obtundo

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti

Proto-Italic *tundō

Latin tundō

Latin obtundō

From ob- (“upon”) + tundō (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈtʊn.doː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈtun.do]

Verb

obtundō (present infinitive obtundere, perfect active obtudī, supine obtūsum); third conjugation

to strike, beat or batter
to blunt
to deafen
to buffet

Conjugation

Conjugation of obtundō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obtundō	obtundis		obtundit	obtundimus	obtunditis		obtundunt
	imperfect	obtundēbam	obtundēbās		obtundēbat	obtundēbāmus	obtundēbātis		obtundēbant
	future	obtundam	obtundēs		obtundet	obtundēmus	obtundētis		obtundent
	perfect	obtudī	obtudistī		obtudit	obtudimus	obtudistis		obtudērunt, obtudēre
	pluperfect	obtuderam	obtuderās		obtuderat	obtuderāmus	obtuderātis		obtuderant
	future perfect	obtuderō	obtuderis		obtuderit	obtuderimus	obtuderitis		obtuderint
passive	present	obtundor	obtunderis, obtundere		obtunditur	obtundimur	obtundiminī		obtunduntur
	imperfect	obtundēbar	obtundēbāris, obtundēbāre		obtundēbātur	obtundēbāmur	obtundēbāminī		obtundēbantur
	future	obtundar	obtundēris, obtundēre		obtundētur	obtundēmur	obtundēminī		obtundentur
	perfect	obtūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obtūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obtūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obtundam	obtundās		obtundat	obtundāmus	obtundātis		obtundant
	imperfect	obtunderem	obtunderēs		obtunderet	obtunderēmus	obtunderētis		obtunderent
	perfect	obtuderim	obtuderīs		obtuderit	obtuderīmus	obtuderītis		obtuderint
	pluperfect	obtudissem	obtudissēs		obtudisset	obtudissēmus	obtudissētis		obtudissent
passive	present	obtundar	obtundāris, obtundāre		obtundātur	obtundāmur	obtundāminī		obtundantur
	imperfect	obtunderer	obtunderēris, obtunderēre		obtunderētur	obtunderēmur	obtunderēminī		obtunderentur
	perfect	obtūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obtūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obtunde		—	—	obtundite		—
active	future	—	obtunditō		obtunditō	—	obtunditōte		obtunduntō
passive	present	—	obtundere		—	—	obtundiminī		—
passive	future	—	obtunditor		obtunditor	—	—		obtunduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obtundere		obtundī		obtundēns		—
future		obtūsūrum esse		obtūsum īrī		obtūsūrus		obtundendus, obtundundus
perfect		obtudisse		obtūsum esse		—		obtūsus
future perfect		—		obtūsum fore		—		—
perfect potential		obtūsūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obtundendī	obtundendō		obtundendum	obtundendō	obtūsum		obtūsū

Descendants

English: obtuse
Italian: ottundere

References

“obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“obtundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obtuse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.