obitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bi.tus/, [ˈɔbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bi.tus/, [ˈɔːbit̪us]

Participle

obitus (feminine obita, neuter obitum); first/second-declension participle

1. perished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	obitus	obita	obitum		obitī	obitae	obita
Genitive	obitī	obitae	obitī		obitōrum	obitārum	obitōrum
Dative	obitō		obitō		obitīs
Accusative	obitum	obitam	obitum		obitōs	obitās	obita
Ablative	obitō	obitā	obitō		obitīs
Vocative	obite	obita	obitum		obitī	obitae	obita

Noun

obitus m (genitive obitūs); fourth declension

1. The act of approaching or going toward; approach, encounter, visit.
2. The act of going down, setting; sunset.
3. Downfall, ruin, destruction, death.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obitus	obitūs
Genitive	obitūs	obituum
Dative	obituī	obitibus
Accusative	obitum	obitūs
Ablative	obitū	obitibus
Vocative	obitus	obitūs

Derived terms

• obituārius

Related terms

• obeō

Descendants

• English: obit
• French: obit
• Italian: obito
• Portuguese: óbito
• Spanish: óbito

References

• “obitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• obitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.