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oblittĕro (oblīt- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. oblino,
I.to blot out, strike out, erase, obliterate.
I. Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare; “syn. deleo): oblitterata aerarii monumenta,” Tac. A. 13, 23 fin.—
II. Trop., to blot out of remembrance, consign to oblivion, cause to be forgotten (esp. freq. in post-Aug. prose; principally in Tac.): inimicitias Pelopidarum exstinctā tam oblitteratas memoriā renovare, Att. ap. Non. 146, 30 (oblitterare est obscurefacere et in oblivionem ducere, Non. 146, 28); Cic. Vatin. 6, 15: “famam rei,” Liv. 39, 20: “rem,” id. 3, 71: “memoriam,” id. 21, 29: “mandata,” Cat. 64, 232: “rem silentio,” Suet. Tib. 22: “ne ritus sacrorum oblitterarentur,” Tac. A. 11, 15: “conjugia,” id. ib. 3, 34: “oblitterari in animo,” to become forgotten, Liv. 26, 41.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 6.15
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.15
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.23
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 71
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 41
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 29
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 20
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