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obrēpĭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [obrepo] (late Lat.), Vita Caes. Arel. 2, 1, 2.

ob-rēpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. n., to creep up to any thing, approach stealthily (class.).

  1. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen., to steal upon, come suddenly upon one; to take by surprise, to surprise.
          1. (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.
          2. (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.
          3. (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.
          4. (δ) With in and acc.: imagines obrepunt in animos dormientium extrinse cus, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 139; Ambros. Off. Mi. nist. 3, 6, 41.
            (ε) Absol.: obrepsit dies, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1: obrepit non intellecta senectus, Juv. 9, 129.
    2. B. In partic., to surprise, deceive, cheat: numquam tu, credo, me imprudentem obrepseris, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 23; 4, 2, 132; Flor. 4, 10; Gell. 6, 12, 4.
      Impers. pass.: si obreptum praetori sit de libertate, Dig. 40, 5, 26, § 8; 26, 7, 55, § 4.

obreptīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [obrepo], surreptitious, obreptitious (postclass.): petitio, Cod. Just. 3, 6, 3; Cod. Th. 4, 22, 6 (al. obrepta).

obreptĭo, ōnis, f. [obrepo], a creeping or stealing on, a coming on suddenly or by surprise, a surprise (post-Aug.): Ventidius, aggressus per obreptionem, Front. Strat. 2, 5, 36; Arn. 5, 162: arrogari per obreptionem, Dig. 2, 4, 10: precum, Cod. Th. 5, 8, 1.
Transf. (eccl. Lat.), a surprise by sudden temptation, Ambros. in Luc. 10, § 72.

obreptīvē, adv., v. obreptivus fin.

obreptīvus, a, um, adj. [obrepo], secret, clandestine (post-class.): supplicatio, Symm. Ep. 5, 64; Cod. Th. 16, 10, 8.
Hence, adv.: obreptīvē, surreptitiously, clandestinely (post-class.): aut clanculo supplicare, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 4 fin.

obrepto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to steal on unawares, to come on imperceptibly (very rare): ne quis obreptaverit, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 27: obreptantibus Satyris, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109 (but in Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3, the correct read. is obrepebat).

obreptus, a, um, Part., from obripio; v. obrepticius.