obligo

See also: obligó

Catalan

Verb

obligo

1. first-person singular present indicative of obligar

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“to, against”) +‎ ligō (“bind, unite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.li.ɡoː/, [ˈɔblʲɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.li.ɡo/, [ˈɔbliɡo]

Verb

obligō (present infinitive obligāre, perfect active obligāvī, supine obligātum); first conjugation

1. to bind in obligation, obligate, make liable
2. to make guilty
3. to mortgage, pawn
4. to restrain, impede
5. (rare) to tie, fasten
6. (rare) to bind together

Conjugation

Conjugation of obligō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obligō	obligās	obligat	obligāmus	obligātis	obligant
	imperfect	obligābam	obligābās	obligābat	obligābāmus	obligābātis	obligābant
	future	obligābō	obligābis	obligābit	obligābimus	obligābitis	obligābunt
	perfect	obligāvī	obligāvistī, obligāstī1	obligāvit, obligāt1	obligāvimus, obligāmus1	obligāvistis, obligāstis1	obligāvērunt, obligāvēre, obligārunt1
	pluperfect	obligāveram, obligāram1	obligāverās, obligārās1	obligāverat, obligārat1	obligāverāmus, obligārāmus1	obligāverātis, obligārātis1	obligāverant, obligārant1
	future perfect	obligāverō, obligārō1	obligāveris, obligāris1	obligāverit, obligārit1	obligāverimus, obligārimus1	obligāveritis, obligāritis1	obligāverint, obligārint1
passive	present	obligor	obligāris, obligāre	obligātur	obligāmur	obligāminī	obligantur
	imperfect	obligābar	obligābāris, obligābāre	obligābātur	obligābāmur	obligābāminī	obligābantur
	future	obligābor	obligāberis, obligābere	obligābitur	obligābimur	obligābiminī	obligābuntur
	perfect	obligātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obligātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obligātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obligem	obligēs	obliget	obligēmus	obligētis	obligent
	imperfect	obligārem	obligārēs	obligāret	obligārēmus	obligārētis	obligārent
	perfect	obligāverim, obligārim1	obligāverīs, obligārīs1	obligāverit, obligārit1	obligāverīmus, obligārīmus1	obligāverītis, obligārītis1	obligāverint, obligārint1
	pluperfect	obligāvissem, obligāssem1	obligāvissēs, obligāssēs1	obligāvisset, obligāsset1	obligāvissēmus, obligāssēmus1	obligāvissētis, obligāssētis1	obligāvissent, obligāssent1
passive	present	obliger	obligēris, obligēre	obligētur	obligēmur	obligēminī	obligentur
	imperfect	obligārer	obligārēris, obligārēre	obligārētur	obligārēmur	obligārēminī	obligārentur
	perfect	obligātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obligātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obligā	—	—	obligāte	—
	future	—	obligātō	obligātō	—	obligātōte	obligantō
passive	present	—	obligāre	—	—	obligāminī	—
	future	—	obligātor	obligātor	—	—	obligantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obligāre	obligāvisse, obligāsse1	obligātūrum esse	obligārī	obligātum esse	obligātum īrī
participles		obligāns	—	obligātūrus	—	obligātus	obligandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obligandī	obligandō	obligandum	obligandō	obligātum	obligātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• obligāmentum
• obligātiō
• obligātōrius
• obligātūra
• obligātus

Related terms

• ligō

Descendants

• → Catalan: obligar
• → English: oblige, obligate
• → French: obliger
• → Friulian: obleâ
• → Galician: obrigar
• → Italian: obbligare
• → Occitan: obligar
• → Piedmontese: oblighé
• → Portuguese: obrigar
• → Romanian: obliga
• → Sicilian: ubbrijari
• → Spanish: obligar
• → Venetian: obligar

References

• “obligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
    
  • (ambiguous) to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
    

Spanish

Verb

obligo

1. first-person singular present indicative of obligar