overgrown (part. and adj.< Copy link Outline I. Covered with herbage1. obsĭtus2. crēber, bra, brum (thick with3. opplētus (archaic and rare)II. Grown beyond the natural size • overgrown (part. and adj.): I. Covered with herbage: 1. obsĭtus: rough country o. with bush, confragosa loca et o. virgultis, Liv. 28, 2, init.: Ov. 2. crēber, bra, brum (thick with: poet.): a grove o. with reeds, c. arundinibus lucus, Ov. M. 11, 190. 3. opplētus (archaic and rare): cf. Pl. Aul. 4, 6, 9, lucus crebro salicto oppletus. Phr.: rocks o. with moss, musco circumlita saxa, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 7: also simply, muscosa saxa: v. mossy. II. Grown beyond the natural size: enormi corpore (abl. of description): Suet. Cal. 50.