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The Latin prefix "ob" gets added to mean "in the way"for example: Ob+Pono (English opponent comes from this) means "place in the way
Noli quaerere a me quam ob rem.
of- ,op- ,ob- eg: object,offend,oppress.
The meaning for 'ob' are: contrary, against, towards or in the way of, against
OB stands for Ostby and Barton
"Obiter",as in:obiter dictum [something] said by-the-way (ob iter), [incidentally]
"OB" stands for Ostby & Barton
the prefix ob means against something e.g objection, obstacle, obstruction
You say ob amorem plus a word in the genitive case. For example, "for the love of God" is ob amorem Dei ("God" = Deus, "of God" = Dei); "for the love of one's country" is ob amorem patriae ("homeland" = patria, "of homeland" is patriae).
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