obligo

See also: obligó

Catalan

Verb

obligo

first-person singular present indicative of obligar

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.lɪ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.li.ɡo]

Verb

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

to bind in obligation, obligate, make liable
to make guilty
to mortgage, pawn
to restrain, impede
(rare) to tie, fasten
(rare) to bind together

Conjugation

Conjugation of obligō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obligō	obligās		obligat	obligāmus	obligātis		obligant
	imperfect	obligābam	obligābās		obligābat	obligābāmus	obligābātis		obligābant
	future	obligābō	obligābis		obligābit	obligābimus	obligābitis		obligābunt
	perfect	obligāvī	obligāvistī, obligāstī¹		obligāvit, obligāt¹	obligāvimus, obligāmus¹	obligāvistis, obligāstis¹		obligāvērunt, obligārunt, obligāvēre¹
	pluperfect	obligāveram, obligāram¹	obligāverās, obligārās¹		obligāverat, obligārat¹	obligāverāmus, obligārāmus¹	obligāverātis, obligārātis¹		obligāverant, obligārant¹
	future perfect	obligāverō, obligārō¹	obligāveris, obligāris¹		obligāverit, obligārit¹	obligāverimus, obligārimus¹	obligāveritis, obligāritis¹		obligāverint, obligārint¹
passive	present	obligor	obligāris, obligāre		obligātur	obligāmur	obligāminī		obligantur
	imperfect	obligābar	obligābāris, obligābāre		obligābātur	obligābāmur	obligābāminī		obligābantur
	future	obligābor	obligāberis, obligābere		obligābitur	obligābimur	obligābiminī		obligābuntur
	perfect	obligātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obligātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obligātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obligem	obligēs		obliget	obligēmus	obligētis		obligent
	imperfect	obligārem	obligārēs		obligāret	obligārēmus	obligārētis		obligārent
	perfect	obligāverim, obligārim¹	obligāverīs, obligārīs¹		obligāverit, obligārit¹	obligāverīmus, obligārīmus¹	obligāverītis, obligārītis¹		obligāverint, obligārint¹
	pluperfect	obligāvissem, obligāssem¹	obligāvissēs, obligāssēs¹		obligāvisset, obligāsset¹	obligāvissēmus, obligāssēmus¹	obligāvissētis, obligāssētis¹		obligāvissent, obligāssent¹
passive	present	obliger	obligēris, obligēre		obligētur	obligēmur	obligēminī		obligentur
	imperfect	obligārer	obligārēris, obligārēre		obligārētur	obligārēmur	obligārēminī		obligārentur
	perfect	obligātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obligātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obligā		—	—	obligāte		—
active	future	—	obligātō		obligātō	—	obligātōte		obligantō
passive	present	—	obligāre		—	—	obligāminī		—
passive	future	—	obligātor		obligātor	—	—		obligantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obligāre		obligārī		obligāns		—
future		obligātūrum esse		obligātum īrī		obligātūrus		obligandus
perfect		obligāvisse, obligāsse¹		obligātum esse		—		obligātus
future perfect		—		obligātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		obligātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obligandī	obligandō		obligandum	obligandō	obligātum		obligātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

ligō

Descendants

→ Catalan: obligar
→ English: oblige, obligate
→ French: obliger
→ Friulian: obleâ
→ Galician: obrigar
→ Italian: obbligare
→ Occitan: obligar
→ Piedmontese: oblighé
→ Portuguese: obrigar
→ Romanian: obliga
→ Sicilian: ubbrijari
→ Spanish: obligar
→ Venetan: obligar

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
obligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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

first-person singular present indicative of obligar