obrogo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ob- + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ro.ɡoː/, [ˈɔbrɔɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ro.ɡo/, [ˈɔbroɡo]
Verb edit
obrogō (present infinitive obrogāre, perfect active obrogāvī, supine obrogātum); first conjugation
- (law) to propose a new law, partly to repeal an existing law; evade, weaken, invalidate or abrogate a law
- (law) to oppose or obstruct the passage of a bill
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: obrogate
References edit
- “obrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obrogo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette