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ob-sĕquor , cūtus (quutus), 3, v. dep.
I. Lit., to accommodate one's self to the will of a person; to comply with, yield to, gratify, humor, submit to; with dat. of the pers. or thing (freq. and class.; “syn.: morigeror, obtempero, pareo, oboedio),” Cato, R. R. 5: “cum huic obsecutus sis, illi est repugnandum,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32: “voluntati alicujus,” id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: “imperio,” Juv. 10, 343. —
(β). With acc. of the thing (ante- and post-class.): “et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo,” in this, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 61: “ea,” Gell. 2, 7, 13.—
II. Transf.
A. To yield to, give one's self up to, indulge in a thing: “amori,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 8: “studiis suis,” Nep. Att. 2: fortunae, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, 1: “pudori,” Cic. Fam. 16, 9: “tempestati,” id. ib. 1, 9, 21: “est lubido homini suo animo opsequi,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 12: “animo,” to follow one's inclinations, id. Mil. 3, 1, 83; id. Ps. 5, 1, 26: “irae,” Curt. 5, 8, 12.—
B. Of inanimate things, to be yielding, pliant, ductile: “aes regulare malleis obsequitur,” Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94.—Impers. pass.: “volo amori obsecutum illius,” Plaut. As. 1, 1, 62 (v. Lachm. Lucr. p. 304).—Hence, obsĕ-quens , entis, P. a. (separate, vin' tu te mihi ob esse sequentem an nevis? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 39).
A. In gen., yielding, compliant, obsequious: “opsequens oboediensque est mori atque inperiis patris,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55: “patri,” Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 18: “legiones nobis,” Cic. Fam. 10, 8.—Comp.: “animus obsequentior,” Sen. Ep. 50, 6; Curt. 6, 3, 18.— Sup.: “curae mortalium obsequentissimam esse Italiam,” amenable, susceptible of culture, Col. 3, 8, 5: “nurus,” Quint. Decl. 291. —
B. In partic., an appellation of the gods, favorable, indulgent, gracious, propitious: “bonam atque obsequentem deam,” Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 3.—Esp. as subst., of Fortuna: Quem te deum autem nominem? Leo. Fortunam atque obsequentem, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 126; Inscr. Orell. 1750; 1751.— Hence, adv.: obsĕquenter , compliantly, obsequiously (perh. not in Cic.): “haec a collegā obsequenter facta,” Liv. 41, 10, 12: “parere alicui,” Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 15.—Sup.: “vixit in contubernio aviae severissime, et tamen obsequentissime,” entirely according to her wishes, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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