obvius

== Latin == === Etymology === From ob- (“against; facing”) +‎ via (“road, street, path; way, method”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.vi.us] === Adjective === obvius (feminine obvia, neuter obvium); first/second-declension adjective in the way, who goes or comes to meet meeting affable, courteous (of objects) at hand, ready exposed, lying open do me obvium alicui ― I expose myself to someone (figurative) known, familiar ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== obviam obviō ==== Descendants ==== Romanian: uib Borrowings: === References === “obvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obvius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "obvius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “obvius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI