obligatio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From obligō (bind in obligation; restrain) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obligātiō f (genitive obligātiōnis); third declension

  1. binding; engaging, pledging, obligation, bond
  2. obligatory relationship
  3. document that confirms a bond or obligation
  4. (figuratively) entangling, ensnaring

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

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Descendants

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References

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  • obligatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obligatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obligatio 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)
  • obligatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • obligatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers