obstacle Copy link Outline 1. impĕdīmentum2. ŏbex, ĭcis and jĭcis, c. (a barrier) • obstacle: 1. impĕdīmentum: v. hindrance. 2. ŏbex, ĭcis and jĭcis, c. (a barrier): rare in gen. sense: to make one's way through the o.s presented by forests, per obices silvarum ire, Liv. 9, 3, init.: Plin. Pan. 47. Oftener expr. by verb: to be an o. to, (1). obsto, stĭti, stĭtum, 1: fut. part. obstaturus (with dat.): what o. is there to prevent ..., quid obstat quominus...? Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95; quid obstat cur ... non ..., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 76: to remove all o.s and hindrances, omnia removere quae obs. et impediunt, Cic. Acad. 2, 7, 19. (2). offĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (with dat.): to be an o. in the way of any one's schemes, consiliis alicujus of., Sall. Cat. 27: it was no o. to his being ..., non offecit ei quominus ..., Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6. Join: officere et obstare, Cic. (3). impĕdio, 4: v. to hinder. Phr.: a route easier and with fewer o.s, iter facilius et expeditius, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: so, attended with (many) o.s, impeditus, impeditissimus, id. B. G. 6, 8 (impeditus locus): Liv.: to clear away the o.s presented by the forests, obstantia silvarum amoliri, Tac. A. 1, 50. (N.B.--By no means, obstaculum.)