Latin edit

Etymology edit

From obloquor (to gainsay, contradict) +‎ -ium.

Noun edit

obloquium n (genitive obloquiī or obloquī); second declension

  1. a contradiction

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obloquium obloquia
Genitive obloquiī
obloquī1
obloquiōrum
Dative obloquiō obloquiīs
Accusative obloquium obloquia
Ablative obloquiō obloquiīs
Vocative obloquium obloquia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References edit

  • obloquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obloquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette