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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative obitus obita obitum obitī obitae obita
Genitive obitī obitae obitī obitōrum obitārum obitōrum
Dative obitō obitō obitīs
Accusative obitum obitam obitum obitōs obitās obita
Ablative obitō obitā obitō obitīs
Vocative obite obita obitum obitī obitae obita

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obitus obitūs
Genitive obitūs obituum
Dative obituī obitibus
Accusative obitum obitūs
Ablative obitū obitibus
Vocative obitus obitūs

Derived terms

Related 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.
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