obsolefio

Latin

Etymology

From obsolē(scō) +‎ fīō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.so.leˈfiː.oː/, [ɔps̠ɔɫ̪ɛˈfiːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.so.leˈfi.o/, [obsoleˈfiːo]

Verb

obsolefīō (present infinitive obsolefierī, perfect active obsolefactus sum); third conjugation, suppletive, semi-deponent, no future active participle, irregular long ī

1. to be degraded, sullied, debased
   • 121 C.E., Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume Aug.89:

     […] admonebatque praetores ne paterentur nomen suum commissionibus obsolefieri.

     […] he also urged the praetors not to let his name be sullied (or, rendered too common) during theatre speeches.

2. to become worn out

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obsolefīō (third conjugation, suppletive, semi-deponent, no future active participle, irregular long ī)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obsolefīō		obsolefīs		obsolefit		obsolefīmus		obsolefītis		obsolefīunt
	imperfect	obsolefīēbam		obsolefīēbās		obsolefīēbat		obsolefīēbāmus		obsolefīēbātis		obsolefīēbant
	future	obsolefīam		obsolefīēs		obsolefīet		obsolefīēmus		obsolefīētis		obsolefīent
	perfect	obsolefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obsolefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obsolefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obsolefīam		obsolefīās		obsolefīat		obsolefīāmus		obsolefīātis		obsolefīant
	imperfect	obsolefierem		obsolefierēs		obsolefieret		obsolefierēmus		obsolefierētis		obsolefierent
	perfect	obsolefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obsolefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obsolefī		—		—		obsolefīte		—
	future	—		obsolefītō		obsolefītō		—		obsolefītōte		obsolefīuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obsolefierī			—			—			—
future		obsolefactum īrī			—			—			obsolefiendus, obsolefiundus
perfect		obsolefactum esse			—			obsolefactus			—
future perfect		obsolefactum fore			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obsolefiendī		obsolefiendō		obsolefiendum		obsolefiendō		obsolefactum		obsolefactū

References

• “obsolefio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers