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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=oppeto oppetere, oppetivi, oppetitus V :: meet, encounter; perish
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>oppĕto</b>: (obp-), īvi and ii, ītum, 3, v. a. ob-[[peto]],<br /><b>I</b> to go to [[meet]], to [[encounter]] (an [[evil]], esp. [[death]]; [[class]].; syn.: [[obeo]], [[occumbo]], [[intereo]]): malam pestem, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 15 Vahl.); so, pestem, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 7—Esp.: mortem, to [[encounter]] [[death]], for to [[perish]], [[die]] ([[only]] of a [[violent]] or unnatural [[death]]), Enn. ap. Non. 507, 19 (Trag. v. 235 Vahl.): cum milites pro [[salute]] populi Romani mortem oppetiverint, Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38; cf.: clarae mortes pro patriā oppetitae, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116: poenas superbiae, to [[suffer]] for one's [[pride]], Phaedr. 3, 16, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., pregn. for oppetere mortem, to [[perish]], [[die]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): quīs [[ante]] ora patrum Trojae sub moenibus altis Contigit oppetere, Verg. A. 1, 96; 11, 268; 12, 543: [[eodem]] mari, Tac. A. 2, 24: non [[senio]], sed [[fame]], Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15: gloriosā morte, to [[die]] a [[glorious]] [[death]], Prud. στεφ. 10, 65.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>oppĕtō</b>,¹¹ īvī ou ĭī, ītum, ĕre (ob, [[peto]]), tr., aller au-devant de : mortem Cic. Phil. 14, 28 ; Sest. 29 ; Tusc. 1, 116, affronter la mort &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>, sans mortem ] aller à la mort, trouver la mort : Virg. En. 1, 96 ; 11, 268 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 24.||abs<sup>t</sup>, sans mortem ] aller à la mort, trouver la mort : Virg. En. 1, 96 ; 11, 268 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 24.
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{{Georges
|georg=oppeto, īvī u. iī, ītum, ere (ob u. [[peto]]), [[entgegengehen]], poenas superbiae, seinen [[Übermut]] büßen, Phaedr. 3, 16, 2. – [[bes]]. pestem od. malam pestem, in den [[Untergang]] (in den [[Tod]]) [[gehen]], Plaut. u. Enn. fr.: opp. mortem = »in den [[Tod]] [[gehen]], [[sterben]]«, Cic. u.a.: voluntariam mortem opp., Val. Max.: miseram mortem opp., Gell.: u. [[letum]] [[pro]] [[patria]] opp., Liv. 45, 26, 8: dass. bl. oppetere, Verg., Tac. u.a.: opp. [[non]] [[senio]] [[nec]] aegritudine, [[sed]] fame, Plin.: gloriosā morte, Prud.: gloriosum [[esse]] existimans iussā morte oppetere, Amm.
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