oblivium

Latin

Etymology

From oblīvīscor (“forget”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈliː.u̯i.um/, [ɔbˈlʲiːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈli.vi.um/, [obˈliːvium]

Noun

oblīvium n (genitive oblīviī or oblīvī); second declension

  1. forgetfulness.
  2. oblivion.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oblīvium oblīvia
Genitive oblīviī
oblīvī1		 oblīviōrum
Dative oblīviō oblīviīs
Accusative oblīvium oblīvia
Ablative oblīviō oblīviīs
Vocative oblīvium oblīvia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • “oblivium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oblivium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oblivium 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)
  • oblivium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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