mortgage (v.) Copy link Outline 1. oblĭgo, 12. hypothecae do • mortgage (v.): 1. oblĭgo, 1: more fully, hypothecam obl. (v. preced. art. 1), ex causa pignoris obl., Modest. Dig. 20, 1. 23; pignore obl., ib. 22. 2. hypothecae do: v. preced. art. (1). (Pignĕro, oppignĕro, to pledge moveable property: v. to pawn.)