obliviscor

Uncertain. Perhaps from ob- plus the root of lēvis (“smooth”) with -ēscor (passive inchoative suffix, from -ēscō), with oblīvīscor having an earlier meaning of "I start to erase".

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob.liːˈu̯iːs.kor/, [ɔblʲiːˈu̯iːs̠kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.liˈvis.kor/, [obliˈviskor]

oblīvīscor (present infinitive oblīvīscī, perfect active oblītus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to lose remembrance of, forget (+ genitive of person or genitive/accusative of person or thing)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.31.7:

     bibant ut oblīvīscantur egestātis suae et dolōris nōn recordentur amplius

     Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

2. to forget

   Antonyms: memorō, admoneō, referō, retineō, moneō, meminī, redūcō

3. to disregard, omit, neglect (+genitive of person or genitive/accusative of person or thing)

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

• Expressing "I am forgotten" requires the subject and object to be reversed with this verb. For example: "She is forgotten by Paul," becomes "Paulus eam/eius oblivīscitur."

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• oblītus
• oblīviō
• oblīvium

• oblīviālis
• oblīviōsus

• Vulgar Latin: *oblītāre (see there for further descendants)

• “obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obliviscor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obliviscor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette