obligatio

Latin

Etymology

From obligō (“bind in obligation; restrain”), from ob (“to, against”) + ligō (“bind, unite”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /o.bliˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɔ.blɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]

Noun

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obligātiō obligātiōnēs
Genitive obligātiōnis obligātiōnum
Dative obligātiōnī obligātiōnibus
Accusative obligātiōnem obligātiōnēs
Ablative obligātiōne obligātiōnibus
Vocative obligātiō obligātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • 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, 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
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