obviam

Latin

Adjective

obviam

1. accusative feminine singular of obvius

Adverb

obviam (not comparable)

1. in the way
2. against

   obviam ire alicui ― to encounter someone, to meet someone

References

• “obviam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obviam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obviam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to meet any one: obviam ire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to meet some one: obviam venire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) to send to meet a person: obviam alicui aliquem mittere
    
• Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Portuguese

Verb

obviam

1. third-person plural present indicative of obviar