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Verb

obligo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of obligar

Latin

Etymology

From ob- ‎(“to, against”) +‎ ligō ‎(“bind, unite”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.li.ɡoː/

Verb

obligō ‎(present infinitive obligāre, perfect active obligāvī, supine obligātum); first conjugation

1. I bind in obligation, make liable.
2. I make guilty.
3. I mortgage, pawn.
4. I restrain, impede.
5. (rare) I tie, fasten.
6. (rare) I bind together.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• ligō

Descendants

References

• obligo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obligo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obligo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment: beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincire
    
  • (ambiguous) to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
    

Spanish

Verb

obligo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of obligar.