obsurdesco

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Latin surdēscō

Latin obsurdēscō

From ob- + surdēscō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔp.sʊrˈdeːs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ob.surˈdɛs.ko]

Verb

obsurdēscō (present infinitive obsurdēscere, perfect active obsurduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to become deaf
2. to turn a deaf ear

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obsurdēscō (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obsurdēscō		obsurdēscis		obsurdēscit		obsurdēscimus		obsurdēscitis		obsurdēscunt
	imperfect	obsurdēscēbam		obsurdēscēbās		obsurdēscēbat		obsurdēscēbāmus		obsurdēscēbātis		obsurdēscēbant
	future	obsurdēscam		obsurdēscēs		obsurdēscet		obsurdēscēmus		obsurdēscētis		obsurdēscent
	perfect	obsurduī		obsurduistī		obsurduit		obsurduimus		obsurduistis		obsurduērunt, obsurduēre
	pluperfect	obsurdueram		obsurduerās		obsurduerat		obsurduerāmus		obsurduerātis		obsurduerant
	future perfect	obsurduerō		obsurdueris		obsurduerit		obsurduerimus		obsurdueritis		obsurduerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obsurdēscam		obsurdēscās		obsurdēscat		obsurdēscāmus		obsurdēscātis		obsurdēscant
	imperfect	obsurdēscerem		obsurdēscerēs		obsurdēsceret		obsurdēscerēmus		obsurdēscerētis		obsurdēscerent
	perfect	obsurduerim		obsurduerīs		obsurduerit		obsurduerīmus		obsurduerītis		obsurduerint
	pluperfect	obsurduissem		obsurduissēs		obsurduisset		obsurduissēmus		obsurduissētis		obsurduissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obsurdēsce		—		—		obsurdēscite		—
	future	—		obsurdēscitō		obsurdēscitō		—		obsurdēscitōte		obsurdēscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obsurdēscere			—			obsurdēscēns			—
perfect		obsurduisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obsurdēscendī		obsurdēscendō		obsurdēscendum		obsurdēscendō		—		—

Related terms

• surdus

Descendants

• Aromanian: asurdzãscu
• Romanian: asurzi

References

• “obsurdesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsurdesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “obsurdesco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• obsurdesco in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016