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|lshtext=<b>obvĭus</b>: a, um, adj. ob-via,<br /><b>I</b> in the [[way]], so as to [[meet]], [[meeting]], to [[meet]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: si [[ille]] [[obvius]] ei [[futurus]] [[omnino]] non erat, had no [[expectation]] of [[meeting]] him, Cic. Mil. 18, 47: [[dare]] se obvium alicui, to [[meet]] a [[person]], Liv. 1, 16: quo in [[loco]] [[inter]] se obvii fuissent, had met [[each]] [[other]], Sall. J. 79, 4: [[libellus]] insidiarum ab [[obvio]] quodam [[porrectus]], by one [[who]] met him, Suet. Caes. 81; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 29: cuicumque est obvia, whomsoever she meets, Juv. 6, 412: cui [[mater]] mediā [[sese]] tulit obvia silvā, met, Verg. A. 1, 314: obvia cui [[Camilla]] Occurrit, id. ib. 11, 498: esse in [[obvio]] alicui, to be in the [[way]] of or [[where]] one can [[meet]] [[another]], Liv. 37, 23; so, [[with]] ellips. of dat.: [[Brutidius]] [[meus]] ad Martis fuit [[obvius]] aram, Juv. 10, 83: se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7: [[agmen]] obviorum, Suet. Calig. 13: obvii e diverso, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 201.—Of things: [[neque]] aranei tenvia fila Obvia sentimus, Lucr. 3, 384: simulacra nobis, id. 4, 37: obvias mihi litteras mittas, [[send]] to [[meet]], Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1; cf. id. ib. 6, 4, 3: ultroque ferebant Obvia [[securis]] ubera [[lactis]] oves, offered, presented, Tib. 1, 3, 46: montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, [[which]] [[lay]] in [[their]] [[way]], [[which]] [[they]] met or [[fell]] in [[with]], Nep. Eum. 9: quaeque, Val. Fl. 3, 583: obvia [[flamina]], Ov. M. 1, 528: [[obvius]] undis, up the [[stream]], id. ib. 11, 138: obviaque hospitiis teneat frondentibus [[arbos]], [[over]] [[against]], [[opposite]], Verg. G. 4, 24: aquilones, [[contrary]], [[adverse]], Tac. A. 2, 54: prona cadit lateque et [[cominus]] obvia frangens, [[every]] [[thing]] in its [[way]], Cat. 64, 109.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], as an [[enemy]], [[against]], to [[meet]] or [[encounter]]: si ingredienti cum armatā manu [[obvius]] fueris, Cic. Caecin. 27, 76: Jugurthae [[obvius]] procedit, Sall. J. 21, 1: obvii hostibus, id. ib. 50, 4: infestā subit [[obvius]] hastā, Verg. A. 10, 877.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Easy of [[access]], [[affable]], [[courteous]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.): est [[enim]] [[obvius]], et [[expositus]], plenusque humanitate, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of inanim. and abstr. things, at [[hand]], [[easy]], [[ready]], [[obvious]]: nec se obvias fuisse dicenti, sed conquisitas (figuras), Quint. 9, 3, 5: [[quidquid]] venerit obvium loquamur, Mart. 11, 7, 7: obvias [[opes]] deferre deos, Tac. A. 16, 2: [[comitas]], id. ib. 2, 2: laudes, [[common]], Gell. 5, 1, 1: obvia et illaborata [[virtus]], [[easy]], not [[difficult]] of [[attainment]], Quint. 12, 2, 2: ex [[obvio]] [[fere]] [[victus]] (animalibus), id. 2, 16, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of words, in [[constant]] [[use]], [[common]]: est [[vestibulum]] in sermonibus celebre [[atque]] obvium [[verbum]], Macr. S. 6, 8, 15: municipes et municipia sunt verba dictu facilia et usu obvia, Gell. 16, 13, 1; 18, 12, 10; cf.: obvium est dicere dimidiā, id. 3, 14, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Se [[dare]] obvium, to [[occur]] to one's [[mind]] or [[memory]]: [[licet]] omnes ([[versus]]) [[praesens]] [[memoria]] non suggerat, [[tamen]], qui se dederint obvios, annotabo, Macr. S. 5, 3, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Lying [[open]], i. e. [[exposed]], [[obnoxious]] to an [[evil]] ([[poet]].): [[rupes]] Obvia ventorum furiis expostaque [[ponto]], Verg. A. 10, 694: melioribus [[opto]] Auspiciis et quae fuerit [[minus]] obvia Graiis, id. ib. 3, 498: [[calvitium]] [[quoquoversus]] obvium, i. e. [[exposed]] to the [[air]], App. M. 11, p. 273 fin.>
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|gf=<b>obvĭus</b>,⁸ a, um ([[obviam]]),<br /><b>1</b> qui se trouve sur le passage, qui rencontre, qui va au-devant : [[ille]] [[obvius]] ei [[futurus]] [[non]] erat Cic. Mil. 47, lui ne se trouvait pas dans le cas de le rencontrer ; obvium alicui fieri Liv. 1, 60, 1, rencontrer qqn ; se gravissimis tempestatibus obvium ferre Cic. Rep. 1, 7, se porter au-devant des [[plus]] terribles tempêtes ; obvias alicui litteras mittere Cic. Att. 6, 5, 1, envoyer une lettre au-devant de qqn, cf. Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3 ; Fam. 2, 12, 1 ; in [[obvio]] alicui [[esse]] Liv. 37, 23, 1, rencontrer qqn ; montes obvii itineri Nep. Eum. 9, 3, montagnes se trouvant sur le passage || m. pris subst<sup>t</sup>, [[obvius]], obvii, une personne, des personnes que l’on rencontre : Suet. Cæs. 81 ; Cal. 13<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> qui se présente à proximité, sous la main : figuræ obviæ dicenti Quint. 9, 3, 5, figures qui s’offrent d’elles-mêmes à l’orateur ; verba usu obvia Gell. 16, 13, 1, mots d’usage courant ; obvias [[opes]] deferre Tac. Ann. 16, 2, offrir des richesses sur lesquelles il suffit d’étendre la main ; ex [[obvio]] [[fere]] [[victus]] Quint. 2, 16, 14, nourriture qui s’offre presque au passage || obvium [[est]] avec inf. Gell. 3, 14, 12, il [[est]] [[facile]] de ; <b> b)</b> qui va au-devant, prévenant, affable : [[est]] [[obvius]] et [[expositus]] Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 10, 2, il [[est]] prévenant et ouvert à tous ; obvia [[comitas]] Tac. Ann. 2, 2, affabilité empressée ; <b> c)</b> qui s’offre aux regards : [[velut]] obvia adsentatione *Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 8, 17, avec une vanité qui s’étale en qq. sorte ; <b> d)</b> exposé à : [[rupes]] obvia ventorum furiis Virg. En. 10, 794, rocher exposé à la fureur des vents, cf. Virg. En. 3, 498.
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