obliviosus Latin · revision 10134

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔb.liː.wiˈoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ob.li.viˈɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oblīviōsus''' (feminine oblīviōsa, neuter oblīviōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[oblīviō]] or [[oblīvium]] “forgetfulness” with [[m|la|-ōsus]], from [[oblīvīscor]] “to forget”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, “forgetful”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant forgetful, having a bad memory, as in Plautus and Cicero, and producing forgetfulness, as in Horace, and Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means forgetful.^(Stelten 1995) English ''oblivious'' (mid-15th century) is from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of what brings forgetfulness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''oblivious'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|forgetful|alt=Forgetful]], [[m|en|oblivious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Causing forgetfulness.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oblīviō]]

+ * [[oblīvium]]

+ * [[oblīvīscor]]

+ * [[en|oblivious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}