obliviscor

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from ob- plus the root of lēvis (“smooth”) with -ēscor (passive inchoative suffix, from -ēscō), with oblīvīscor having an earlier meaning of "start to erase". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔb.liːˈwiːs.kɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.liˈvis.kor] === Verb === oblīvīscor (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent [with genitive ‘someone or something’ or accusative ‘something’; or (less common) with infinitive or clause] to forget Antonyms: reminīscor, meminī, retineō, redūcō to disregard, omit, neglect Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== oblītus oblīviō oblīvium ==== Related terms ==== oblīviālis oblīviōsus ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *oblītāre (see there for further descendants) === References === “obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obliviscor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.