I.inf. obliscier. Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep. ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget, to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco).
(α).
With gen. of person: “vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,” Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam; “ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,” I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 15: “regisque ducumque meique,” Ov. M. 13, 276: “dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui,” Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1: “nec oblitus sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto,” was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature, Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed: “tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,” Tac. Or. 2. —
(β).
With gen. of thing: “meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,” Sid. Ep. 4, 12: “nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,” Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.: “oblivisci temporum meorum,” id. Fam. 1, 9, 8: “ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,” id. ib. 1, 7, 7: “veterumque oblitus honorum,” Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5: “oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,” Caes. B. G. 1, 14: “controversiarum ac dissensionum,” id. ib. 7, 34: “pristini instituti,” id. B. C. 3, 57: “offensarum,” Tac. H. 2, 1: “tot exemplorum,” Quint. 9, 2, 86.—
(γ).
With acc. of thing: “qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24: “officium meum,” id. Cas. 1, 1, 16: “injurias,” Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.: “artificium obliviscatur,” id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49: “res praeclarissimas,” id. Mil. 23, 63: “totam causam,” id. Brut. 60, 218: “haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,” Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.: “ut alia obliviscar,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87.—With acc. of person: “obliti sunt Deum,” Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22.—
(δ).
With inf.: “oblita pharetram tollere,” Ov. M. 2, 439: “suas quatere pennas,” id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22: “obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,” Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50.—（ε) With a rel.clause: “in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,” Cic. Brut. 60, 218.—
b. Poet., transf., of things: “saeclis obliviscentibus,” i. e. causing forgetfulness, Cat. 68, 43: “oblito pectore,” id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408.—
d. Part. fut. pass.: “oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,” Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9: “obliviscendi stratiotici,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.!*? In Pass. signif. (poet. and late Lat.): “post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,” Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6: “oblita carmina,” Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388: “oblitos superūm dolores,” id. 1, 791: “suis hominibus oblitus,” August. Mus. 4, 4.
