forget Copy link Outline 1. oblīviscor, lītus, 3 (usu. with gen., esp. of persons; also acc. of things2. dēdisco, dĭdĭci, 3 (to unlearn • forget: 1. oblīviscor, lītus, 3 (usu. with gen., esp. of persons; also acc. of things: cf. L. G. § 278, Obs.): and yet we must not f. Epicurus, nec tamen Epicuri licet ob., Cic. Fin. 5, 1, fin.: I have completely forgotten myself, prorsum oblitus sum mei, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 14: nor shall I ever f. that night, nec unquam obliviscar noctis illius, Cic. Pl. 42, 101: to f. an old insult, veteris contumeliae ob., Caes. B. G. 1, 14: to f. the most celebrated events, res praeclarissimas ob., Cic. Mil. 23, 63: the acc. of neut. prons. and adjj. should be used: comp. L. G. § 253. Fig., of that which is lost sight of: to f. one's dignity, dignitatis suae ob., Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 6: Hor. P. part. used pass.: forgotten songs, oblita carmina, Virg. E. 9, 53. (N.B.--To expr. the pass., the sentence may be inverted: that kindness of yours shall never be forgotten by me, beneficii istius nunquam obliviscar; or a phr. may be employed, beneficii istius memoriam nunquam ego abjiciam: v. infr.). 2. dēdisco, dĭdĭci, 3 (to unlearn: q. v.): to f. the name and discipline of the Roman people, nomen disciplinamque P. R. d., Caes. B. C. 3, 110: to f. how to talk, loqui d., Ov. Phr.: to f. a thing, aliquid ex memoria deponere, Cic. Sull. 6, 18; alicujus rei memoriam deponere, Caes. B. G. 1, 14: wilfully to f. favours, beneficiorum memoriam abjicere, Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32: that battle will never be forgotten, illa pugna nunquam in animo obliterabitur, cf. Liv. 26, 41: I had forgotten those things, mihi ista exciderant, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: more fully, excidere de memoria, Liv. 29, 19, fin.; animo excidere, Liv. 34, 37: Virg.: to f. her sex, sexum egredi, Tac. Ann. 16, 10, fin.