obesus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obedō (“eat away, devour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈbeː.sus/, [ɔˈbeːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbe.sus/, [oˈbɛːs̬us]

Participle

obēsus (feminine obēsa, neuter obēsum); first/second-declension participle

1. eaten away, devoured, having been eaten away
2. wasted away, lean, meagre, having been wasted away
3. (that is wasted away with fat) fat, stout, plump, obese
4. (figuratively) gross, heavy, dull, coarse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	obēsus	obēsa	obēsum		obēsī	obēsae	obēsa
Genitive	obēsī	obēsae	obēsī		obēsōrum	obēsārum	obēsōrum
Dative	obēsō		obēsō		obēsīs
Accusative	obēsum	obēsam	obēsum		obēsōs	obēsās	obēsa
Ablative	obēsō	obēsā	obēsō		obēsīs
Vocative	obēse	obēsa	obēsum		obēsī	obēsae	obēsa

Descendants

• → Catalan: obès
• → Dutch: obees
• → English: obese
• → French: obèse
  • → Romanian: obez
  • → Turkish: obez
• → Galician: obeso
• → Italian: obeso
• → Portuguese: obeso
• → Spanish: obeso

References

• “obesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obesus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• obesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.