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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɔb.liːˈwiːs.kɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ob.liˈvis.kor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''oblīvīscor''' (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
+ Accius has the archaic forms ''obliscar'' and ''obliscier''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The origin is uncertain.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) It is from [[ob-]] and a root that the OLD and Gaffiot compare with [[linō]] “to smear, rub out”, and Wiktionary with [[lēvis]] “smooth”, with the inchoative suffix ⟨-īscor⟩, so “to begin to erase”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short connected it with [[līvor]] “dark colour”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of forgetting something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to forget, to lose the memory of something, and to forget about what one ought to keep in mind, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to forget to do something, to put a thing out of one's mind deliberately, and in Accius to forget oneself.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it with the genitive.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ Its noun ''oblīviō'' gave [[en|oblivion]], and ''oblīviōsus'' gave [[en|oblivious]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of forgetting oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|forget]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To lose sight of, neglect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To put out of one's mind.^(OLD 2012)
+ # (reflexive) To forget oneself.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[oblītus]]
+ * [[oblīviō]]
+ * [[oblīvium]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[oblīviālis]]
+ * [[oblīviōsus]]
+ * [[en|oblivion]]
+ * [[en|oblivious]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}