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 "start to erase".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.liːˈu̯iːs.kor/, [ɔblʲiːˈu̯iːs̠kɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.liˈvis.kor/, [obliˈviskor]

Verb

oblīvīscor (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent [with genitive ‘someone or something’ or accusative ‘something’; or (less common) with infinitive or clause]

to forget
Antonyms: reminīscor, meminī, retineō, redūcō
- 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)
to disregard, omit, neglect
Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

Conjugation

Conjugation of oblīvīscor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	oblīvīscere		—	—	oblīvīsciminī		—
active	future	—	oblīvīscitor		oblīvīscitor	—	—		oblīvīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		oblīvīscī		—		oblīvīscēns		—
future		oblītūrum esse		—		oblītūrus		oblīvīscendus, oblīvīscundus
perfect		oblītum esse		—		oblītus		—
future perfect		oblītum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		oblītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		oblīvīscendī	oblīvīscendō		oblīvīscendum	oblīvīscendō	oblītum		oblītū

Derived terms

Related 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.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “oblīvīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “oblīvīscor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422

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