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obvius
obvius
Latin
Adjective
obvius m (feminine obvia, neuter obvium); first/second declension
- in the way
- meeting
- affable, courteous
- (of objects) at hand, ready
- exposed, lying open
- (figuratively) known, familiar
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | obvius | obvia | obvium | obviī | obviae | obvia | |
| genitive | obviī | obviae | obviī | obviōrum | obviārum | obviōrum | |
| dative | obviō | obviō | obviīs | ||||
| accusative | obvium | obviam | obvium | obviōs | obviās | obvia | |
| ablative | obviō | obviā | obviō | obviīs | |||
| vocative | obvie | obvia | obvium | obviī | obviae | obvia | |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- obvius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obvius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- OBVIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obvius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
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(ambiguous) to meet any one: obviam ire alicui
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(ambiguous) to go to meet some one: obviam venire alicui
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(ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
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(ambiguous) to send to meet a person: obviam alicui aliquem mittere
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(ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri