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ob-ductĭo, ōnis, f. [obduco], a covering, veiling, enveloping.

  1. * I. In gen.: nubila inimica obductione pendent, Arn. 1, 7.
  2. II. In partic., a veiling of criminals before their execution: obductio capitis, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: capitum, Amm. 14, 7, 21; Vulg. Eccles. 5, 1; 5, 10.

* obducto, āre, v. freq. a. [obduco], to lead or conduct in opposition or rivalry to another: nec pol ego patiar … measque in aedes sic scorta obductarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 46; cf. obduco, I. B. 7.

obductus, a, um, Part., from obduco.