See also: obiurgò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oˈbjur.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -urɡo
  • Hyphenation: o‧biùr‧go

Verb

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obiurgo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of obiurgare

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ob- (to, against) +‎ iūrgō (dispute, chide).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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obiūrgō (present infinitive obiūrgāre, perfect active obiūrgāvī, supine obiūrgātum); first conjugation

  1. to chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand
    Synonyms: castīgō, perstringō, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, increpō, acclāmō, exprobrō, inclāmō, arguō, animadvertō, reprehendō, compellō
  2. to chastise, punish
    Synonyms: castīgō, mulctō, multō, pūniō, expiō, moneō, animadvertō, ulcīscor, plēctō, exsequor
  3. to dissuade or deter one from any thing, by means of reproof
    Synonyms: dissuādeō, tardō
    Antonyms: suādeō, persuādeō
  4. to exhort, urge reprovingly

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Descendants

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  • English: objurgate
  • Italian: obiurgare

References

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  • obiurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obiurgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers