obvius

Latin

Etymology

From ob (“against; facing”) + via (“road, street, path; way, method”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.wi.us/, [ˈɔb.wi.ʊs]

Adjective

obvius (feminine obvia, neuter obvium); first/second declension

1. in the way
2. meeting
3. affable, courteous
4. (of objects) at hand, ready
5. exposed, lying open
6. (figuratively) known, familiar

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	obvius	obvia	obvium		obviī	obviae	obvia
genitive	obviī	obviae	obviī		obviōrum	obviārum	obviōrum
dative	obviō		obviō		obviīs
accusative	obvium	obviam	obvium		obviōs	obviās	obvia
ablative	obviō	obviā	obviō		obviīs
vocative	obvie	obvia	obvium		obviī	obviae	obvia

Related terms

• obviam
• obviō

Descendants

• Asturian: obviu
• Catalan: obvi
• English: obvious
• French: obvie

• Galician: obvio
• Italian: ovvio
• Portuguese: óbvio
• Spanish: obvio

References

• obvius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obvius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “obvius”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “obvius” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) to meet any one: obviam ire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to meet some one: obviam venire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) to send to meet a person: obviam alicui aliquem mittere