oblittero

Latin

Etymology

From oblitus, perfect passive participle of oblinō (“smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter, text”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈlit.te.roː/, [ɔbˈlʲɪt̪ːɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈlit.te.ro/, [obˈlit̪ːero]

Verb

oblitterō (present infinitive oblitterāre, perfect active oblitterāvī, supine oblitterātum); first conjugation

1. to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out
2. to consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten

Conjugation

   Conjugation of oblitterō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	oblitterō	oblitterās	oblitterat	oblitterāmus	oblitterātis	oblitterant
	imperfect	oblitterābam	oblitterābās	oblitterābat	oblitterābāmus	oblitterābātis	oblitterābant
	future	oblitterābō	oblitterābis	oblitterābit	oblitterābimus	oblitterābitis	oblitterābunt
	perfect	oblitterāvī	oblitterāvistī	oblitterāvit	oblitterāvimus	oblitterāvistis	oblitterāvērunt, oblitterāvēre
	pluperfect	oblitterāveram	oblitterāverās	oblitterāverat	oblitterāverāmus	oblitterāverātis	oblitterāverant
	future perfect	oblitterāverō	oblitterāveris	oblitterāverit	oblitterāverimus	oblitterāveritis	oblitterāverint
passive	present	oblitteror	oblitterāris, oblitterāre	oblitterātur	oblitterāmur	oblitterāminī	oblitterantur
	imperfect	oblitterābar	oblitterābāris, oblitterābāre	oblitterābātur	oblitterābāmur	oblitterābāminī	oblitterābantur
	future	oblitterābor	oblitterāberis, oblitterābere	oblitterābitur	oblitterābimur	oblitterābiminī	oblitterābuntur
	perfect	oblitterātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	oblitterātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	oblitterātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	oblitterem	oblitterēs	oblitteret	oblitterēmus	oblitterētis	oblitterent
imperfect	oblitterārem	oblitterārēs	oblitterāret	oblitterārēmus	oblitterārētis	oblitterārent
perfect	oblitterāverim	oblitterāverīs	oblitterāverit	oblitterāverīmus	oblitterāverītis	oblitterāverint
pluperfect	oblitterāvissem	oblitterāvissēs	oblitterāvisset	oblitterāvissēmus	oblitterāvissētis	oblitterāvissent
passive	present	oblitterer	oblitterēris, oblitterēre	oblitterētur	oblitterēmur	oblitterēminī	oblitterentur
imperfect	oblitterārer	oblitterārēris, oblitterārēre	oblitterārētur	oblitterārēmur	oblitterārēminī	oblitterārentur
perfect	oblitterātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	oblitterātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	oblitterā	—	—	oblitterāte	—
	future	—	oblitterātō	oblitterātō	—	oblitterātōte	oblitterantō
passive	present	—	oblitterāre	—	—	oblitterāminī	—
	future	—	oblitterātor	oblitterātor	—	—	oblitterantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		oblitterāre	oblitterāvisse	oblitterātūrum esse	oblitterārī	oblitterātum esse	oblitterātum īrī
participles		oblitterāns	—	oblitterātūrus	—	oblitterātus	oblitterandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		oblitterandī	oblitterandō	oblitterandum	oblitterandō	oblitterātum	oblitterātū

Derived terms

• oblitterātiō
• oblitterātor

Descendants

• Catalan: obliterar
• English: obliterate
• French: oblitérer
• Galician: obliterar
• Italian: obliterare
• Piedmontese: obliteré
• Portuguese: obliterar
• Romanian: oblitera
• Spanish: obliterar

References

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