obsigno

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *seknom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *seknāō

Latin signō

Latin obsignō

From ob- + signō (“to mark, stamp, imprint”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈsɪŋ.noː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈsiɲ.ɲo]

Verb

obsignō (present infinitive obsignāre, perfect active obsignāvī, supine obsignātum); first conjugation

to seal up; to affix a seal to
to seal an accusation
to pledge or mortgage under hand and seal
(figuratively) to stamp, impress

Conjugation

Conjugation of obsignō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsignō	obsignās		obsignat	obsignāmus	obsignātis		obsignant
	imperfect	obsignābam	obsignābās		obsignābat	obsignābāmus	obsignābātis		obsignābant
	future	obsignābō	obsignābis		obsignābit	obsignābimus	obsignābitis		obsignābunt
	perfect	obsignāvī	obsignāvistī		obsignāvit	obsignāvimus	obsignāvistis		obsignāvērunt, obsignāvēre
	pluperfect	obsignāveram	obsignāverās		obsignāverat	obsignāverāmus	obsignāverātis		obsignāverant
	future perfect	obsignāverō	obsignāveris		obsignāverit	obsignāverimus	obsignāveritis		obsignāverint
passive	present	obsignor	obsignāris, obsignāre		obsignātur	obsignāmur	obsignāminī		obsignantur
	imperfect	obsignābar	obsignābāris, obsignābāre		obsignābātur	obsignābāmur	obsignābāminī		obsignābantur
	future	obsignābor	obsignāberis, obsignābere		obsignābitur	obsignābimur	obsignābiminī		obsignābuntur
	perfect	obsignātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obsignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obsignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsignem	obsignēs		obsignet	obsignēmus	obsignētis		obsignent
	imperfect	obsignārem	obsignārēs		obsignāret	obsignārēmus	obsignārētis		obsignārent
	perfect	obsignāverim	obsignāverīs		obsignāverit	obsignāverīmus	obsignāverītis		obsignāverint
	pluperfect	obsignāvissem	obsignāvissēs		obsignāvisset	obsignāvissēmus	obsignāvissētis		obsignāvissent
passive	present	obsigner	obsignēris, obsignēre		obsignētur	obsignēmur	obsignēminī		obsignentur
	imperfect	obsignārer	obsignārēris, obsignārēre		obsignārētur	obsignārēmur	obsignārēminī		obsignārentur
	perfect	obsignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obsignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obsignā		—	—	obsignāte		—
active	future	—	obsignātō		obsignātō	—	obsignātōte		obsignantō
passive	present	—	obsignāre		—	—	obsignāminī		—
passive	future	—	obsignātor		obsignātor	—	—		obsignantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obsignāre		obsignārī		obsignāns		—
future		obsignātūrum esse		obsignātum īrī		obsignātūrus		obsignandus
perfect		obsignāvisse		obsignātum esse		—		obsignātus
future perfect		—		obsignātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		obsignātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obsignandī	obsignandō		obsignandum	obsignandō	obsignātum		obsignātū

Synonyms

(stamp, impress): signō

References

“obsigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obsigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“obsigno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to seal, fasten a letter: epistulam signare, obsignare
- to sign a will: testamentum obsignare (B. G. 1. 39)