oblivium Latin · revision 10133

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucretius|origins=la oblīvīscor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔbˈliː.wi.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈliː.vi.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblīvium''' ''n'' (genitive oblīviī or oblīvī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|oblīvīscor|-ium|t1=to forget]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucretius, and Gaffiot cites him.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant forgetfulness, oblivion, usually in the plural, as in Lucretius' ''oblīvia rērum'', Virgil and Horace, and Lewis & Short call it poetic, found once in Tacitus, for the usual [[oblīviō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for forgetting, forgetfulness.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|forgetfulness|alt=Forgetfulness]], [[m|en|oblivion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblīvīscor]]

+ * [[oblīviō]]

+ * [[oblīviōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}