obsurdesco
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ob.surˈdeːs.koː/, [ɔps̠ʊrˈd̪eːs̠koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ob.surˈdes.ko/, [obsurˈd̪ɛsko]
Verb edit
obsurdēscō (present infinitive obsurdēscere, perfect active obsurduī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to become deaf
- to turn a deaf ear
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: asurdzãscu
- Romanian: asurzi
References edit
- “obsurdesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsurdesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsurdesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- obsurdesco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016