obitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obeō.

Pronunciation

Participle

obitus (feminine obita, neuter obitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

obitus m (genitive obitūs); fourth declension

  1. The act of approaching or going toward; approach, encounter, visit.
  2. The act of going down, setting; sunset.
  3. Downfall, ruin, destruction, death.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative obitus obitūs
genitive obitūs obituum
dative obituī obitibus
accusative obitum obitūs
ablative obitū obitibus
vocative obitus obitūs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: òbit
  • English: obit
  • French: obit
  • Galician: óbito
  • Italian: obito
  • Portuguese: óbito
  • Spanish: óbito

References

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