obsum

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“against”) +‎ sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

Verb

obsum (present infinitive obesse, perfect active obfuī, future active participle obfutūrus); irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund

  1. (with dative) to be against, be prejudicial to, be opposed to
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.309–310:
      cultūs et ōrnātīs variē prōdīsse capillīs
      obfuit, ad rigidōs prōmptaque lingua senēs
      Her elegance was against her, and that she went about with variously ornate hairstyles,
      together with her ready retorts to the strict old men.
      (See Claudia Quinta.)
  2. to hinder, be in the way
  3. to hurt, injure, do harm to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obsum (irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle, no gerund)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsum obes obest obsumus obestis obsunt
imperfect oberam oberās oberat oberāmus oberātis oberant
future oberō oberis,
obere 		oberit oberimus oberitis oberunt
perfect obfuī obfuistī obfuit obfuimus obfuistis obfuērunt,
obfuēre
pluperfect obfueram obfuerās obfuerat obfuerāmus obfuerātis obfuerant
future perfect obfuerō obfueris obfuerit obfuerimus obfueritis obfuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsim,
obsiem,
obfuam1 		obsīs,
obsiēs,
obfuās1 		obsit,
obsiet,
obfuat1 		obsīmus,
obsiēmus,
obfuāmus1 		obsītis,
obsiētis,
obfuātis1 		obsint,
obsient,
obfuant1
imperfect obessem,
obforem 		obessēs,
obforēs 		obesset,
obforet 		obessēmus,
obforēmus 		obessētis,
obforētis 		obessent,
obforent
perfect obfuerim obfuerīs obfuerit obfuerīmus obfuerītis obfuerint
pluperfect obfuissem obfuissēs obfuisset obfuissēmus obfuissētis obfuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — obes — — obeste —
future — obestō obestō — obestōte obsuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present obesse — — —
future obfutūrum esse,
obfore 		— obfutūrus —
perfect obfuisse — — —
perfect potential obfutūrum fuisse — — —

1Old Latin or in poetry.

References

  • “obsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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