obsigno

obsigno

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ signō (“I mark, stamp, imprint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈsiɡ.noː/, [ɔpˈs̠ɪŋnoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsiɲ.ɲo/, [obˈsiɲːo]

Verb

obsignō (present infinitive obsignāre, perfect active obsignāvī, supine obsignātum); first conjugation

1. I seal up; I affix a seal to.
2. I seal an accusation.
3. I pledge or mortgage under hand and seal.
4. (figuratively) I stamp, impress.

Conjugation

Conjugation of obsignō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsignō	obsignās	obsignat	obsignāmus	obsignātis	obsignant
	imperfect	obsignābam	obsignābās	obsignābat	obsignābāmus	obsignābātis	obsignābant
	future	obsignābō	obsignābis	obsignābit	obsignābimus	obsignābitis	obsignābunt
	perfect	obsignāvī	obsignāvistī	obsignāvit	obsignāvimus	obsignāvistis	obsignāvērunt, obsignāvēre
	pluperfect	obsignāveram	obsignāverās	obsignāverat	obsignāverāmus	obsignāverātis	obsignāverant
	future perfect	obsignāverō	obsignāveris	obsignāverit	obsignāverimus	obsignāveritis	obsignāverint
passive	present	obsignor	obsignāris, obsignāre	obsignātur	obsignāmur	obsignāminī	obsignantur
	imperfect	obsignābar	obsignābāris, obsignābāre	obsignābātur	obsignābāmur	obsignābāminī	obsignābantur
	future	obsignābor	obsignāberis, obsignābere	obsignābitur	obsignābimur	obsignābiminī	obsignābuntur
	perfect	obsignātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obsignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obsignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsignem	obsignēs	obsignet	obsignēmus	obsignētis	obsignent
	imperfect	obsignārem	obsignārēs	obsignāret	obsignārēmus	obsignārētis	obsignārent
	perfect	obsignāverim	obsignāverīs	obsignāverit	obsignāverīmus	obsignāverītis	obsignāverint
	pluperfect	obsignāvissem	obsignāvissēs	obsignāvisset	obsignāvissēmus	obsignāvissētis	obsignāvissent
passive	present	obsigner	obsignēris, obsignēre	obsignētur	obsignēmur	obsignēminī	obsignentur
	imperfect	obsignārer	obsignārēris, obsignārēre	obsignārētur	obsignārēmur	obsignārēminī	obsignārentur
	perfect	obsignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obsignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obsignā	—	—	obsignāte	—
	future	—	obsignātō	obsignātō	—	obsignātōte	obsignantō
passive	present	—	obsignāre	—	—	obsignāminī	—
	future	—	obsignātor	obsignātor	—	—	obsignantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obsignāre	obsignāvisse	obsignātūrum esse	obsignārī	obsignātum esse	obsignātum īrī
participles		obsignāns	—	obsignātūrus	—	obsignātus	obsignandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obsignandī	obsignandō	obsignandum	obsignandō	obsignātum	obsignātū

Synonyms

• (stamp, impress): signō

Derived terms

• obsignātiō
• obsignātor
• obsignātus

Related terms

• signō

Descendants

• English: obsign, obsignate

References

• “obsigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsigno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
    
  • to sign a will: testamentum obsignare (B. G. 1. 39)