obvius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ob- (“against; facing”) + via (“road, street, path; way, method”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
obvius (feminine obvia, neuter obvium); first/second-declension adjective
- in the way
- meeting
- affable, courteous
- (of objects) at hand, ready
- exposed, lying open
- (figuratively) known, familiar
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
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References[edit]
- 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
- obvius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- obvius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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
- (ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri