obligatio
Latin
Etymology
From obligō (“bind in obligation; restrain”), from ob (“to, against”) + ligō (“bind, unite”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.bliˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɔ.blɪˈɡaː.ti.oː]
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 |
Related terms
- obligāmentum
- obligātōrius
- obligātūra
Descendants
- Catalan: obligació
- Dutch: obligatie
- English: obligation
- French: obligation
- Galician: obrigación
- Irish: oibleagáid
- Italian: obbligazione
- Polish: obligacja
- Portuguese: obrigação
- Romanian: obligație
- Russian: облигация (obligacija)
- Spanish: obligación
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)
- obligatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- obligatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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