obtusus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obtundō.

Pronunciation

Participle

obtūsus (feminine obtūsa, neuter obtūsum, comparative obtūsior); first/second-declension participle

  1. struck, beaten, buffeted
  2. blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, dim, dimmed, obtuse, unfeeling
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.567–568:
      “Nōn obtūsa adeō gestāmus pectora Poenī,
      nec tam āversus equōs Tyriā Sōl iungit ab urbe.”
      “We Phoenicians do not have minds so dulled, nor [is] the Sun god turned so far away from [our] Tyrian city [when] he yokes [his] horses [each morning].”
      (Regarding the Trojan War, Queen Dido says that her people are not so ignorant or unfeeling, nor figuratively unenlightened, as to be unaware of its significance. Note: Some Latin texts use the variant “obtunsa,” from obtunsus.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative obtūsus obtūsa obtūsum obtūsī obtūsae obtūsa
Genitive obtūsī obtūsae obtūsī obtūsōrum obtūsārum obtūsōrum
Dative obtūsō obtūsō obtūsīs
Accusative obtūsum obtūsam obtūsum obtūsōs obtūsās obtūsa
Ablative obtūsō obtūsā obtūsō obtūsīs
Vocative obtūse obtūsa obtūsum obtūsī obtūsae obtūsa

Descendants
  • French: obtus
  • Portuguese: obtuso
  • Spanish: obtuso

References
  • “obtusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obtusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obtusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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