obesus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obedō (“eat away, devour”).

Pronunciation

Participle

obēsus (feminine obēsa, neuter obēsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. eaten away, devoured, having been eaten away
  2. wasted away, lean, meagre, having been wasted away
  3. (that is wasted away with fat) fat, stout, plump, obese
  4. (figuratively) gross, heavy, dull, coarse

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative obēsus obēsa obēsum obēsī obēsae obēsa
Genitive obēsī obēsae obēsī obēsōrum obēsārum obēsōrum
Dative obēsō obēsō obēsīs
Accusative obēsum obēsam obēsum obēsōs obēsās obēsa
Ablative obēsō obēsā obēsō obēsīs
Vocative obēse obēsa obēsum obēsī obēsae obēsa

Descendants
  • → Catalan: obès
  • → Dutch: obees
  • → English: obese
  • → French: obèse
  • → Galician: obeso
  • → Italian: obeso
  • → Portuguese: obeso
  • → Spanish: obeso

References
  • “obesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obesus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • obesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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