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|lshtext=<b>ŏb</b>: (old form obs, v. III.), prep. [[with]] acc. (in [[late]] Lat. also [[with]] the abl.:<br /><b>I</b> OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE, Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. [[with]] Sanscr. api; Gr. ἐπί].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> With verbs of [[motion]], [[towards]], to ([[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, [[let]] him go [[before]] his [[house]] to [[summon]] him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.: ob Troiam duxit, id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—<br /> <b>B</b> With verbs of [[rest]], [[about]], [[before]], in [[front]] of, [[over]] (in Cic.): follem sibi obstringit ob gulam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23: lanam ob oculum habere, id. Mil. 5, 37: ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse, [[before]] my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51: [[mors]] ob oculos [[saepe]] versata est, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47: [[ignis]] qui est ob os [[offusus]], id. Univ. 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[indicate]] the [[object]] or [[cause]], on [[account]] of, for, [[because]] of, by [[reason]] of, etc.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (freq. and [[class]].): [[etiam]] ob stultitiam tuam te tueris? do [[you]] [[still]] [[defend]] [[yourself]] [[with]] [[regard]] to [[your]] [[folly]]? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82: [[pretium]] ob stultitiam [[fero]], Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23: ob eam rem [[iratus]], on [[that]] [[account]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33: neu [[quid]] ob eam rem succenseat, id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20: ob rem nullam, id. Hec. 5, 3, 2: hanc [[Epicurus]] rationem induxit ob eam rem, [[quod]] [[veritus]] est, ne, etc., Cic. Fat. 10, 23: ob eam causam, [[quod]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: [[quam]] ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26: non [[solum]] ob eam causam fieri volui, [[quod]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 21, 34: ob hanc causam, [[quod]], id. ib. 2, 1, 3: nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc., id. Lael. 20, 74: ob meas injurias, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.: quodnam ob [[facinus]]? id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob [[peccatum]] hoc. id. ib. v. 37: ob malefacta haec, id. Ad. 2, 1, 46: ob illam injuriam, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: ob aliquod [[emolumentum]] suum, id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.): ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87: nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus, on [[account]] of, for [[that]] [[knowledge]], Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32: ob eam (amicitiam) summā [[fide]] servatam, id. Lael. 7, 25: is [[igitur]] dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse, id. Rep. 2, 2, 4: unius ob iram Prodimur, Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.: saevae memorem Junonis ob iram, id. ib. 1, 4; cf. also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 26: [[barbarus]] eum [[quidam]] [[palam]] ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat, Liv. 21, 2, 6: non noxā [[neque]] ob metum, Tac. H. 2, 49: Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse, for the [[republic]], id. A. 2, 83: cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat, id. ib. 6, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> In [[consideration]] of, in [[return]] for, [[instead]] of ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): ob asinos ferre [[argentum]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38: [[quin]] arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem? id. Rud. 3, 6, 23: [[ager]] [[oppositus]] est pignori Ob [[decem]] minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: [[talentum]] magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78: pecuniam ob delicta [[dare]], Tac. A. 14, 14.—<br /> <b>2</b> Ob rem, [[like]] ex re (opp. [[frustra]]), to the [[purpose]], [[with]] [[advantage]], [[profitably]], [[usefully]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): An. Non [[pudet]] Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41: [[verum]] id [[frustra]] an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est, Sall. J. 31, 5.—<br /> <b>3</b> Ob industriam, on [[purpose]], [[intentionally]], Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> Quam ob rem, also written in one [[word]], [[quamobrem]], on [[which]] [[account]], [[wherefore]], [[therefore]], [[hence]], [[accordingly]]; a [[very]] freq. [[particle]] of [[transition]], esp. in Cic.: [[quam]] ob rem id [[primum]] videamus, [[quatenus]], etc., Cic. Lael. 11, 36: [[quam]] ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum [[admodum]] feceris, id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on [[that]] [[account]], [[therefore]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.).<br /> <b>a</b> Ob id: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis, Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5: ob id ipsum, Curt. 4, 16, 23.—<br /> <b>b</b> Ob hoc: ob hoc cum omnia neglecta [[apud]] hostes essent, Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.: ob hoc miserior, Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —<br /> <b>c</b> Ob haec: ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset, Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—<br /> <b>d</b> Ob ea: ob ea [[consul]] [[Albinus]] senatum de foedere consulebat, Sall. J. 39, 2.—<br /> <b>e</b> Ob quae: ob quae posterum diem [[reus]] petivit, Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[composition]], the b of ob [[remains]] unchanged [[before]] [[vowels]] and [[most]] [[consonants]]; [[only]] [[before]] p, f, c, g, is [[assimilation]] [[more]] [[common]]: [[oppeto]], [[offero]], [[occido]], ogganio, etc.—An [[ancient]] form obs, [[analogous]] to abs, is [[implied]] in obs-[[olesco]] and os-[[tendo]].—In [[signification]], [[that]] of [[direction]] [[towards]], or of [[existence]] at or [[before]] a [[thing]] is [[predominant]], [[although]] it [[likewise]] gives to the [[simple]] [[verb]] the [[accessory]] [[notion]] of [[against]]: obicere, opponere, obrogare. | |lshtext=<b>ŏb</b>: (old form obs, v. III.), prep. [[with]] acc. (in [[late]] Lat. also [[with]] the abl.:<br /><b>I</b> OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE, Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. [[with]] Sanscr. api; Gr. ἐπί].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> With verbs of [[motion]], [[towards]], to ([[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, [[let]] him go [[before]] his [[house]] to [[summon]] him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.: ob Troiam duxit, id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—<br /> <b>B</b> With verbs of [[rest]], [[about]], [[before]], in [[front]] of, [[over]] (in Cic.): follem sibi obstringit ob gulam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23: lanam ob oculum habere, id. Mil. 5, 37: ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse, [[before]] my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51: [[mors]] ob oculos [[saepe]] versata est, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47: [[ignis]] qui est ob os [[offusus]], id. Univ. 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[indicate]] the [[object]] or [[cause]], on [[account]] of, for, [[because]] of, by [[reason]] of, etc.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen. (freq. and [[class]].): [[etiam]] ob stultitiam tuam te tueris? do [[you]] [[still]] [[defend]] [[yourself]] [[with]] [[regard]] to [[your]] [[folly]]? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82: [[pretium]] ob stultitiam [[fero]], Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23: ob eam rem [[iratus]], on [[that]] [[account]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33: neu [[quid]] ob eam rem succenseat, id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20: ob rem nullam, id. Hec. 5, 3, 2: hanc [[Epicurus]] rationem induxit ob eam rem, [[quod]] [[veritus]] est, ne, etc., Cic. Fat. 10, 23: ob eam causam, [[quod]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: [[quam]] ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26: non [[solum]] ob eam causam fieri volui, [[quod]], etc., id. Rep. 1, 21, 34: ob hanc causam, [[quod]], id. ib. 2, 1, 3: nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc., id. Lael. 20, 74: ob meas injurias, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.: quodnam ob [[facinus]]? id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob [[peccatum]] hoc. id. ib. v. 37: ob malefacta haec, id. Ad. 2, 1, 46: ob illam injuriam, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: ob aliquod [[emolumentum]] suum, id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.): ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87: nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus, on [[account]] of, for [[that]] [[knowledge]], Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32: ob eam (amicitiam) summā [[fide]] servatam, id. Lael. 7, 25: is [[igitur]] dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse, id. Rep. 2, 2, 4: unius ob iram Prodimur, Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.: saevae memorem Junonis ob iram, id. ib. 1, 4; cf. also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 26: [[barbarus]] eum [[quidam]] [[palam]] ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat, Liv. 21, 2, 6: non noxā [[neque]] ob metum, Tac. H. 2, 49: Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse, for the [[republic]], id. A. 2, 83: cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat, id. ib. 6, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> In [[consideration]] of, in [[return]] for, [[instead]] of ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]].): ob asinos ferre [[argentum]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38: [[quin]] arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem? id. Rud. 3, 6, 23: [[ager]] [[oppositus]] est pignori Ob [[decem]] minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: [[talentum]] magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78: pecuniam ob delicta [[dare]], Tac. A. 14, 14.—<br /> <b>2</b> Ob rem, [[like]] ex re (opp. [[frustra]]), to the [[purpose]], [[with]] [[advantage]], [[profitably]], [[usefully]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): An. Non [[pudet]] Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41: [[verum]] id [[frustra]] an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est, Sall. J. 31, 5.—<br /> <b>3</b> Ob industriam, on [[purpose]], [[intentionally]], Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—<br /> <b>4</b> Quam ob rem, also written in one [[word]], [[quamobrem]], on [[which]] [[account]], [[wherefore]], [[therefore]], [[hence]], [[accordingly]]; a [[very]] freq. [[particle]] of [[transition]], esp. in Cic.: [[quam]] ob rem id [[primum]] videamus, [[quatenus]], etc., Cic. Lael. 11, 36: [[quam]] ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum [[admodum]] feceris, id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—<br /> <b>5</b> Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on [[that]] [[account]], [[therefore]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.).<br /> <b>a</b> Ob id: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis, Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5: ob id ipsum, Curt. 4, 16, 23.—<br /> <b>b</b> Ob hoc: ob hoc cum omnia neglecta [[apud]] hostes essent, Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.: ob hoc miserior, Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —<br /> <b>c</b> Ob haec: ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset, Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—<br /> <b>d</b> Ob ea: ob ea [[consul]] [[Albinus]] senatum de foedere consulebat, Sall. J. 39, 2.—<br /> <b>e</b> Ob quae: ob quae posterum diem [[reus]] petivit, Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—<br /><b>III</b> In [[composition]], the b of ob [[remains]] unchanged [[before]] [[vowels]] and [[most]] [[consonants]]; [[only]] [[before]] p, f, c, g, is [[assimilation]] [[more]] [[common]]: [[oppeto]], [[offero]], [[occido]], ogganio, etc.—An [[ancient]] form obs, [[analogous]] to abs, is [[implied]] in obs-[[olesco]] and os-[[tendo]].—In [[signification]], [[that]] of [[direction]] [[towards]], or of [[existence]] at or [[before]] a [[thing]] is [[predominant]], [[although]] it [[likewise]] gives to the [[simple]] [[verb]] the [[accessory]] [[notion]] of [[against]]: obicere, opponere, obrogare. | ||
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|gf=<b>ŏb</b>,⁶ prép. avec acc.,<br /><b>1</b> devant [[rare]] : [avec mouv<sup>t</sup>] ob Romam legiones ducere Enn. Ann. 297, conduire les légions devant Rome, cf. Acc. d. Cic. Tusc. 3, 39 ; xii tab. 2, 3 || [sans mouv<sup>t</sup>] ob gulam obstringere, v. [[obstringo]] ; ob oculos versari Cic. Sest. 47, se trouver devant les yeux ; cf. Pl. Mil. 1178 ; 1430<br /><b>2</b> pour, à cause de : ob [[eam]] rem, ob [[eam]] causam, à cause de cela, pour [[cette]] raison : Cic. Fato 23 ; Rep. 1, 12, etc., v. [[quamobrem]] ; ob [[eam]] scientiam Cic. Rep. 1, 32, à cause de [[cette]] connaissance ; ob id ipsum [[quod]], [[quia]], Cic. Fin. 3, 63 ; Tusc. 1, 11, pour la raison précisément que ; ob amicitiam servatam Cic. Læl. 25, pour avoir conservé l’amitié ; ob [[hoc]], ob id, ob hæc, à cause de cela : Liv. 25, 37 ; 25, 35 ; 21, 50<br /><b>3</b> pour, en échange de : ob [[beneficium]] Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 137, en retour d’un bienfait ; pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, recevoir de l’argent pour absoudre, cf. Pl. Epid. 703 ; Rud. 861 ; Ter. Phorm. 662 || [expression] ob rem, en retour d’un résultat réel, avec profit, utilement : Ter. Phorm. 526 ; Sall. J. 31, 5. en composition obs, souvent réduit à os ([[ostendo]]) || ob employé pour ad en composition d’après P. Fest. 201 || construit avec abl. et gén. à la décadence. | |||
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ŏb: (old form obs, v. III.), prep. with acc. (in late Lat. also with the abl.:
I OB PERPETVO EIVS ERGA SE AMORE, Inscr. Orell. 106) [Osc. op; kindr. with Sanscr. api; Gr. ἐπί].
I Lit.
A With verbs of motion, towards, to (only ante-class.): IS TERTHS DIEBVS OB PORTVM OBVAGVLATVM ITO, let him go before his house to summon him, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. portum, p. 233 Müll.: ob Romam legiones ducere, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.); cf.: ob Troiam duxit, id. ib. p. 178 Müll. (Incert. libr. v. 5 Vahl.): cujus ob os Grai ora obvertebant sua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 39; and ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (Trag. Rel. p. 211 Rib.).—
B With verbs of rest, about, before, in front of, over (in Cic.): follem sibi obstringit ob gulam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23: lanam ob oculum habere, id. Mil. 5, 37: ob oculos mihi caliginem obstitisse, before my eyes, id. ib. 2, 4, 51: mors ob oculos saepe versata est, Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; id. Sest. 21, 47: ignis qui est ob os offusus, id. Univ. 14.—
II Transf., to indicate the object or cause, on account of, for, because of, by reason of, etc.
A In gen. (freq. and class.): etiam ob stultitiam tuam te tueris? do you still defend yourself with regard to your folly? Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 82: pretium ob stultitiam fero, Ter. And. 3, 5, 4; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 23: ob eam rem iratus, on that account, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 33: neu quid ob eam rem succenseat, id. ib. 4, 4, 39; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 7: Mi. Ob eam rem? De. Ob eam, id. ib. 5. 9, 20: ob rem nullam, id. Hec. 5, 3, 2: hanc Epicurus rationem induxit ob eam rem, quod veritus est, ne, etc., Cic. Fat. 10, 23: ob eam causam, quod, etc., id. Rep. 1, 7, 12: quam ob causam venerant, id. de Or. 1, 7, 26: non solum ob eam causam fieri volui, quod, etc., id. Rep. 1, 21, 34: ob hanc causam, quod, id. ib. 2, 1, 3: nec ob aliam causam ullam, etc., id. Lael. 20, 74: ob meas injurias, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 85; cf.: quodnam ob facinus? id. ib. 5, 2, 3: ob peccatum hoc. id. ib. v. 37: ob malefacta haec, id. Ad. 2, 1, 46: ob illam injuriam, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: ob aliquod emolumentum suum, id. Font. 8, 17: (eum) ac Troiam misi ob defendendam Graeciam, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 13, 28 (Trag. v. 362 Vahl.): ob rem judicandam pecuniam adcipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; id. Att. 1, 17, 8; id. Mur. 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 119; Sall. J. 89, 2; Quint. 5, 10, 87: nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus, on account of, for that knowledge, Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32: ob eam (amicitiam) summā fide servatam, id. Lael. 7, 25: is igitur dicitur ab Amulio ob labefactandi regni timorem, ad Tiberim exponi jussus esse, id. Rep. 2, 2, 4: unius ob iram Prodimur, Verg. A. 1, 251; cf.: saevae memorem Junonis ob iram, id. ib. 1, 4; cf. also: aut ob avaritiam aut miserā ambitione laborat, Hor. S. 1, 4, 26: barbarus eum quidam palam ob iram interfecti ab eo domini obtruncat, Liv. 21, 2, 6: non noxā neque ob metum, Tac. H. 2, 49: Germanicum mortem ob rem publicam obiisse, for the republic, id. A. 2, 83: cum quibus ob rem pecuniariam disceptabat, id. ib. 6, 5.—
B In partic.
1 In consideration of, in return for, instead of (mostly ante-class.): ob asinos ferre argentum, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 80; id. Ep. 5, 2, 38: quin arrhabonem a me accepisti ob mulierem? id. Rud. 3, 6, 23: ager oppositus est pignori Ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56: talentum magnum ob unam fabulam datum esse, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 11, 10 fin.: pecuniam ob absolvendum accipere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78: pecuniam ob delicta dare, Tac. A. 14, 14.—
2 Ob rem, like ex re (opp. frustra), to the purpose, with advantage, profitably, usefully (very rare): An. Non pudet Vanitatis? Do. Minime, dum ob rem, Ter Phorm. 3, 2, 41: verum id frustra an ob rem faciam, in vostrā manu situm est, Sall. J. 31, 5.—
3 Ob industriam, on purpose, intentionally, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 6; 2, 3, 58 (id. ib. 2, 3, 60, de industriā); cf. id. Men. 1, 2, 14.—
4 Quam ob rem, also written in one word, quamobrem, on which account, wherefore, therefore, hence, accordingly; a very freq. particle of transition, esp. in Cic.: quam ob rem id primum videamus, quatenus, etc., Cic. Lael. 11, 36: quam ob rem utrique nostrūm gratum admodum feceris, id. ib. 4, 16; 2, 10; 3, 12; 4, 15; id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 19, 32 et saep.—
5 Ob id, ob hoc, ob haec, ob ea, ob quae, on that account, therefore (not ante-Aug.).
a Ob id: ignaris hostibus et ob id quietis, Liv. 25, 35; 28, 2; Tac. A. 2, 66; 3, 75; 13, 5: ob id ipsum, Curt. 4, 16, 23.—
b Ob hoc: ob hoc cum omnia neglecta apud hostes essent, Liv. 25, 37; Sen. Q. N. 7, 14, 4; Col. 7, 3, 21; cf.: ob hoc miserior, Sen. Ep. 98, 5. —
c Ob haec: ob haec cum legatos mitti placuisset, Liv. 8, 23; 21, 50; 38, 34; Cels. 1 praef.—
d Ob ea: ob ea consul Albinus senatum de foedere consulebat, Sall. J. 39, 2.—
e Ob quae: ob quae posterum diem reus petivit, Tac. A. 2, 30 fin.; Suet. Ner. 13.—
III In composition, the b of ob remains unchanged before vowels and most consonants; only before p, f, c, g, is assimilation more common: oppeto, offero, occido, ogganio, etc.—An ancient form obs, analogous to abs, is implied in obs-olesco and os-tendo.—In signification, that of direction towards, or of existence at or before a thing is predominant, although it likewise gives to the simple verb the accessory notion of against: obicere, opponere, obrogare.
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ŏb,⁶ prép. avec acc.,
1 devant rare : [avec mouvt] ob Romam legiones ducere Enn. Ann. 297, conduire les légions devant Rome, cf. Acc. d. Cic. Tusc. 3, 39 ; xii tab. 2, 3
