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obligatio
obligatio
Latin
Noun
obligātiō f (genitive obligātiōnis); third declension
- binding; engaging, pledging, obligation, bond
- obligatory relationship
- document that confirms a bond or obligation
- (figuratively) entangling, ensnaring
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | obligātiō | obligātiōnēs |
| genitive | obligātiōnis | obligātiōnum |
| dative | obligātiōnī | obligātiōnibus |
| accusative | obligātiōnem | obligātiōnēs |
| ablative | obligātiōne | obligātiōnibus |
| vocative | obligātiō | obligātiōnēs |
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References
- obligatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obligatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- OBLIGATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obligatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- obligatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers