obdo
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-do: dĭdi, dĭtum, 3,
I v. a., to put, place, or set one thing before another; to put against; to shut, close, fasten, etc.: obdere, opponere vel operire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll. (not in Cic. or Cæs.): pessulum ostio obdo, slip the bolt, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 55: forem obdo, shut, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 15: obde forem, Ov. A. A. 3, 587: obditis a tergo foribus, Tac. A. 13, 5; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 37; Ov. F. 1, 28: fores obditae ferratis trabibus, Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30: Propontidis fauces Porcius Cato sic obditis navibus quasi portam obseravit, placed opposite, Flor. 3, 6, 10: auribus ceram obdere, Sen. Ep. 31, 2: feralibus amiculis instrictus atque obditus, enveloped, wrapped in, App. M. 10, p. 244: capillos in mutuos nexus obdere, id. ib. 3, p. 137.— Poet., to expose: hic nulli malo latus obdit apertum, exposes an unguarded side to no evil-minded person, Hor. S. 1, 3, 59.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obdō,¹⁴ dĭdī, dĭtum, ĕre (ob, do), tr., mettre devant, fermer : pessulum ostio Ter. Eun. 603, verrouiller la porté, cf. Haut. 278 ; forem Pl. Cas. 893, fermer la porte, cf. Tac. Ann. 13, 5 ; ceram auribus Sen. Ep. 31, 2, boucher les oreilles avec de la cire || [poét.] = objicio, offrir, présenter : Hor. S. 1, 3, 59.
