LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

ō̆bex

ō̆bex m or f (genitive ō̆bicis)
Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.beks]

Meaning

  1. a bolt, bar; a barrier, wall
    unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescantc. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.1
    Hinc tēla accipiunt arcēs, ac rōbora portīs / et fīdōs certant obicēs accersere silva; / circumdant fossās.1934 translation by J. D. Duff The citadels too are stored with missiles; men hasten to bring from the forest oak-timber for their gates and trusty bars, and dig moats around.c. 83 CE – 96 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 4.24
  2. a hindrance, impediment, obstacle
    [...], et quique intermissis diebus alteram noctem subnubilam nactus obstructis omnibus castrorum portis et ad impediendum obicibus obiectis tertia inita vigilia silentio exercitum eduxit et se in antiquas munitiones recipit.…, five days after, he (Pompey) found another dark and cloudy night where, the camp's entrances walled up and, to make their forcing even harder, obstacles having been laid, he led stealthly his host out at the third watch (around midnight) and made back to his previous defense works.c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello civili 3.54

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Sera · Claustrum · Pessulus · Repagulum · Obex

Seræ and claustra are bolts; sera (seruisse, εἴρειν) a movable bolt, that is put on the door; claustrum, a bolt that is fastened to the door; whereas pessuli, repagula, and obices, are merely bars, which supply the place of bolts; pessulus (πάσσαλος) a smaller bar for the fores, Plaut. Aul. i. 2, 25. Ter. Heaut. ii. 3, 47; whereas repagulum (from πῆξαι), pangere, a greater bar for the valvæ, Cic. Verr. iv. 43. Plin. H. N. xvi. 42, and obex (from objicere) for the portæ, Tac. H. iii. 30. Ann. xiii. 39. (v. 292.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeō̆bexō̆bicēs
objicēs
genitiveō̆bicis
objicis		ō̆bicum
objicum
dativeō̆bicī
objicī		ō̆bicibus
objicibus
accusativeō̆bicem
objicem		ō̆bicēs
objicēs
ablativeō̆bice
objice		ō̆bicibus
objicibus
vocativeō̆bexō̆bicēs
objicēs

ōbex, obĭcis (objĭcis), m. and f. (of either gender indifferently; very rare in
I. nom. sing.; acc. not found, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 489) [obicio, that which is cast or placed before; hence], a bolt, bar; a barrier, wall (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.: obices pessuli, serae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll.: fultosque emuniit obice postes, Verg. A. 8, 227; cf. Ov. M. 14, 780: ferrati portarum obices, Tac. H. 3, 30: obices portarum subversi, id. A. 13, 39; Sil. 4, 24: diffractis portarum obicibus, Amm. 24, 5: infirmā scamellorum obice fultae fores, App. ap. Prisc. p. 615 P.: saxi, Verg. G. 4, 422: ecce maris magnā claudit nos obice pontus, id. A. 10, 377: quā vi maria alta tumescant Obicibus ruptis, their barriers, i. e. their rocky shores, id. G. 2, 480; Gell. 17, 11 fin.—
II. Transf., a hinderance, impediment, obstacle: apud hanc obicem, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 21: per obices viarum, Liv. 9, 3, 1; 2, 58; 6, 33, 11: nullae obices, nulli contumeliarum gradus, obstacles to admission, Plin. Pan. 47, 5; Inscr. Orell. 708.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin ō̆bex From obiciō (“to throw or put before or towards”) + -s.

Descendants
  • Englishobex
  • Italianobice
  • Portugueseóbice
  • Spanishóbice

Quick answers

What does ō̆bex mean in Latin?
ō̆bex, a noun, means “a bolt, bar; a barrier, wall; a hindrance, impediment, obstacle”.
What is the genitive of ō̆bex?
The genitive singular is ō̆bicis. ō̆bex is masculine, third declension.