obiit

French

Noun

obiit m (plural obiits)

1. (heraldry) hatchment

Latin

Alternative forms

• ob.

Verb

obiit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of obeō: departed, left, passed on, passed away

Usage notes

• Although obeō has many meanings, the most common meaning of obiit is a polite expression of "he or she died" in Latin language records.

References

• "obiit", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)