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obrepo

obrepo, to creep up, approach stealthily, steal upon, come suddenly upon, surprise

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obreperet Verb: imperfect active subjunctive 3rd singular of obrepo

See obreperet in Morpho

ob-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep up to any thing, approach stealthily (class.).
  • I Lit.: et possim mediā quamvis obrepere nocte, Tib. 1, 9 (8), 59; Flor. 4, 10, 2: qui Gallos in obsidione Capitolii obrepentes per ardua depulerat, Gell. 17, 21, 24.—With dat.: feles quam levibus vestigiis obrepunt avibus! Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202.—
  • II Transf.
    • A In gen., to steal upon, come suddenly upon one; to take by surprise, to surprise.
          • α With dat.: qui enim citius adulescentiae senectus, quam pueritiae adulescentia obrepit? Cic. Sen. 2, 4: mihi decessionis dies λεληθότως obrepebat, id. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf. in the foll. under ε: cui obrepsit oblivio, Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 1: vitia nobis sub virtutum nomine obrepunt, id. Ep. 45, 7.—
          • β With acc. (ante-class., and in Sall.): tacitum te obrepet fames, Plaut. Poen. prol. 14: si tanta torpedo animos obrepsit, Sall. H. 1, 49, 19.—
          • γ With ad: Plancium non obrepsisse ad honorem, to creep up to, to come at by stealth, Cic. Planc. 7, 17: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, id. Pis. 1, 1. —
          • δ With in and acc.: imagines obrepunt in animos dormientium extrinse cus, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139; Ambros. Off. Minist. 3, 6, 41.—
          • ε Absol.: obrepsit dies, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: obrepit non intellecta senectus, Juv. 9, 129.—
    • B In partic., to surprise, deceive, cheat: numquam tu, credo, me imprudentem obrepseris, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 23 (61); 4, 2, 132 (974); Flor. 4, 10; Gell. 6, 12, 4.—Impers. pass.: si obreptum praetori sit de libertate, Dig. 40, 5, 26, § 8; 26, 7, 55, § 4.

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