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) IPA^(key): /ˈob.li.ɡoː/, [ˈɔblʲɪɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.li.ɡo/, [ˈɔbliɡo]

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, obligāvēre, obligārunt¹
	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		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obligāre	obligāvisse, obligāsse¹	obligātūrum esse	obligārī	obligātum esse	obligātum īrī
participles		obligāns	—	obligātūrus	—	obligātus	obligandus
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
→ Venetian: 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, 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

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