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".

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]

1. 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)

2. 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
		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

• oblītus
• oblīviō
• oblīvium

Related terms

• oblīviālis
• oblīviōsus

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.