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 "I start to erase".

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ob.liːˈu̯iːs.kor/, [ɔblʲiːˈu̯iːs̠kɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ob.liˈvis.kor/, [obliˈviskor]

Verb

oblīvīscor (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. I lose remembrance of, forget (+ genitive of person or genitive/accusative of person or thing).
    • 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. I forget
    Antonyms: memorō, admoneō, referō, retineō, moneō, meminī, redūcō
  3. I disregard, omit, neglect (+genitive of person or genitive/accusative of person or thing).
    Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

Usage notes
  • Expressing "I am forgotten" requires the subject and object to be reversed with this verb. For example: "She is forgotten by Paul," becomes "Paulus eam/eius oblivīscitur."

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

Derived terms

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
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