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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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|georg=oblīmo, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. [[limus]]), I) überschlämmen, [[verschlämmen]], agros, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 130: fossas, Suet. Aug. 18, 2: sulcos inertes, Verg. georg. 3, 136. – II) übtr.: A) [[verschlemmen]] = [[vertun]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 2, 62. – B) [[verwirren]], [[verfinstern]], universa, Solin. 11, 3: humanas mentes, Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 29.
|georg=oblīmo, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. [[limus]]), I) überschlämmen, [[verschlämmen]], agros, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 130: fossas, Suet. Aug. 18, 2: sulcos inertes, Verg. georg. 3, 136. – II) übtr.: A) [[verschlemmen]] = [[vertun]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 2, 62. – B) [[verwirren]], [[verfinstern]], universa, Solin. 11, 3: humanas mentes, Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 29.
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|lnetxt=oblimo oblimare, oblimavi, oblimatus V :: cover/fill with mud; silt up; clog
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Revision as of 04:51, 28 February 2019

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

oblīmo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ob-limus,
I to cover with mud or slime.
I Lit. (rare but class.): Aegyptum Nilus irrigat, mollitosque et oblimatos ad serendum agros relinquit, * Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: fossae oblimatae, Suet. Aug. 18: sulcos (i. e. partes genitales), Verg. G. 3, 136.—*
   B Transf., qs. to scatter one's fortune as if it were slime, to lavish, squander, dissipate: rem patris oblimare, Hor. S. 1, 2, 62 Heind.—
II Trop., to darken, obscure, confuse (poet. and in post-class. prose): humanas oblimat copia mentes, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 29: universa, Sol. 11.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

oblīmō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (ob, limus), tr.,
1 couvrir de limon, obstruer avec du limon : Cic. Nat. 2, 130 ; Suet. Aug. 18 || boucher : Virg. G. 3, 136
2 [fig.] brouiller, confondre, obscurcir : Claud. Pros. 3, 29 ; Sol. 11, 3 || embourber (son patrimoine) = le mettre dans une situation critique, le dissiper : Hor. S. 1, 2, 62.

Latin > German (Georges)

oblīmo, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. limus), I) überschlämmen, verschlämmen, agros, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 130: fossas, Suet. Aug. 18, 2: sulcos inertes, Verg. georg. 3, 136. – II) übtr.: A) verschlemmen = vertun, Hor. sat. 1, 2, 62. – B) verwirren, verfinstern, universa, Solin. 11, 3: humanas mentes, Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 29.

Latin > English

oblimo oblimare, oblimavi, oblimatus V :: cover/fill with mud; silt up; clog