obliviosus

Latin

Etymology

oblīvium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /o.bliː.wiˈoː.sus/, [ɔ.bliː.wɪˈoː.sʊs]

Adjective

oblīviōsus (feminine oblīviōsa, neuter oblīviōsum); first/second declension

  1. forgetful, oblivious
  2. wreaking forgetfulness, furthering the loss of conscience
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes II.7.21–23:
      Oblivioso levia Massico
      ciboria exple, funde capacibus
      unguenta de conchis!
      Fill the light goblets with wine from the Massicus that wreaks forgetfulness, slop salves from big shells!

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oblīviōsus oblīviōsa oblīviōsum oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsa
Genitive oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsī oblīviōsōrum oblīviōsārum oblīviōsōrum
Dative oblīviōsō oblīviōsae oblīviōsō oblīviōsīs oblīviōsīs oblīviōsīs
Accusative oblīviōsum oblīviōsam oblīviōsum oblīviōsōs oblīviōsās oblīviōsa
Ablative oblīviōsō oblīviōsā oblīviōsō oblīviōsīs oblīviōsīs oblīviōsīs
Vocative oblīviōse oblīviōsa oblīviōsum oblīviōsī oblīviōsae oblīviōsa

Descendants

References
  • obliviosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obliviosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obliviosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a good memory: memorem esse (opp. obliviosum esse)
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