obacero

Latin

Etymology

According to Festus, from ob- +‎ Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron, chaff, bran) +‎ .[1] Alternatively formed within Latin on its cognate acus (chaff, bran, oblique stem in acer-) (pre-classical or rare).

Pronunciation

Verb

obacerō (present infinitive obacerāre, perfect active obacerāvī, supine obacerātum); first conjugation (only attested in a gloss from Festus)

  1. to contradict
  2. to interrupt

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 2nd century CE (Sextus Pompeius Festus), De Significatione Verborum (in Latin), page 187:Obacerare obloqui atque alterius sermonem moleste impedire; quod sumptum videtur a paleis, quas Gracci ἄχυρα vocant. Itaque ut frumentum et panis non sine paleis acerosus dicitur; item lutum aceratum paleis mixtum.

Further reading

  • obacero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obacero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.