me in silvam abstrusi densam,” Cic. Att. 12, 15: “tectum inter et laquearia,” Tac. A. 4, 69.—
II. Trop.: “in profundo veritatem,” Cic. Ac. 2, 10: “tristitiam,” Tac. A. 3, 6: “metum,” id. ib. 15, 5 al.—Hence, abstrūsus , a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed.
A. Lit.: corpus abstrusum in flumine, Att. ap. Non. 308, 8 (Trag. Rel. p. 195 Rib.): “insidias,” Cic. Leg. Agr. 2, 49: “terra,” Ov. H. 7, 147: “incendium,” Vell. 2, 130, 4.—With dat.: “serpens abstrusa terrae,” Vell. 2, 129, 4.—
2. In neutr. absol.: “in abstruso esse,” to be in concealment, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 129; to be unknown, Amm. 17, 7.—
B. Trop.: dolor reconditus et penitus abstrusus, a concealed and inwardly repressed sorrow, Auct. Or pro Dom. 10: “disputatio paulo abstrusior,” requiring a somewhat deeper investigation, Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 30: “homo abstrusus,” reserved, Tac. A. 1, 24.—Sup. not used.— Adv. comp.: abstrūsĭus , Amm. 28, 1, 49: semet amandarunt, more closely.
