O ob = on account of, for, according to ob imminens mortis periculum = on account of imminent danger of death (justification for an emergency baptism) obdormitus est = he fell asleep, died obierunt = they died, have died obiit (obyt) = died, he/she died, went away, departed obiit = death obiit sine prole = died without issue obitus = death, died observationes = observations, comments obst.(etrix), obstetricis = midwife occasion = end, death octavus = eighth octavus decimus = eighteenth octingentesimus = eight hundredth octingenti = eight hundred octo = eight octobris = of October octogenarius = a person in his eighties octogesimus = eightieth octoginta = eighty officialis (colones) = official, administrator (of a settlement) officium = office, bureau oeconomus =superintendent [of an estate/fortune], bailiff olim = formerly, once (sometimes denotes a deceased person) olitor = greengrocer; gardener in a kitchen garden; cabbage(r) omnibus sacramentis provisis = (he/she) was provided with all the last rites omnis = all, every operarius = laborer, day worker, day worker operator = worker, master opices = artisan opidum = fortress, fortified place, city/town opifex = worker; handcraft; craftsman; master opifices = artisans opilio = sheepherder oppidum = city, town oratoris ie oratorium = place for praying; is not a consecrated church but could be a classroom orbatus, orbata = orphaned child orbus = orphan origo = origin origo (originis) = origin, birth oriundus = birth orphanus = orphan ortus = origin, birth ortus = birth ortus, orta = born in (town), originally from … ovilius = shepherd DISEASES oedema pulmorum or pumonum (edema pulmorum) = pulmonary edema osteosarcoma = malignant tumor, similar to carcinoma/cancer, but this is with the connective tissue/bone. ie: bone cancer