obtundo

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“upon”) +‎ tundo (“I strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈtun.doː/, [ɔpˈt̪ʊn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈtun.do/, [obˈt̪un̪d̪o]

Verb

obtundō (present infinitive obtundere, perfect active obtudī, supine obtūsum); third conjugation

1. to strike, beat or batter
2. to blunt
3. to deafen
4. to buffet

Conjugation

Conjugation of obtundō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtundō	obtundis	obtundit	obtundimus	obtunditis	obtundunt
	imperfect	obtundēbam	obtundēbās	obtundēbat	obtundēbāmus	obtundēbātis	obtundēbant
	future	obtundam	obtundēs	obtundet	obtundēmus	obtundētis	obtundent
	perfect	obtudī	obtudistī	obtudit	obtudimus	obtudistis	obtudērunt, obtudēre
	pluperfect	obtuderam	obtuderās	obtuderat	obtuderāmus	obtuderātis	obtuderant
	future perfect	obtuderō	obtuderis	obtuderit	obtuderimus	obtuderitis	obtuderint
passive	present	obtundor	obtunderis, obtundere	obtunditur	obtundimur	obtundiminī	obtunduntur
	imperfect	obtundēbar	obtundēbāris, obtundēbāre	obtundēbātur	obtundēbāmur	obtundēbāminī	obtundēbantur
	future	obtundar	obtundēris, obtundēre	obtundētur	obtundēmur	obtundēminī	obtundentur
	perfect	obtūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obtundam	obtundās	obtundat	obtundāmus	obtundātis	obtundant
	imperfect	obtunderem	obtunderēs	obtunderet	obtunderēmus	obtunderētis	obtunderent
	perfect	obtuderim	obtuderīs	obtuderit	obtuderīmus	obtuderītis	obtuderint
	pluperfect	obtudissem	obtudissēs	obtudisset	obtudissēmus	obtudissētis	obtudissent
passive	present	obtundar	obtundāris, obtundāre	obtundātur	obtundāmur	obtundāminī	obtundantur
	imperfect	obtunderer	obtunderēris, obtunderēre	obtunderētur	obtunderēmur	obtunderēminī	obtunderentur
	perfect	obtūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obtunde	—	—	obtundite	—
	future	—	obtunditō	obtunditō	—	obtunditōte	obtunduntō
passive	present	—	obtundere	—	—	obtundiminī	—
	future	—	obtunditor	obtunditor	—	—	obtunduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obtundere	obtudisse	obtūsūrum esse	obtundī	obtūsum esse	obtūsum īrī
participles		obtundēns	—	obtūsūrus	—	obtūsus	obtundendus, obtundundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obtundendī	obtundendō	obtundendum	obtundendō	obtūsum	obtūsū

Descendants

• English: obtuse
• Italian: ottundere

References

• “obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obtundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
    
• “obtuse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.