oblittĕro Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten ... ⓘoblitĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd ploblitĕrātē: adverbial • oblittĕro (oblīt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [oblino], to blot out, strike out, erase, obliterate. I. Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare; syn. deleo): oblitterata aerarii monumenta, Tac. A. 13, 23 fin.— II. Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten (esp. freq. in post-Aug. prose; principally in Tac.): inimicitias Pelopidarum exstinctā tam oblitteratas memoriā renovare, Att. ap. Non. 146, 30 (oblitterare est obscurefacere et in oblivionem ducere, Non. 146, 28); Cic. Vatin. 6, 15: famam rei, Liv. 39, 20: rem, id. 3, 71: memoriam, id. 21, 29: mandata, Cat. 64, 232: rem silentio, Suet. Tib. 22: ne ritus sacrorum oblitterarentur, Tac. A. 11, 15: conjugia, id. ib. 3, 34: oblitterari in animo, to become forgotten, Liv. 26, 41.
oblittĕrō Copy link ⓘoblitĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd ploblitĕrātē: adverbial • oblittĕrō (-ītĕrō), āvī, ātum, āre (ob, littera), tr., effacer les lettres [sens primitif] : Gloss. 2, 232, 44 || faire oublier, effacer [du souvenir] : Cic. Vat. 15 ; Sen. 21 ; Liv. 21, 29, etc. || abolir : Tac. Ann. 11, 15.
OBLITTĔRO Copy link ⓘoblitĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd ploblitĕrātē: adverbial OBLITTĔRO ↗Open in new tab (oblittero)
obliterate Copy link Outline 1. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (both lit. and fig.)2. ăbŏleo, ēvi, ĭtum, 23. oblītĕro, 1 (oblitt.)4. in pass. sense, ēvānesco, vānui, 3 (to become o.d)5. exŏlesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (in pass. sense) • obliterate: 1. dēleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (both lit. and fig.): v. TO BLOT OUT. 2. ăbŏleo, ēvi, ĭtum, 2: to o. a name (in a will), nomen ab., Suet. Dom. 15, init.: to o. the recollection of anything, memoriam alicujus rei ab., Tac. H. 1, 84: also intrans. (which, however, more properly belongs to abolesco, incept.), nondum memoria aboleverat, had not yet become o.d., Liv. 9, 36, init. 3. oblītĕro, 1 (oblitt.): Tac. A. 13, 23, extr. More freq. in fig. sense, e. g. memoriam obl., Liv. 21, 29, extr. 4. in pass. sense, ēvānesco, vānui, 3 (to become o.d): (the characters) had become so completely o.d, tantopere evanuisse, Tisch. pref. N. T.: the recollection has gradually become o.d, memoria sensim [obscurata est] et evanuit, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 95. 5. exŏlesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (in pass. sense): letters almost o.d, paene jam exolescentes litterae, Suet. Aug. 7. Phr.: to o. the very name of the Roman people, exstinguere nomen populi Romani, Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7.