obsero

obsero

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From ob- (against) + sera (bar for fastening a door) + .

    Verb

    obserō (present infinitive obserāre, perfect active obserāvī, supine obserātum); first conjugation

    1. to bar, bolt, shut up
      Synonyms: inclūdō, claudō, operiō, arceō
      Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

      From ob- + serō (to sow, plant).

      Verb

      obserō (present infinitive obserere, perfect active obsēvī, supine obsitum); third conjugation

      1. to sow thickly, to cover with seeds
        Synonyms: serō, disserō, īnserō
      Conjugation

      References

      • obsero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • obsero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • obsero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
      • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • to bolt the door: fores obserare