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obedient to

  • 1 obedio

    ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-class. form of the fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. [ob-audio].
    I.
    In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

    alicui,

    Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Prop., of living beings (class.).
    1.
    To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor).—With dat.:

    parere, et oboedire praecepto,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    legi,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 1:

    voluntati,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,

    id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    qui nobis oboediunt,

    id. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

    impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,

    id. ib. 6, 26, 28:

    pecora ventri oboedientia,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    multorum oboedire tempori,

    Cic. Brut. 69, 242.— Impers. pass.:

    utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,

    Liv. 4, 26.—
    2.
    To be obedient in any thing (post-class.).—With acc. of neutr. pron.:

    atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,

    App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—
    B.
    Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable:

    ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,

    yielding, flexible, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens ( ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.
    A.
    Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).
    1.
    With dat.:

    nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

    natio semper oboediens huic imperio,

    id. Pis. 34, 84:

    appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

    vivere oboedientem alicui,

    Sall. J. 31, 26.— Comp.:

    imperiis nemo oboedientior,

    Liv. 25, 38, 7.— Sup.:

    imperiis oboedientissimus miles,

    Liv. 7, 13, 2.—
    2.
    With ad:

    ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

    Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.
    a.
    Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command:

    magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.:

    nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

    Liv. 38, 7. —
    b.
    Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—
    3.
    Absol.:

    cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

    the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., of things, yielding, manageable:

    oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,

    i. e. easily wrought, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12:

    facere imperata,

    id. 21, 34:

    facere adversus aliquem,

    id. 39, 53.— Comp.:

    nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 38, 34.— Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

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  • 2 oboedio

    ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-class. form of the fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. [ob-audio].
    I.
    In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

    alicui,

    Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Prop., of living beings (class.).
    1.
    To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor).—With dat.:

    parere, et oboedire praecepto,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    legi,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 1:

    voluntati,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,

    id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:

    qui nobis oboediunt,

    id. Rep. 3, 29, 41:

    impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,

    id. ib. 6, 26, 28:

    pecora ventri oboedientia,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    multorum oboedire tempori,

    Cic. Brut. 69, 242.— Impers. pass.:

    utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,

    Liv. 4, 26.—
    2.
    To be obedient in any thing (post-class.).—With acc. of neutr. pron.:

    atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,

    App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—
    B.
    Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable:

    ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,

    yielding, flexible, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens ( ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.
    A.
    Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).
    1.
    With dat.:

    nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:

    natio semper oboediens huic imperio,

    id. Pis. 34, 84:

    appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

    vivere oboedientem alicui,

    Sall. J. 31, 26.— Comp.:

    imperiis nemo oboedientior,

    Liv. 25, 38, 7.— Sup.:

    imperiis oboedientissimus miles,

    Liv. 7, 13, 2.—
    2.
    With ad:

    ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

    Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.
    a.
    Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command:

    magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.:

    nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

    Liv. 38, 7. —
    b.
    Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—
    3.
    Absol.:

    cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

    the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—
    B.
    Transf., of things, yielding, manageable:

    oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,

    i. e. easily wrought, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12:

    facere imperata,

    id. 21, 34:

    facere adversus aliquem,

    id. 39, 53.— Comp.:

    nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 38, 34.— Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

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  • 3 oboediēns

        oboediēns (not obēd-), entis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of oboedio], obedient, subject, compliant: Omnia oboedientia sunt, reduced to subjection, S.: cuius vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset, the obedient, L.: nulli naturae deus: natio huic imperio: ut illis oboedientes vivamus, S.: imperiis nemo oboedientior, L.: imperiis oboedientissimus miles, L.: ad nova consilia gens, L.
    * * *
    (gen.), oboedientis ADJ
    obedient, submissive

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  • 4 pāreō

        pāreō uī, —, ēre    [2 PAR-], to appear, be visible, be at hand: caeli cui sidera parent, are intelligible, V.— Impers, it is clear, is evident, is manifest: factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret: si paret fundum Servili esse, if it be proved.—To obey, be obedient, submit, comply: meis dictis, T.: dicto pare, Enn. ap. C.: praecepto illi veteri: ei, uti deo: imperio, Cs.: paret incerta duobus (ventis), is swayed by, O.: dicto paretur, L.— To be subject, be dependent, be subservient: animus, qui nisi paret, Imperat, must be slave or master, H.: nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret, Cs.: virtuti omnia parent, S.— To submit, comply, indulge, gratify, yield: consuetudini: religioni potius vestrae quam odio.— To satisfy, fulfil, accomplish, pay: promissis, O.
    * * *
    parere, parui, paritus V INTRANS
    obey, be subject/obedient to; submit/yield/comply; pay attention; attend to; appear, be visible, be seen; be clear/evident (legal)

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  • 5 audio

    audĭo, īvi or ii, itum, 4, v. a. ( imperf. audibat, Ov F. 3, 507: audibant. Cat. 84, 8; fut. audibo, Enn. ap. Non. p. 506, 1:

    audibis,

    id. ib.; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 86; id. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Caecil. ap. Gell. 7, 17 fin.; id. ap. Non. l. l.; cf. Struve, p. 137 sq.: audin = audisne, as ain = aisne; inf. perf. audīsse better than audivisse, acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 17) (cf. the Lacon. aus = hous; auris; Lith. ausis; Goth. auso; Germ. Ohr, and Engl ears [p. 202] the Fr. ouïr, and Lat. ausculto; Curtius also compares the Gr. aïô, to hear, perceive, and the Sanscr. av, to notice, to favor; v. ausculto, 1. aveo init., and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.], to hear, to perceive or understand by hearing, to learn (audio pr. differs from ausculto as the Gr. akouô from akroaomai, the Germ. hören from horchen, and the Engl. to hear from to listen, the former of these words denoting an involuntary, the latter a voluntary act; other syn.: exaudio, sentio, cognosco, oboedio, dicor).
    I.
    A.. In gen.
    a.
    Aliquid:

    auribus si parum audies terito cum vino brassicam, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 157 fin.:

    ubi molarum strepitum audibis maximum, Enn. ap. Non. l. l. (Com. v. 7 Vahl. p. 153): verba,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 97; Vulg. Gen. 24, 30:

    quae vera audivi, taceo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 23:

    Mane, non dum audīsti, Demea, Quod est gravissumum,

    id. Ad. 3, 4, 21:

    vocem,

    id. Hec. 4, 1, 2:

    vera an falsa,

    id. And. 5, 4, 19:

    mixtos vagitibus aegris Ploratus,

    Lucr. 2, 579:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 4, 439; Hor. C. 3, 7, 22; Vulg. Gen. 3, 8; ib. Matt. 2, 18:

    strepitus,

    Verg. A. 9, 394:

    sonitum,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 31:

    haec,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 51:

    aquas,

    Ov. Am. 3, 11, 30:

    gemitus,

    id. M. 7, 839; Vulg. Exod. 2, 24: ait se omnia audivisse, Titinn. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    ut quod te audīsse dicis numquam audieris,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285:

    Nihil enim habeo praeter auditum,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    quod quisque eorum de quāque re audierit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 5:

    Hac auditā pugnā maxima pars sese Crasso dedidit,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    Auditis hostium copiis respicerent suum ipsi exercitum,

    Liv. 42, 52, 10:

    quod cum audīsset Abram,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 14:

    auditis sermonibus,

    ib. 4 Reg. 22, 19; ib. Heb. 4, 3: clangorem tubae, ib:

    Isa. 18, 3: symphoniam,

    ib. Luc. 15, 25:

    animal,

    ib. Apoc. 6, 3; 6, 5 al. persaep.
    b.
    Constr., the person from whom one hears or learns any thing, with ex (so most freq.), ab, de, acc. and part., acc. and inf., cum or dum.
    (α).
    With ex:

    verbum ex aliquo,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 8; so id. And. 2, 1, 2; 5, 4, 24; id. Eun. 1, 2, 34; id. Hec. 4, 1, 35; id. And. 3, 3, 2:

    audivi ex majoribus natu hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasicā,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    hoc ex aliis,

    id. Att. 5, 17:

    ex obviis,

    Liv. 28, 26; so Suet. Caes. 29; id. Dom. 12 al.. saepe audivi ex majoribus natu mirari solitum C. Fabricium etc., Cic. Sen. 13, 43; so Suet. Claud. 15.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    a quibus cum audi/sset non multum superesse munitionis,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    equidem saepe hoc audivi de patre et de socero meo,

    i. e. from his mouth, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133; so id. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Brut. 26, 100.—
    (δ).
    With acc. and part. pres. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    636): ut neque eum querentem quisquam audierit neque etc.,

    Nep. Timol. 4, 1; so Suet. Calig. 22; Cat. 9, 6; 61, 125; 67, 41 al.—
    (ε).
    With acc. and inf.:

    mihi non credo, quom illaec autumare illum audio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 260:

    Audin (eum) lapidem quaeritare?

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:

    erilem filium ejus duxisse audio Uxorem,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 5; 2, 1, 59:

    saepe hoc majores natu dicere audivi,

    Cic. Mur. 28:

    Gellius audierat patruom objurgare solere,

    Cat. 74, 1; Verg. A. 1, 20; 4, 562:

    audiet cives acuisse ferrum, Audiet pugnas juventus,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 21 sq.:

    audire videor pios Errare per lucos,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 5. —Hence also pass. with nom. and inf. (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    607): Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syriā,

    was said, Cic. Att. 5, 18; so Caes. B. G. 7, 79.—
    (ζ).
    With cum or dum (cf. Zumpt, Gr. §

    749): id quidem saepe ex eo audivi, cum diceret sibi certum esse,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    quis umquam audivit, cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem?

    id. Dom. 35; so id. Brut. 56; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54; id. de Or. 1, 28, 129; 1, 2, 99; Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 5:

    auditus est certe, dum ex eo quaerit,

    Suet. Dom. 4. —Diff. from the preced. constr. with de is audire de aliquo (aliquid); more freq. in pass. sense, to hear any thing concerning any one:

    de psaltriā hac audivit,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 5:

    illos etiam convenire aveo, de quibus audivi et legi,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83; so id. Att. 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 2, 4; cf.:

    aliquid in aliquem,

    to hear something against, something bad of any one, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285 al. —
    B.
    In conversation.
    (α).
    Audi, as a call to gain attention, hear, attend, give ear, listen, = hoc age:

    audi cetera,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 127:

    audi heus tu,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 52:

    Dorio, audi, obsecro,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 1: Hoc audi, id. And. 3, 4, 11;

    4, 1, 36: Quin tu audi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42:

    quin tu hoc audi,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 9.—
    (β).
    Audis or audin = audisne? do you hear? atque audin? Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 70:

    Equidem deciens dixi: Et domi [nunc] sum ego, inquam, ecquid audis?

    id. Am. 2, 1, 27; id. Trin. 3, 2, 91:

    Heus, audin quid ait? Quin fugis?

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 60:

    cura adversandum atque audin? quadrupedem constringito,

    Ter. And. 5, 2, 24; 1, 5, 64:

    Audin tu? Hic furti se adligat,

    id. Eun. 4, 7, 39:

    Audin quid dicam?

    id. Hec. 1, 2, 3.—
    c.
    Audito, with a clause for its subject, as abl. absol. in the histt., upon the receipt of the news that, at the tidings that: audito, Q. Marcium in Ciliciam tendere, when news came that Q. Marcius etc., Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1130 P.:

    audito Machanidam famā adventūs sui territum refugisse Lacedaemonem,

    Liv. 28, 7:

    audito venisse missu Agrippinae nuntium Agerinum,

    Tac. A. 14, 7.—
    II.
    Esp.,
    A.
    1.. In a pregnant signif., to listen to a person or thing, to give ear to, hearken to, attend:

    etsi a vobis sic audior, ut numquam benignius neque attentius quemquam auditum putem,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 63; so id. de Or. 1, 61, 259:

    sed non eis animis audiebantur, qui doceri possent,

    Liv. 42, 48; 1, 32; 5, 6:

    ut legationes audiret cubans,

    Suet. Vesp. 24; id. Caes. 32; id. Ner. 22; 23; Vulg. Job. 11, 2; ib. Psa. 33, 12; ib. Matt. 10, 14; ib. Heb. 3, 7 al.—
    2.
    Aliquem, of pupils, to hear a teacher, i. e. to receive instruction from, to study under:

    te, Marce fili, annum jam audientem Cratippum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1:

    Jam Polemonem audiverant adsidue Zeno et Arcesilas,

    id. Ac. 1, 9, 34; so id. N. D. 1, 14, 37; 3, 1, 2; id. Fat. 2, 4:

    Diogenes venientem eum, ut se extra ordinem audiret, non admiserat,

    Suet. Tib. 32; id. Gram. 10, 20 al.— Absol.: possumne aliquid audire? (i. e. will you communicate something to me?) tu vero, inquam, vel audire vel dicere, Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

    ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, volo,

    id. ib. 2, 4.—
    3.
    De aliquā re or aliquid, aliquem, of judges, to listen or hearken to, to examine:

    nemo illorum judicum clarissimis viris accusantibus audiendum sibi de ambitu putavit,

    Cic. Fl. 39, 98:

    de capite,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 12 al. — Trop.:

    de pace,

    Liv. 27, 30:

    dolos,

    Verg. A. 6, 567:

    nequissimum servum,

    Suet. Dom. 11; so id. Aug. 93; id. Tib. 73; id. Claud. 15; id. Dom. 14; 16; Dig. 11, 3, 14 fin.; 28, 6, 10; 39, 2, 18 et saep.—
    4.
    Of prayer or entreaty, to hear, listen to, lend an ear to, regard, grant:

    in quo di immortales meas preces audiverunt,

    Cic. Pis. 19:

    Curio ubi... neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

    velut si sensisset auditas preces,

    Liv. 1, 12:

    audivit orationem eorum,

    Vulg. Psa. 105, 44:

    audisti verba oris mei,

    ib. ib. 137, 1:

    Audiat aversā non meus aure deus,

    Tib. 3, 3, 28:

    audiit et caeli Genitor de parte serenā Intonuit laevum,

    Verg. A. 9, 630:

    minus audientem carmina Vestam,

    Hor. C. 1, 2, 27; 4, 13, 1:

    audivit Dominus,

    Vulg. Psa. 29, 11 al. —Also aliquem, to hear one, to grant his desire or prayer:

    puellas ter vocata audis,

    Hor. C. 3, 22, 3; so id. C. S. 34; 35:

    Ferreus orantem nequiquam, janitor, audis,

    Ov. Am. 1, 6, 27; id. M. 8, 598 al.:

    Audi nos, domine,

    Vulg. Gen. 23, 6; 23, 8:

    semper me audis,

    ib. Joan. 11, 42.—
    B.
    Aliquem, aliquid, or absol. audio, to hear a person or thing with approbation, to assent to, agree with, approve, grant, allow:

    nec Homerum audio, qui Ganymeden ab dis raptum ait, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 65:

    Socratem audio dicentem cibi condimentum esse famem, sed qui ad voluptatem omnia referens vivit ut Gallonius, non audio,

    id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. de Or. 1, 15, 68; 3, 28, 83; id. Marcell. 8, 25: audio ( I grant it, well, that I agree to, that is granted):

    nunc dicis aliquid, quod ad rem pertineat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 18 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 2, 59; 2, 5, 27:

    non audio,

    that I do not grant, id. ib. 2, 3, 34.—
    C.
    To hear, to listen to, to obey, heed; orig. and class. only with acc., but also with dat.—
    a.
    With acc.:

    tecum loquere, te adhibe in consilium, te audi, tibi obtempera,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20, 55:

    ne ego sapientiam istam, quamvis sit erudita, non audiam,

    id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

    si me audiatis, priusquam dedantur, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 9:

    Non, si me satis audias, Speres etc.,

    Hor. C.1, 13, 13; 4, 14, 50; id. Ep. 1, 1, 48:

    patris aut matris imperium,

    Vulg. Deut. 21, 18 al. — Poet. transf. to inanimate things:

    neque audit currus habenas,

    heeds, Verg. G. 1, 514; so Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 187 (cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 13: equi frenato est auris in ore; and Pind. Pyth. 2, 21: harmata peisichalina):

    nec minus incerta (sagitta) est, nec quae magis audiat arcum,

    which better heeds the bow, Ov. M. 5, 382:

    teque languenti manu Non audit arcus?

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 980; so Stat. Th. 5, 412; Luc. 3, 594; 9, 931; Sil. 14, 392.—
    b.
    With dat.: nam istis qui linguam avium intellegunt, magis audiendum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (B. and K. isti):

    sibi audire,

    App. Mag. p. 326, 34; so, dicto audientem esse, to listen to one's word, to be obedient to one's word, to obey (not in Ter.):

    dicto sum audiens,

    I obey, Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 71; id. Trin. 4, 3, 55; id. As. 3, 1, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 89:

    qui dicto audientes in tantā re non fuisset,

    Cic. Deiot. 8, 23 ' sunt illi quidem dicto audientes, id. Verr. 1, 88:

    quos dicto audientes jussi,

    id. ib. 5, 104.—And, on account of the signif. to obey, with a second personal dat.: dicto audientem esse alicui, to obey one (freq. and class.); cf.

    Stallb. ad Rudd. Gr. II. p. 124, n. 38: vilicus domino dicto audiens sit,

    Cato, R. R. 142: si habes, qui te audiat;

    si potest tibi dicto audiens esse quisquam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44; 2, 4. 12; 2, 5, 32; id. Phil. 7, 2:

    dicto audiens fuit jussis absentium magistratuum,

    Nep. Ages. 4, 2; id. Lys. 1, 2; id. Iphicr. 2, 1:

    interim Servio Tullio jubere populum dicto audientem esse,

    Liv. 1, 41; 4, 26; 29, 20;

    41, 10 al.—Once pleon. with oboedio: ne plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,

    Liv. 5, 3.—
    D.
    To hear thus and thus, i. e. to be named or styled somehow (as in Gr. akouô; and in Engl. to hear, as Milton: Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, P. L. III. 7); and with bene or male (as in Gr. kalôs or kakôs akouein; cf. Milton: For which Britain hears ill abroad, Areop.; and Spenser: If old Aveugles sonnes so evil hear, F. Q. I. 5, 23), to be in good or bad repute, to be praised or blamed, to have a good or bad character:

    benedictis si certāsset, audīsset bene (Bene audire est bene dici, laudari, Don.),

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 20:

    tu recte vivis, si curas esse quod audis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 17:

    rexque paterque Audisti coram,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 38; so id. S. 2, 6, 20; Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 12; Cic. Att. 6, 1; id. Fin. 3, 17, 57; id. Leg. 1, 19; Nep. Dion, 7, 3:

    Ille, qui jejunus a quibusdam et aridus habetur, non aliter ab ipsis inimicis male audire quam nimiis floribus et ingenii afluentia potuit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 13 al. —In a play upon words: erat surdaster M. Crassus;

    sed aliud molestius quod male audiebat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; so,

    minus commode: quod illorum culpā se minus commode audire arbitrarentur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 58.—
    E.
    As it were to hear, to hear mentally, i. e. to understand, to supply, something (later subaudio): cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intellegitur, ut, stupere gaudio Graecus. Simul enim auditur coepit, is understood, is to be supplied, Quint. 9, 3, 58; 8, 5, 12.—Hence, audĭens, entis, P. a. subst.
    A.
    (Acc. to II. A.) A hearer, auditor ( = auditor, q. v., or qui audit, Cic. Brut. 80, 276)' ad animos audientium permovendos, Cic. Brut. 23, 89; 80, 279:

    cum adsensu audientium egit,

    Liv. 21, 10 al. —Hence, in eccl. Lat., a catechumen, Tert. Poen. 6.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. C.) With the gen.: tibi servio atque audiens sum imperii, a hearer of, i. e. obedient to, your command, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 25.

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  • 6 pareo

    pārĕo ( parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [ intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    quoties paruit Hermogenes,

    Mart. 12, 29, 18:

    haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 76:

    quae si parent simul,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4:

    caeli cui sidera parent,

    are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.:

    parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,

    Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.— Impers.:

    paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere):

    magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,

    Gell. 10, 3, 19:

    ad memoriam,

    Spart. Pesc. 7.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire,

    Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.):

    hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati,

    id. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc.,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 2:

    (noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi,

    id. Rep. 1, 40, 163:

    legibus,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    religionibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8:

    imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

    populo patiente atque parente,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

    alicujus imperiis,

    Juv. 14, 331.— Impers. pass.:

    dicto paretur,

    Liv. 9, 32:

    remissius imperanti melius paretur,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1:

    ut arbitri sententiae pareatur,

    Dig. 4, 8, 23:

    si paritum fuerit condicioni,

    ib. 40, 4, 12.— Poet., with respective acc.:

    non adeo parebimus omnia matri,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 660. —Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates,

    Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.—
    b.
    To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to:

    nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81:

    oppidum, quod regi paret,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145:

    negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,

    Just. 1, 3, 3:

    quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,

    Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.—
    c.
    To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to:

    necessitati,

    Cic. Or. 60, 202:

    et tempori et voluntati,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    cupiditatibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 53:

    dolori et iracundiae,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 4:

    extremo furori,

    Val. Fl. 7, 154.—
    d.
    To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay:

    promissis,

    Ov. F. 5, 504:

    pensionibus,

    Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.— —
    B.
    Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.):

    quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.:

    si paret adversum edictum fecisse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.:

    paritum est,

    Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient:

    parentiores exercitus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).—
    II.
    Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject:

    parentes abunde habemus,

    Sall. J. 102, 7:

    vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 2:

    ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).

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  • 7 parreo

    pārĕo ( parrĕo), ŭi, pārĭtum, 2, v. n. [ intr. form of paro, to make ready; părio, to bring forth; hence, to be ready, at hand], to come forth, appear, be visible, show one's self; to be present or at hand.
    I.
    Lit. (rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): immolanti jocinera replicata paruerunt,

    Suet. Aug. 95:

    quoties paruit Hermogenes,

    Mart. 12, 29, 18:

    haec (fenestra) videt Inarimen, illi Prochyta aspera paret,

    Stat. S. 2, 2, 76:

    quae si parent simul,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4:

    caeli cui sidera parent,

    are open, intelligible, Verg. A. 10, 176; cf. Suet. Calig. 8.—So freq. in eccl. Lat.:

    parebit signum filii hominis in caelo,

    Vulg. Matt. 24, 30.— Impers.:

    paret = videtur: si paret eum dare oportere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 91; 4, 4; 34 al.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To appear (as a servant) at a person's commands, to attend, wait upon (very rare, for the usual apparere):

    magistratibus in provincias euntibus parere et praeministrare servorum vice,

    Gell. 10, 3, 19:

    ad memoriam,

    Spart. Pesc. 7.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To obey, be obedient to; to submit to, comply with (the class. signif. of the word;

    syn.: oboedio, obsequor, obtempero): parere, obedire,

    Fest. p. 221 Müll.: animadverte ac dicto pare, Enn. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 11, 29 (Trag. v. 299 Vahl.):

    hic parebit et oboediet praecepto illi veteri,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:

    oboedire et parere alicujus voluntati,

    id. N. D. 1, 8, 19:

    non ut pareret et dicto audiens esset huic ordini, etc.,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 2:

    (noster populus) in bello sic paret, ut regi,

    id. Rep. 1, 40, 163:

    legibus,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

    religionibus,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8:

    imperio,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2:

    populo patiente atque parente,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 36, 61:

    alicujus imperiis,

    Juv. 14, 331.— Impers. pass.:

    dicto paretur,

    Liv. 9, 32:

    remissius imperanti melius paretur,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 24, 1:

    ut arbitri sententiae pareatur,

    Dig. 4, 8, 23:

    si paritum fuerit condicioni,

    ib. 40, 4, 12.— Poet., with respective acc.:

    non adeo parebimus omnia matri,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 660. —Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    lucra petituras freta per parentia ventis Ducunt instabiles sidera certa rates,

    Tib. 1, 9, 9; cf. Ov. M. 8, 472; Quint. 11, 3, 65.—
    b.
    To be subject to, dependent on; to be subservient to:

    nulla fuit civitas, quin Caesari pareret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 81:

    oppidum, quod regi paret,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 145:

    negat se ei parere posse qui se feminam malit esse, quam virum,

    Just. 1, 3, 3:

    quae homines arant, navigant, aedificant, virtuti omnia parent,

    Sall. C. 2, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 96.—
    c.
    To submit to, comply with, indulge, gratify, yield to:

    necessitati,

    Cic. Or. 60, 202:

    et tempori et voluntati,

    id. Vatin. 1, 2:

    cupiditatibus,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 53:

    dolori et iracundiae,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 4:

    extremo furori,

    Val. Fl. 7, 154.—
    d.
    To yield to one's promises or representations, to fulfil, accomplish them; to satisfy, give, pay:

    promissis,

    Ov. F. 5, 504:

    pensionibus,

    Dig. 19, 2, 54: usuris, Cod. 4, 26, 8.— —
    B.
    Impers.: paret, it is clear, evident, manifest (class.):

    quid porro quaerendum est? factumne sit? at constat. A quo? at paret,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—Esp. in the formula si paret, if it appear, if it be proved, Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 11; id. Verr 2, 2, 12, § 31; cf.:

    si paret adversum edictum fecisse,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 28, § 69; 2, 3, 22, § 55; Fest. p. 233 Müll.:

    paritum est,

    Dig. 31, 1, 67; ib. 6, 1, 5; Petr. 137; cf. II. 2. a. supra.—Hence, pārens, entis, P. a., obedient:

    parentiores exercitus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76 (al. paratiores).—
    II.
    Subst.: pārens, entis, comm., a subject:

    parentes abunde habemus,

    Sall. J. 102, 7:

    vi quidem regere patriam aut parentes quamquam possis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 2:

    ex voluntate parentium occupare principatum,

    Vell. 2, 108; and so Tac. A. 1, 59, acc. to Bötticher (but parentes, in this passage, signifies parents; cf. Kritz on Sall. C. 6, 5).

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  • 8 audiēns

        audiēns ntis, adj.    [P. of audio].—As subst, a hearer, listener: animis audientium: cum adsensu audientium agere, L.
    * * *
    I
    catechumen (eccl.), convert under instruction before baptism; new initiate
    II
    auditor, one who hears; hearer of, obedient to (your command); public penitent

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  • 9 ob-noxius

        ob-noxius adj.,    liable, addicted, guilty: animus lubidini, S.: Terra nulli obnoxia bello, exposed, O.: Obnoxium est (with infin.), it is dangerous, Ta. —Subject, submissive, obedient, complying, servile: vobis, L.: pars (hominum) pravis obnoxia, H.: Crasso ex privatis negotiis, under the influence of, S.: amori uxoris, Ta.—Servile, abject, weak, timid: facies obnoxia, O.: obnoxius videar, L.: pax, dishonorable, L.—Obliged, under obligation, indebted, responsible, answerable: uxori, T.: Graecia beneficio libertatis Romanis, L.: hominum non ulli curae, dependent on, V.: facies nullis obnoxia gemmis, indebted, Pr.

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  • 10 oboediō

        oboediō    [not obēdiō], īvī, ītus, īre ob+audio], to give ear, hearken, listen: alquibus, N.—To obey, yield obedience, be subject, serve: ad verba nobis: praecepto: legi, N.: libidines voluptatibus: pecora ventri, S.— Pass impers.: oboeditum dictatori est, L.
    * * *
    oboedire, oboedivi, oboeditus V
    obey; listen/harken/submit (to); be subject/obedient/responsible/a slave (to)

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  • 11 pārēns

        pārēns entis, adj. with comp.    [P. of pareo], obedient: parentiores habere exercitūs.— Plur m. as subst, subjects, S.
    * * *
    parent, father, mother

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  • 12 obedens

    obedentis (gen.), obedentior -or -us, obedentissimus -a -um ADJ
    obedient, compliant, submissive to authority/commands/word (of); under orders

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  • 13 obedio

    obedire, obedivi, obeditus V
    obey; listen/harken/submit (to); be subject/obedient/responsible/a slave (to)

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  • 14 oboedens

    oboedentis (gen.), oboedentior -or -us, oboedentissimus -a -um ADJ
    obedient, compliant, submissive to authority/commands/word (of); under orders

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  • 15 pareo

    (+ dat.) to be obedient to, obey.

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  • 16 devoveo

    dē-vŏvĕo, vōvi, vōtum, 2, v. a.
    I.
    To vow, devote (usually to a deity).
    A.
    Prop. (class.):

    Marti ea, quae bello ceperint,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 3; so,

    Dianae pulcherrimum,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:

    gnatam pro muta agna,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 219 et saep.;

    esp. freq.: se diis, or simply se,

    to devote one's self to death, to sacrifice one's self, Cic. N. D. 2, 3 fin.; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61:

    se pro aere alieno, in jesting allusion to the death of the Decii,

    id. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

    se pro patria Quiritibusque Romanis,

    Liv. 5, 41, 3; id. 8, 9; 9, 4; Verg. A. 12, 234:

    devota vita,

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12; cf.:

    devotis corporibus in hostem ruentes,

    Liv. 9, 17:

    ancipiti deum irae devotus,

    id. 10, 39: hinc Remus auspicio se devovet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107:

    devota morti pectora,

    Hor. Od. 4, 14, 18; cf.

    without morti: stabat devota juventus,

    Luc. 4, 533:

    caput pro salute alicujus,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, extr. 2 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf., to devote, give up, attach (rarely):

    vobis animam hanc devovi,

    Verg. A. 11, 442; cf.:

    suos annos soli tibi,

    Ov. M. 14, 683; esp.: se, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to:

    se amicitiae alicujus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 2; cf.:

    se gloriae,

    Curt. 9, 6 fin.:

    se regibus,

    Sall. Hist. Fragm. 1, 73.—
    C.
    To promise solemnly, vow; with inf. or obj. clause (late Lat.):

    qui se devoverunt, nec manducare nec bibere,

    Vulg. Act. 23, 21:

    totam vitam suam serviturum se esse devovit,

    August. Serm. 286, 4; Gregor. M. Homil. 1, 19, 7.—
    D.
    To mark out, destine, appoint:

    exspectatione omnium T. Annio devota et constituta ista hostia esse videtur,

    Cic. Harusp. Resp. 3, 6.—
    II.
    Qs. to devote to the infernal gods, i. e. to curse, to execrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose—for syn. cf. detestor):

    aliquem,

    Nep. Alcib. 4, 5:

    natum suum (Theseus),

    Ov. F. 6, 738:

    se ipse,

    Quint. 5, 6, 2:

    scelerata arma,

    Ov. M. 5, 102:

    suas artes,

    id. ib. 8, 234:

    devota arbos,

    Hor. Od. 3, 4, 27:

    devoti sanguinis aetas,

    id. Epod. 16, 9 et saep.; v. such a form of imprecation in Macr. S. 3, 9.—
    III.
    To bewitch by conjurations ( poet.):

    aliquem carminibus, pollentibus herbis,

    Tib. 1, 8, 18:

    aliquem trajectis lanis,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 80; cf.:

    devota veneno corpora,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 27. —Hence, dēvōtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. I. B.).
    A.
    Devoted to any one, i. e. attached, faithful (post-Aug.):

    ni tibi deditus essem Devotusque cliens,

    Juv. 9, 72;

    so with deditus,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 5:

    devotissimus alicui,

    Suet. Caes. 67 fin.; cf. Sen. Ben. 5, 17; and:

    DEVOTISSIMVS NVMINI MAIESTATIQVE EIVS,

    Inscr. Orell. 859; and so in comp., Claud. B. Gild. 289: animus alicui devotus, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

    equester ordo scenae harenaeque devotus,

    id. Calig. 30.— Poet.:

    devotae in externa proelia dextrae,

    ready for, Luc. 3, 311.— Subst.:

    cum DC devotis, quos illi Soldurios appellant,

    with six hundred faithful followers, Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 1. —
    B.
    In Christian authors, pious, devout:

    Roma Deo,

    Prud. adv. Symm. 2 fin.:

    filia Christo,

    Hier. Ep. 108, 2:

    jejunia,

    Aus. Idyll. 1, 2; so, obedient to authority, Cassiod. Varr. 2, 16.—
    C.
    Like deditus, given to, abandoned to a habit or thing (rare):

    vino,

    Phaedr. 4, 5, 6.— Adv.: dēvōtē, devotedly, faithfully: devote ac strenue, Cod. Th. 6, 24, 10.— Sup.:

    Deo devotissime serviamus,

    Lact. 6, 9 fin.; Aug. Ep. 86 fin.

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  • 17 morigerus

    mōrĭgĕrus, a, um, adj. [mos-gero], complying, obsequious, obedient (ante- and post-class.):

    meo me aequom est morigerum patri,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 21:

    male morigerus mihi est danista,

    id. Ep. 5, 1, 1:

    quando una vivis meis morigera moribus,

    id. Men. 1, 3, 19: dum me morigeram praebeo, Afran. ap. Non. 433, 29:

    imago ad omnem nutum hominis sui morigera,

    App. Mag. 14, p. 282, 26; id. M. 2, p. 117, 1 al.—Esp., compliant, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; cf. Lucr. 4, 1281.

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  • 18 obaudio

    ŏb-audĭo, ii, 4, v. a., for oboedio, to obey (post-class.); constr. with dat. or absol.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    alicui,

    App. M. 3, p. 136, 11.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    Adam non obaudiit,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 2.—With acc.:

    obaudite me,

    Vulg. Eccles. 39, 17.—Hence, ŏbaudĭens, entis, P. a., obedient (eccl. Lat. for oboediens).— Comp.:

    quid obaudientius esse potest, quam ut, etc.,

    Ambros. Ep. 21.

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  • 19 obnoxiosus

    obnoxĭōsus, a, um, adj. [obnoxius] (ante-class.).
    I.
    Subject, submissive, obedient:

    alicui,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 31.—
    * II.
    Hurtful, injurious, dangerous: res, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.).—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭōsē, abjectly, timidly.— Comp., obnoxiosius, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 30.

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  • 20 obnoxius

    ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.:

    ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1:

    ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,

    ib. 11, 3, 14.—
    B.
    Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.
    1.
    With dat.:

    animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,

    not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21:

    communi culpae,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 395:

    facto,

    Tib. 3, 4, 15.—
    2.
    With gen.:

    obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,

    for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen.
    A.
    Subject, submissive, obedient, complying:

    dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,

    Sall. C. 14, 6:

    obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,

    Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —
    B.
    Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable:

    uxori obnoxius sum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22:

    totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,

    Liv. 35, 31:

    fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,

    Verg. G. 1, 396:

    facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,

    not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21:

    tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—
    C.
    Exposed to a person, humbled before one:

    ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—
    D.
    Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.:

    non quibus ego essem obnoxius,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150:

    summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,

    Ov. M. 5, 235:

    si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,

    Liv. 23, 12:

    pax,

    servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—
    2.
    Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.
    (α).
    With dat.:

    infidis consiliis obnoxius,

    Tac. H. 3, 55:

    insidiis,

    id. A. 14, 40:

    infelici fecunditate fortunae,

    exposed, id. ib. 2, 75:

    aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,

    id. ib. 3, 58:

    morbo,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:

    contumeliis,

    Suet. Tib. 63:

    bello,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 73:

    plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,

    Sall. C. 48, 5:

    urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),

    Tac. A. 15, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    in omnia obnoxius,

    exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —
    3.
    In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail:

    in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 21:

    supplex et obnoxius,

    Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:

    corpora,

    sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60:

    flos,

    which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—
    b.
    Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.— Comp.:

    obnoxior (al. noxior),

    Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).
    A.
    Guiltily, culpably:

    nihil obnoxie perire,

    quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—
    B.
    Submissively, slavishly, timidly:

    sententias dicere,

    Liv. 3, 39, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obnoxius

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