obliviosus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Formed from oblīvium (forgetfulness, oblivion) +‎ -ōsus (full of, overly, prone to), from oblīvīscor (to forget).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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oblīviōsus (feminine oblīviōsa, neuter oblīviōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. forgetful, oblivious
  2. wreaking forgetfulness, furthering the loss of conscience
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes II.7.21–23:
      Oblivioso levia Massico
      ciboria exple, funde capacibus
      unguenta de conchis!
      Fill the light goblets with wine from the Massicus that wreaks forgetfulness, slop salves from big shells!

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oblīviōsus oblīviōsa oblīviōsum oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsa
Genitive oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsī oblīviōsōrum oblīviōsārum oblīviōsōrum
Dative oblīviōsō oblīviōsō oblīviōsīs
Accusative oblīviōsum oblīviōsam oblīviōsum oblīviōsōs oblīviōsās oblīviōsa
Ablative oblīviōsō oblīviōsā oblīviōsō oblīviōsīs
Vocative oblīviōse oblīviōsa oblīviōsum oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsa

Descendants

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  • English: oblivious
  • Italian: oblivioso

References

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  • obliviosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obliviosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obliviosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a good memory: memorem esse (opp. obliviosum esse)