oblittero
Latin
Etymology
From oblitus, perfect passive participle of oblinō (“smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter, text”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈlit.te.roː/, [ɔbˈlʲɪt̪ːɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈlit.te.ro/, [obˈlit̪ːero]
Verb
oblitterō (present infinitive oblitterāre, perfect active oblitterāvī, supine oblitterātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: obliterate
- French: oblitérer
- Italian: obliterare
References
- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oblittero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.