oblittero

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From oblitus, perfect passive participle of oblinō (“smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter, text”).

Pronunciation

Verb

oblitterō (present infinitive oblitterāre, perfect active oblitterāvī, supine oblitterātum); first conjugation

  1. to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out
  2. to consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten

Conjugation

   Conjugation of oblitterō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oblitterō oblitterās oblitterat oblitterāmus oblitterātis oblitterant
imperfect oblitterābam oblitterābās oblitterābat oblitterābāmus oblitterābātis oblitterābant
future oblitterābō oblitterābis oblitterābit oblitterābimus oblitterābitis oblitterābunt
perfect oblitterāvī oblitterāvistī oblitterāvit oblitterāvimus oblitterāvistis oblitterāvērunt,
oblitterāvēre
pluperfect oblitterāveram oblitterāverās oblitterāverat oblitterāverāmus oblitterāverātis oblitterāverant
future perfect oblitterāverō oblitterāveris oblitterāverit oblitterāverimus oblitterāveritis oblitterāverint
passive present oblitteror oblitterāris,
oblitterāre 		oblitterātur oblitterāmur oblitterāminī oblitterantur
imperfect oblitterābar oblitterābāris,
oblitterābāre 		oblitterābātur oblitterābāmur oblitterābāminī oblitterābantur
future oblitterābor oblitterāberis,
oblitterābere 		oblitterābitur oblitterābimur oblitterābiminī oblitterābuntur
perfect oblitterātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect oblitterātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect oblitterātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present oblitterem oblitterēs oblitteret oblitterēmus oblitterētis oblitterent
imperfect oblitterārem oblitterārēs oblitterāret oblitterārēmus oblitterārētis oblitterārent
perfect oblitterāverim oblitterāverīs oblitterāverit oblitterāverīmus oblitterāverītis oblitterāverint
pluperfect oblitterāvissem oblitterāvissēs oblitterāvisset oblitterāvissēmus oblitterāvissētis oblitterāvissent
passive present oblitterer oblitterēris,
oblitterēre 		oblitterētur oblitterēmur oblitterēminī oblitterentur
imperfect oblitterārer oblitterārēris,
oblitterārēre 		oblitterārētur oblitterārēmur oblitterārēminī oblitterārentur
perfect oblitterātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect oblitterātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — oblitterā — — oblitterāte —
future — oblitterātō oblitterātō — oblitterātōte oblitterantō
passive present — oblitterāre — — oblitterāminī —
future — oblitterātor oblitterātor — — oblitterantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present oblitterāre oblitterārī oblitterāns —
future oblitterātūrum esse oblitterātum īrī oblitterātūrus oblitterandus
perfect oblitterāvisse oblitterātum esse — oblitterātus
future perfect — oblitterātum fore — —
perfect potential oblitterātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
oblitterandī oblitterandō oblitterandum oblitterandō oblitterātum oblitterātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: obliterar (learned)
  • → English: obliterate
  • → French: oblitérer (learned)
  • → Galician: obliterar (learned)
  • → Italian: obliterare (learned)
  • → Piedmontese: obliteré (learned)
  • → Portuguese: obliterar (learned)
  • → Spanish: obliterar (learned)

References

  • “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “oblittero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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