obvius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.u̯i.us/, [ˈɔbu̯iʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.vi.us/, [ˈɔbvius]

Adjective

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

1. in the way, who goes or comes to meet
   • Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 10:

     fit obvius cum exercitu Romulus

     Romulus came upon them with his army

   • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 28:

     Ut si [...] obviam contra veniretur [...] depugnarent

     In order that if someone should comes opposite, fight against him

2. meeting
3. affable, courteous
4. (of objects) at hand, ready
5. exposed, lying open

   do me obvium alicui ― I expose myself to someone

6. (figuratively) known, familiar

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

• Romanian: uib

Borrowings:

• → 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
• obvius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
    
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