obsequor
Latin
Etymology
From ob- + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈob.se.kʷor/, [ˈɔps̠ɛkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.se.kwor/, [ˈɔbsekwor]
Verb
obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (with dative) I accommodate myself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit.
- I yield to, devote myself to, give myself up to or indulge in something.
- (of inanimate things) I am yielding, pliant or ductile.
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References
- “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
- to grant a request: precibus obsequi
- to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
- to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi