oblivium
Latin
Etymology
From oblīvīscor (“forget”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈliː.u̯i.um/, [ɔbˈlʲiːu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈli.vi.um/, [obˈliːvium]
Noun
oblīvium n (genitive oblīviī or oblīvī); second declension
- forgetfulness.
- oblivion.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oblīvium | oblīvia |
| Genitive | oblīviī oblīvī1 | oblīviōrum |
| Dative | oblīviō | oblīviīs |
| Accusative | oblīvium | oblīvia |
| Ablative | oblīviō | oblīviīs |
| Vocative | oblīvium | oblīvia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “oblivium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oblivium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oblivium 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)
- oblivium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette