obsequium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From obsequor (“submit to, yield to”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈse.kʷi.um/, [ɔpˈs̠ɛkʷiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈse.kwi.um/, [obˈsɛːkwium]
Noun
obsequium n (genitive obsequiī or obsequī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | obsequium | obsequia |
Genitive | obsequiī obsequī1 |
obsequiōrum |
Dative | obsequiō | obsequiīs |
Accusative | obsequium | obsequia |
Ablative | obsequiō | obsequiīs |
Vocative | obsequium | obsequia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (allegiance): dēvōtiō
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References
- “obsequium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsequium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsequium 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)
- obsequium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.