ob-sĕquĭum

ob-sĕquĭum, ii, n. [obsequor].

In gen., comptiance, yieldingness, complaisance, indulgence (class.; syn.: indulgentia, obsequentia): prosequium a prosequendo, obsequium ab obsequendo dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.:

obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 41:

obsequium atque patientia,

Cic. Pis. 2, 5:

obsequium et comitas,

id. Att. 6, 6:

alicui tribuere,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 30:

ventris,

i. e. gluttony, Hor. S. 2, 7, 104:

animo sumere,

to follow the bent of one's inclinations, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7:

in obsequio uxoris,

in the service of his wife, Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 2.—Of inanim. things:

flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus,

by yielding, by its pliancy, Ov. A. A. 2, 179.—In plur.: omnia ei obsequia polliceor, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3.—

In partic.

Compliance in love, yielding, consent, Petr. 113; Col. 6, 27, 10; Curt. 6, 7, 1; 10, 1, 25.—

Obedience, allegiance:

in populum Romanum,

Liv. 29, 15, 3:

principum,

i. e. towards them, Just. 3, 2, 9:

ad obsequium redigere,

to subjugate, Suet. Aug. 21:

nulla colonia vestra erit, quae nos obsequio erga vos fideque superet,

Liv. 7, 30, 19:

obsequium in regem retinere,

Tac. A. 6, 37 (43) fin.; 13, 3; Just. 20, 4, 9: jurare in obsequium alicujus, to swear obedience or allegiance to one, Just. 13, 2:

obsequium erga aliquem exuere,

to throw off, Tac. A. 3, 12.