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Latin
Etymology
From oblitus, perfect passive participle of oblinō (“smear over”). Influenced by littera (“letter, text”).
Pronunciation
Verb
oblitterō (present infinitive oblitterāre, perfect active oblitterāvī, supine oblitterātum); first conjugation
- to erase, efface, obliterate, blot out
- to consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten
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References
- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “oblittero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oblittero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.