obliviscor

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from ob- plus the root of lēvis (smooth) with -ēscor (passive inchoative suffix, from -ēscō), with oblīvīscor having an earlier meaning of "start to erase".[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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oblīvīscor (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent [with genitive ‘someone or something’ or accusative ‘something’; or (less common) with infinitive or clause]

  1. to forget
    Antonyms: reminīscor, meminī, retineō, redūcō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.31.7:
      bibant ut oblīvīscantur egestātis suae et dolōris nōn recordentur amplius
      Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  2. to disregard, omit, neglect
    Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of oblīvīscor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oblīvīscor oblīvīsceris,
oblīvīscere
oblīvīscitur oblīvīscimur oblīvīsciminī oblīvīscuntur
imperfect oblīvīscēbar oblīvīscēbāris,
oblīvīscēbāre
oblīvīscēbātur oblīvīscēbāmur oblīvīscēbāminī oblīvīscēbantur
future oblīvīscar oblīvīscēris,
oblīvīscēre
oblīvīscētur oblīvīscēmur oblīvīscēminī oblīvīscentur
perfect oblītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect oblītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect oblītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oblīvīscar oblīvīscāris,
oblīvīscāre
oblīvīscātur oblīvīscāmur oblīvīscāminī oblīvīscantur
imperfect oblīvīscerer oblīvīscerēris,
oblīvīscerēre
oblīvīscerētur oblīvīscerēmur oblīvīscerēminī oblīvīscerentur
perfect oblītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect oblītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oblīvīscere oblīvīsciminī
future oblīvīscitor oblīvīscitor oblīvīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives oblīvīscī oblītum esse oblītūrum esse
participles oblīvīscēns oblītus oblītūrus oblīvīscendus,
oblīvīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
oblīvīscendī oblīvīscendō oblīvīscendum oblīvīscendō oblītum oblītū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *oblītāre (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obliviscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “oblīvīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422