Ido

Noun

oblivio (plural oblivii)

1. oversight

Latin

Etymology

From oblīvīscor ‎(“I forget”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈliː.wi.oː/

Noun

oblīviō f ‎(genitive oblīviōnis); third declension

1. The act of forgetting, forgetfulness.
2. The state of being forgotten, oblivion.
3. an amnesty

Declension

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (an amnesty): amnestia (Grecian)

Derived terms

• oblīviālis
• oblīviōsus
• oblīvius

Related terms

• oblītus
• oblīvīscor
• oblīvium

Descendants

• English: oblivion
• Italian: oblivione

References

• oblivio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oblivio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oblivio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    
  • I forget something: oblivio alicuius rei me capit
    
  • to make a person forget a thing: aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivioni esse, dari
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: in oblivionem adduci
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: oblivione obrui, deleri, exstingui
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: in oblivione iacēre (of persons)
    
  • to rescue from oblivion: aliquid ab oblivione vindicare
    
  • amnesty (ἀμνηρτία): ante actarum (praeteritarum) rerum oblivio or simply oblivio
    
  • to proclaim a general amnesty: omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna delere (Phil. 1. 1. 1)