oblittero
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom oblitus, perfect passive participle of oblinō (“smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter, text”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈlit.te.roː/, [ɔbˈlʲɪt̪ːɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈlit.te.ro/, [obˈlit̪ːero]
Verb
editoblitterō (present infinitive oblitterāre, perfect active oblitterāvī, supine oblitterātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: obliterar
- English: obliterate
- French: oblitérer
- Galician: obliterar
- Italian: obliterare
- Piedmontese: obliteré
- Portuguese: obliterar
- Romanian: oblitera
- Spanish: obliterar
References
edit- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oblittero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.