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|lshtext=<b>ŏb-ĕo</b>: īvi or ĭi (obivi, Verg. A. 6, 801; Aus. Epit. 32, 4; Anthol. Lat. 4, 97, 1;<br /><b>I</b> contr. obit for obiit, Lucr. 3, 1042; Luc. 9, 189; Juv. 6, 559), ĭtum, 4 (lengthened form, [[obinunt]] obeunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 189 Müll.), v. n. and a.<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to go or [[come]] to or [[towards]], to [[come]] in, to go to [[meet]], go [[against]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[donec]] vis obiit, [[until]] [[force]] [[intervene]], Lucr. 1, 222: dum acris vis obeat, id. 1, 247: obit infera [[Perseus]] in loca, Cic. Arat. 465 (Grot. 718): ad omnes hostium [[conatus]], to go to [[meet]], to [[oppose]], Liv. 31, 21. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of constellations, to go [[down]], to [[set]]: abditur [[Orion]], obit et Lepus [[abditus]] umbrā, Cic. Arat. 46, 3 (Grot. 716); Stat. S. 2, 1, 210: an sidera obirent, nascerenturve, Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95.—Of the [[sun]]: in reliquis orientis aut obeuntis solis partibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22: in undis Sol [[fit]] uti videatur obire et condere [[lumen]], Lucr. 4, 433.—Hence, to [[pass]] by: [[tres]] noctes, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[fall]], [[perish]] (syn.: [[occido]], [[pereo]], [[occumbo]]). —Of cities: et Agamede obiit et [[Hiera]], Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139; id. 5, 29, 31, § 117.— —Hence, to [[die]]: [[malo]] cruciatu ut pereas [[atque]] obeas [[cito]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 76; Lucr. 3, 1045; [[tecum]] vivere amem, [[tecum]] obeam [[libens]], Hor. C. 3, 9, 24: [[simul]] se cum illis obituros, Liv. 5, 39, 13: gaudio, to [[die]] of [[joy]], Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180: morbo, of a [[disease]], id. 11, 37, 71, § 187; Vell. 2, 47, 2; 2, 102, 1; Tac. A. 3, 6; Suet. Aug. 63; id. Tib. 39; id. Ner. 3; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10; 6, 2, 5: voluntariā morte obiit, Suet. Galb. 3 fin.; Vell. 2, 8, 7; Eutr. 7, 17: morte subitā, id. 8, 15: repentinā morte, id. 10, 17; Ambros. Ep. 53, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Act. (freq. and [[class]].), to go or [[come]] to a [[thing]] or [[place]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: Acherontem [[nunc]] obibo, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 Vahl.): [[tantum]] restitisset urbis, [[quantum]] [[flamma]] obire non potuisset, to [[reach]], Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[travel]] [[over]] or [[through]]; to [[wander]] [[through]], [[traverse]], [[visit]]: nec [[vero]] [[Alcides]] [[tantum]] telluris obivit, Verg. A. 6, 801: tantas regiones barbarorum pedibus obiit, Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: villas, to [[visit]], id. Fam. 7, 1, 5: [[comitia]], id. Att. 1, 4, 1: cenas, id. ib. 9, 13, 6. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[run]] [[over]] [[with]] the eyes, to [[survey]], [[review]]: oculis exercitum, to [[survey]], Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13: omnia visu, Verg. A. 10, 447.—In [[speaking]], to go [[over]], [[mention]], [[recount]]: oratione omnes civitates, to [[enumerate]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 125.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To go [[around]], [[surround]], [[overspread]], [[envelop]] ([[poet]].): chlamydem [[limbus]] obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51: [[clipeum]], Verg. A. 10, 482.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[apply]] one's [[self]] to, to [[engage]] in, [[attend]] to [[any]] [[business]] or [[undertaking]]; to [[enter]] [[upon]] an [[office]]; to [[discharge]], [[perform]], [[execute]], [[accomplish]] [[any]] [[thing]]: obeundi negotii [[studio]] tot loca adire, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34: hereditatum obeundarum causā, to [[enter]] [[upon]], [[take]] [[possession]] of, id. Agr. 1, 3, 8: [[facinus]], id. Cat. 1, 10, 26: pugnas, to [[engage]] in [[battle]], Verg. A. 6, 167; Val. Fl. 3, 710: judicia, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173: legationem, to [[enter]] [[upon]], [[undertake]], id. Att. 15, 7; Nep. [[Dion]]. 1, 4: consularia munera, Liv. 2, 8: [[munus]] vigiliarum, id. 3, 6: publica ac privata officia, Just. 41, 3, 4: [[neque]] privatam rem ... [[neque]] publicam, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53: ne ad omnia [[simul]] obire [[unus]] non possit, Liv. 10, 25, 14: rusticum [[opus]], Col. 12, 3: bella, Liv. 4, 7: sacra, id. 1, 20: imperia, to [[perform]], [[execute]], Stat. Achill. 1, 149.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[meet]]: [[vadimonium]], to [[meet]] one's [[bail]], [[appear]] at the appointed [[time]], Cic. Quint. 17, 54: diem, to [[appear]] on the [[day]] appointed, id. Lael. 2, 7; id. Phil. 3, 8, 29; id. Att. 13, 14, 1: annum petitiones tuae, i. e. to be a [[candidate]] the [[first]] [[year]] the [[law]] permits, id. Fam. 10, 25.—Hence, diem suum obire, to [[die]]: ea diem suom obiit, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 27; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Gell. 6, 8, 6; so, diem supremum, Nep. Milt. 7, 6; and [[simply]], diem, Suet. Vesp. 1: mortem, Plaut. Aul. prol. 15; Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; [[hence]], in the [[pass]].: morte obitā (sc. ob rem publicam), id. Sest. 38, 83.—Hence, P. a. (anteand post-class.): ŏbĭtus, a, um, for [[mortuus]], [[dead]], Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.: obiti, the [[dead]]: obitis libatione profunditur, App. de Mund. p. 68: OBITAE, Inscr. Orell. 2673.