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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔbˈliː.wi.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [obˈliː.vi.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''oblīviō''' ''f'' (genitive oblīviōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed from [[obliviscor|alt=oblīvīscī]] “to forget” with the suffix [[m|la|-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The origin of ''oblīvīscī'' is uncertain: it has been explained from [[m|la|ob-|t=over]] and the root of [[levis|alt=lēvis]] “smooth”, as “to smooth over, efface”, but de Vaan and others find the shift from “smooth” to “forget” unconvincing.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Furius Bibaculus in the 1st century BC,^(Köbler 2010) and it is found in Varro and Cicero, who would rather learn the art of forgetting than of memory.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the act or state of forgetting, as in ''capit me oblivio'' “I forget”, and Statius and Hyginus personify it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant the state of being forgotten, oblivion, as in Cicero's ''ab oblivione vindicare'' “to rescue from oblivion” and Livy's ''oblivioni dare'' “to consign to oblivion”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Nepos and Velleius use it for the Athenian amnesty after the Thirty Tyrants.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ As a name it was the river Lethe in the underworld and the river Limia in Spain, which Roman soldiers feared to cross.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) English borrowed it as [[en|oblivion]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1st century BC – Furius Bibaculus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero contrasts the art of forgetting with the art of memory.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it for the Athenian amnesty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace writes of ''lividae obliviones''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English borrows it as [[en|oblivion]].^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The act or state of forgetting, forgetfulness.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # The state of being forgotten, [[m|en|oblivion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # An [[m|en|amnesty]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''Oblivio'': the river Lethe; the river Limia in Spain.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[oblīviālis]]
+ * [[oblīviōsus]]
+ * [[oblīvius]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[oblītus]]
+ * [[oblīvīscor]]
+ * [[oblīvium]]
+ * [[en|oblivion]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}