obligo
See also: obligó
Catalan
Verb
obligo
- first-person singular present indicative form of obligar
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“to, against”) + ligō (“bind, unite”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.li.ɡoː/, [ˈɔblʲɪɡoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.li.ɡo/, [ˈɔbliɡo]
Verb
obligō (present infinitive obligāre, perfect active obligāvī, supine obligātum); first conjugation
- I bind in obligation, obligate, make liable.
- I make guilty.
- I mortgage, pawn.
- I restrain, impede.
- (rare) I tie, fasten.
- (rare) I bind together.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of obligō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obligō | obligās | obligat | obligāmus | obligātis | obligant |
| imperfect | obligābam | obligābās | obligābat | obligābāmus | obligābātis | obligābant | |
| future | obligābō | obligābis | obligābit | obligābimus | obligābitis | obligābunt | |
| perfect | obligāvī | obligāvistī, obligāstī1 | obligāvit, obligāt1 | obligāvimus, obligāmus1 | obligāvistis, obligāstis1 | obligāvērunt, obligāvēre, obligārunt1 | |
| pluperfect | obligāveram, obligāram1 | obligāverās, obligārās1 | obligāverat, obligārat1 | obligāverāmus, obligārāmus1 | obligāverātis, obligārātis1 | obligāverant, obligārant1 | |
| future perfect | obligāverō, obligārō1 | obligāveris, obligāris1 | obligāverit, obligārit1 | obligāverimus, obligārimus1 | obligāveritis, obligāritis1 | obligāverint, obligārint1 | |
| passive | present | obligor | obligāris, obligāre | obligātur | obligāmur | obligāminī | obligantur |
| imperfect | obligābar | obligābāris, obligābāre | obligābātur | obligābāmur | obligābāminī | obligābantur | |
| future | obligābor | obligāberis, obligābere | obligābitur | obligābimur | obligābiminī | obligābuntur | |
| perfect | obligātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obligātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | obligātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obligem | obligēs | obliget | obligēmus | obligētis | obligent |
| imperfect | obligārem | obligārēs | obligāret | obligārēmus | obligārētis | obligārent | |
| perfect | obligāverim, obligārim1 | obligāverīs, obligārīs1 | obligāverit, obligārit1 | obligāverīmus, obligārīmus1 | obligāverītis, obligārītis1 | obligāverint, obligārint1 | |
| pluperfect | obligāvissem, obligāssem1 | obligāvissēs, obligāssēs1 | obligāvisset, obligāsset1 | obligāvissēmus, obligāssēmus1 | obligāvissētis, obligāssētis1 | obligāvissent, obligāssent1 | |
| passive | present | obliger | obligēris, obligēre | obligētur | obligēmur | obligēminī | obligentur |
| imperfect | obligārer | obligārēris, obligārēre | obligārētur | obligārēmur | obligārēminī | obligārentur | |
| perfect | obligātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obligātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | obligā | — | — | obligāte | — |
| future | — | obligātō | obligātō | — | obligātōte | obligantō | |
| passive | present | — | obligāre | — | — | obligāminī | — |
| future | — | obligātor | obligātor | — | — | obligantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | obligāre | obligāvisse, obligāsse1 | obligātūrum esse | obligārī | obligātum esse | obligātum īrī | |
| participles | obligāns | — | obligātūrus | — | obligātus | obligandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| obligandī | obligandō | obligandum | obligandō | obligātum | obligātū | ||
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
- obligāmentum
- obligātiō
- obligātōrius
- obligātūra
- obligātus
Related terms
- ligō
Descendants
- → Catalan: obligar
- → English: oblige, obligate
- → French: obliger
- → Friulian: obleâ
- → Galician: obrigar
- → Italian: obbligare
- → Occitan: obligar
- → Piedmontese: oblighé
- → Portuguese: obrigar
- → Romanian: obliga
- → Sicilian: ubbrijari
- → Spanish: obligar
- → Venetian: obligar
References
- “obligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
- (ambiguous) to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
- to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
Spanish
Verb
obligo
- first-person singular present indicative of obligar