oblitus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of oblīvīscor.

Participle

oblītus (feminine oblīta, neuter oblītum); first/second-declension participle

1. (with genitive or accusative) having forgotten, oblivious, unmindful, heedless of
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.220–221:

     [...] oculōsque ad moenia torsit / rēgia et oblītōs fāmae meliōris amantēs.

     [...] and [Jupiter] turned his eyes toward the royal walls [of Carthage] and the loving [couple] who had forgotten their nobler fame.
     (amantes = Dido and Aeneas)

2. forgotten
3. disregarded, neglected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	oblītus	oblīta	oblītum		oblītī	oblītae	oblīta
genitive	oblītī	oblītae	oblītī		oblītōrum	oblītārum	oblītōrum
dative	oblītō	oblītae	oblītō		oblītīs
accusative	oblītum	oblītam	oblītum		oblītōs	oblītās	oblīta
ablative	oblītō	oblītā	oblītō		oblītīs
vocative	oblīte	oblīta	oblītum		oblītī	oblītae	oblīta

Derived terms

• inoblītus

Descendants

• → Catalan: oblit

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of oblinō.

Participle

oblitus (feminine oblita, neuter oblitum); first/second-declension participle

1. daubed over, besmeared

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	oblitus	oblita	oblitum		oblitī	oblitae	oblita
genitive	oblitī	oblitae	oblitī		oblitōrum	oblitārum	oblitōrum
dative	oblitō	oblitae	oblitō		oblitīs
accusative	oblitum	oblitam	oblitum		oblitōs	oblitās	oblita
ablative	oblitō	oblitā	oblitō		oblitīs
vocative	oblite	oblita	oblitum		oblitī	oblitae	oblita

References

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