verb
ob-lăquĕo
Meaning
- To dig about the roots
ob-lăquĕo, āre, v. a.
I. To dig about the roots of trees, etc. (cf. ablaqueo):
arbores oblaqueatae sunt, Col. 2, 14, 3; Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 31.—II. To surround, encircle, set (eccl. Lat.):
argento gemmas oblaqueare, Tert. Res. Carn. 7.