obliviscor

Latin

Etymology

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".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔb.liːˈwiːs.kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ob.liˈvis.kor]

Verb

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

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.6:

     Mūtā iam istam mentem, mihi crēde — oblīvīscere caedis atque incendiōrum.

     Change that intention now, trust me — forget about slaughter and conflagration.

   • 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

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		oblīvīscī			—			oblīvīscēns			—
future		oblītūrum esse			—			oblītūrus			oblīvīscendus, oblīvīscundus
perfect		oblītum esse			—			oblītus			—
future perfect		oblītum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		oblītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		oblīvīscendī		oblīvīscendō		oblīvīscendum		oblīvīscendō		oblītum		oblītū

Derived terms

• oblītus
• oblīviō
• oblīvium

Related terms

• oblīviālis
• oblīviōsus

Descendants

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

References

• “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.