obligatorius

Latin

Etymology

obligō (“to bind”) +‎ -tōrius

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.li.ɡaːˈtoː.ri.us/, [ɔblʲɪɡäːˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.li.ɡaˈto.ri.us/, [obliɡäˈt̪ɔːrius]

Adjective

obligātōrius (feminine obligātōria, neuter obligātōrium); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. (Late Latin) binding, obligatory

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	obligātōrius	obligātōria	obligātōrium		obligātōriī	obligātōriae	obligātōria
Genitive	obligātōriī	obligātōriae	obligātōriī		obligātōriōrum	obligātōriārum	obligātōriōrum
Dative	obligātōriō		obligātōriō		obligātōriīs
Accusative	obligātōrium	obligātōriam	obligātōrium		obligātōriōs	obligātōriās	obligātōria
Ablative	obligātōriō	obligātōriā	obligātōriō		obligātōriīs
Vocative	obligātōrie	obligātōria	obligātōrium		obligātōriī	obligātōriae	obligātōria

Descendants

• → French: obligatoire

References

• “obligatorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obligatorius 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)
• obligatorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.