obeo

From ob- (“towards”) + eō (“go”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.be.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.be.o]

obeō (present infinitive obīre, perfect active obiī or obīvī, supine obitum); irregular conjugation

1. to go towards, go to meet; to oppose, face

   Synonyms: congredior, occurrō, inveniō, offendō, prōcēdō

2. to arrive at, reach, come to

   Synonyms: perveniō, adveniō, ēvādō, adsum, teneō, tangō, prehendō

3. 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

4. to traverse, travel over, travel through
5. (astronomy) to set
6. (figuratively) to fall, perish, pass away, die (mortem or diem obeo)

   Synonyms: morior, exspīrō, dēfungor, intereō, discēdō, dēficiō, pereō

7. (figuratively) to survey, look over

   Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to obiī, but occasionally appears as obīvī.

• obitus

• “obeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obeo, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “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^[1], 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