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|lshtext=<b>ob-strŭo</b>: (opstr-), xi, ctum, 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[build]] [[before]] or [[against]]; to [[build]], [[block]], or [[wall]] up; to [[stop]] up, [[barricade]], [[render]] [[impassable]] ([[class]].; cf. [[obsaepio]], [[claudo]], [[oppilo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: validum pro diruto obstruentes murum, Liv. 38, 29: frontem castrorum auxiliis, id. 5, 1.—Esp., to [[build]] [[before]] so as to [[obstruct]] the [[light]]: obstructae fenestrae, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: FENESTRAS OPSTRVITO, Lex. Puteol. ap. Grut. 207, 2: luminibus alicujus, Cic. Dom. 44: jus luminum obstruendorum redimere, to [[purchase]] permission of a neighbor to [[build]] so as to [[obstruct]] his [[light]], Inscr. Guarin. Comment. in Vet. Monument. 1, p. 64: portas, Caes. B. C. 1, 27: valvas [[aedis]]. Nep. Paus. 5: [[aditus]], Cic. Brut. 4, 16: flumina, Caes. B. C. 3, 48: aquarum venas, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 49: saxa, placed in the [[way]], Ov. M. 3, 570: cujus aures [[morbus]] obstruxit, has stopped up, made [[deaf]], Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 2: os obstruere, to [[close]] the [[mouth]], to [[make]] [[silent]], Vulg. Psa. 62, 12; id. Rom. 3, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[stop]] up, [[hinder]], [[impede]], [[obstruct]]: Catonis luminibus obstruxit haec posteriorum [[quasi]] exaggerata altius [[oratio]], [[was]] a hinderance to, Cic. Brut. 17, 66: viri [[deus]] obstruit aures, stops, renders [[deaf]], [[inexorable]], Verg. A. 4, 440: perfugia improborum, shuts [[off]], Cic. Sull. 28, 79: cognitionem difficultatibus, to [[impede]], [[obstruct]], id. Ac. 2, 3, 7: mentes, Tac. H. 3, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Intr., to be in the [[way]]: si officiens signis [[mons]] obstruet [[altus]], Cic. Arat. 44.

|georg=ob-[[struo]], strūxī, strūctum, ere, I) entgegenbauen, -[[türmen]], [[vorbauen]], saxa, Ov. [[met]]. 3, 570. Curt. 4, 3 (14), 13: [[pro]] diruto [[novum]] murum, Liv. 38, 29, 2: aliis (munimentis) [[frons]] in Etruriam spectans auxiliis ([[gegen]] den [[Entsatz]]), si quā [[forte]] [[inde]] venirent, obstruebatur, die anderen Befestigungswerke [[mit]] der [[Front]] ([[Vorderseite]]) [[gegen]] etwaigen [[Entsatz]] [[von]] Etrurien aus gerichtet waren, Liv. 5, 1, 9: u. der t. t., obstruere luminibus alcis, jmdm. das [[Licht]] [[verbauen]], Cic. de dom. 115: u. so im Bilde, [[sic]] Catonis luminibus obstruxit [[haec]] posteriorum [[quasi]] exaggerata altius [[oratio]], Cic. [[Brut]]. 66. – II) [[verbauen]], [[verrammen]], [[versperren]], [[verstopfen]], a) eine Örtl.: obstr. fenestras, ICt. u. Inscr.: lumina, Inscr.: portas, Caes. u. Sil.: omnes castrorum portas, Caes.: [[eius]] [[aedis]] valvas, Nep.: curiam, Suet.: portum, Liv.: vias, Frontin. u. Iustin.: hominibus [[aditus]] omnes et obsaepire vias, Lact.: obstr. alci omnem aditum ad conditos [[fructus]], Cic. omnes frigoris et iniuriae [[aditus]], Plin.: [[limen]] tecti, Ov.: terras et undas, Ov.: [[aditus]] angusti et obstructi, Plin. pan.: [[paene]] obstructis (unzugänglichen) hieme Alpibus, Vell. – m. Abl. ([[mit]], [[durch]]), portas singulis ordinibus caespitum, Caes.: munimentis et turribus fabricatis [[iter]], Lact.: [[iter]] Poenis (den P.) [[vel]] corporibus [[suis]], Cic.: exitum lapidibus opplere et obstruere, Auct. b. Alex.: obstr. [[omnia]] flumina [[atque]] omnes rivos magnis operibus, Caes.: molibus undas et latum deiectis rupibus [[aequor]], Lucan.: si [[aqua]] [[fluens]] [[iter]] suum stercore obstruxerit, ICt. – im Bilde, obstr perfugia (die [[Schlupfwinkel]]) improborum, Cic. Sull. 79: alienandi viam, Cod. Iust. 5, 71, 11: [[omnis]] [[cognitio]] ([[jeder]] [[Weg]] zur Erk.) multis est obstructa difficultatibus, Cic. Acad. 2, 7: is [[terror]] obstructas mentes (die verstockten Gemüter) consiliis [[ducis]] aperuit (machte [[zugänglich]]), Tac. hist. 3, 21. – b) die Körperteile u. Sinneswerkzeuge, [[quod]] iugula concava [[non]] haberet, obstructas eas (corporis) partes et obturatas [[esse]] dicebat, Cic. de fato 10: [[huic]] geminae [[nares]] et [[spiritus]] oris obstruitur, Verg. georg. 4, 301: [[cuius]] aures [[morbus]] obstruxit, Sen. de ben. 3, 17, 2. – im Bilde, placidas viri [[deus]] obstruit aures, verstopft die Ohren (= macht [[taub]] [[gegen]] [[Bitten]], [[unerbittlich]]), Verg. Aen. 4, 440; vgl. Sil. 17, 84: ut si laedere quemquam instituisset, [[nec]] exorari posset [[nec]] ad ignoscendum erroribus inclinari, ideoque aures [[eius]] [[non]] cerā [[sed]] plumbis videbantur obstructae, Amm. 27, 11, 6: ad tuas aures cum ceteris omnibus tum [[vel]] [[maxime]] avaris adulationibus [[obstructus]] est [[aditus]], Plin. pan. 41, 3: cum pingeret [[eum]], traditur madidis lupinis vixisse, [[quoniam]] [[simul]] et famem sustinerent et sitim [[nec]] [[sensus]] nimiā dulcedine obstruerent, die Sinneswerkzeuge abstumpften, Plin. 35, 102.

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