Etymology
From ob- (“towards”) + eō (“go”).
Verb
obeō (present infinitive obīre, perfect active obiī or obīvī, supine obitum); irregular conjugation, irregular
- to go towards, go to meet
- Synonyms: congredior, occurrō, inveniō, offendō, prōcēdō
- to arrive at, reach, come to
- Synonyms: perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, adsum, teneō, tangō, prehendō
- to undertake a task, take charge of, take part in
- Synonyms: defungor, fungor, ineo
- alicuius (or alicuius rei) munia obire (or implere or servare) ― to perform the functions of someone or thing
- to traverse, travel over, travel through
- (astronomy) to set
- (figuratively) to fall, perish, pass away, die (mortem or diem obeo)
- Synonyms: morior, exspīrō, dēfungor, intereō, discēdō, dēficiō, pereō
- (figuratively) to survey, look over
- Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor
Conjugation
Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to obiī, but occasionally appears as obīvī.
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References
- “obeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- “obeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to depart this life: mortem (diem supremum) obire
- to execute, manage a business, undertaking: negotium obire, exsequi
- to be engaged upon a transaction, carry it out: negotium obire or exsequi
- to visit, traverse a province: provinciam obire