verb transitive

oblīmo

2nd PP oblīmāre · 3rd PP oblīmāvi · 4th PP oblīmātum · conj. 1st

to cover with mud; slime

to cover with mud or slime.

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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.—*

to lavish, squander, dissipate by extension •

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.—

to darken, obscure, confuse figuratively •

Trop., to darken, obscure, confuse (poet. and in post-class. prose): humanas oblimat copia mentes, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 29: universa, Sol. 11.

Perseus ID: n31686 Key: oblimo