verb transitive

obsĕro

2nd PP obsĕrāre · 3rd PP obsĕrāvi · 4th PP obsĕrātum · conj. 1st

to bolt, bar, fasten; shut up

to bolt, bar, fasten, or shut up (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: claudo, oppilo, obstruo).

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Lit.: ostium, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 25: aedificia, Liv. 5, 41: fores (opp. aperire), Suet. Tit. 11: tabellam liminis, Cat. 32, 5: exitus, Col. 9, 1, 3: rogos, i. e. the dead, Prop. 4, 11, 8.—

to be silent by extension •

Transf.: aures, Hor. Epod. 17, 53: palatum (for os), i. e. to be silent, Cat. 55, 21: fores amicitiae, Amm. 27, 12.

Perseus ID: n31837 Key: obsero1