Latin

Verb

obeō ‎(present infinitive obīre, perfect active obiī, supine obitum); irregular conjugation

1. I go towards, go to meet.
2. I arrive at, reach, come to.
3. (astronomy) I set.
4. (figuratively) I fall, perish, pass away, die (mortem or diem obeo)
5. (figuratively) I survey, look over.

Inflection

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to obiī, but occasionally appears as obīvī.

Descendants

• English: obituary

References

• obeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
    
  • to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
    
  • to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi
    
  • to visit, traverse a province: provinciam obire