obeo
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“towards”) + eō (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈo.be.oː/, [ˈɔbeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.be.o/, [ˈɔːbeo]
Verb
obeō (present infinitive obīre, perfect active obiī or obīvī, supine obitum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- I go towards, go to meet.
- I arrive at, reach, come to.
- (astronomy) I set.
- (figuratively) I fall, perish, pass away, die (mortem or diem obeo)
- (figuratively) I survey, look over.
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to obiī, but occasionally appears as obīvī.
Descendants
- English: obituary
References
- “obeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
- to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
- to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi
- to visit, traverse a province: provinciam obire
- to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire