obediently

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ausculto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [perh. a union of two roots, that of audio, auris ausis, and of the Sanscr. çru = to hear; v. Bopp, Gloss. p. 396 b.], to hear any person or thing with attention, to listen to, give ear to, akroasthai (cf. audio init.; in the anteclass. per. freq., but not in Lucr.; in the class. per. rare).

In gen.: Ita est cupidus orationis, ut conducat qui auscultet, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 9:

ausculto atque animum adverto sedulo,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40:

In rem quod sit praevortaris quam re advorsā animo auscultes,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 8; id. Trin. 3, 3, 50; id. Truc. 2, 4, 46:

nimis eum ausculto libens,

id. Poen. 4, 2, 19; id. Aul. 3, 5, 22:

Ausculta paucis, nisi molestumst,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 20; id. And. 3, 3, 4 and 5:

jam scies: Ausculta,

id. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 7: illos ausculto lubens, Afran. ap Non. p. 246, 15: Nec populum auscultare, * Cat. 67, 39:

sermonem,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 23:

verba,

ib. Tob. 9, 1: aures diligenter auscultabunt, ib. Isa, 32, 3.—

Esp

To listen to something believingly, to give credit to, etc.

With acc.:

crimina,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 12.—

With dat. of pers.:

cui auscultabant,

gave heed, Vulg. Act. 8, 10.—

To listen in secret to something, to overhear:

quid habeat sermonis, auscultabo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 6:

omnia ego istaec auscultavi ab ostio,

id. Merc. 2, 4, 9.—

Of servants, to attend or wait at the door, as in Gr. hupakouein:

ad fores auscultato atque serva has aedīs,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 1: jam dudum ausculto et cupiens tibi dicere servus Pauca, reformido, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 1 Heind.—

Alicui or absol., to hear obediently, to obey, heed (cf. audio):

hi auscultare dicuntur, qui auditis parent,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll.:

auscultare est obsequi: audire ignoti quod imperant soleo, non auscultare,

Non. p. 246, 9 sq.: magis audiendum quam auscultandum censeo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131:

Age nunc vincito me auscultato filio,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 14:

Qui mi auscultabunt,

id. As. 1, 1, 50; id. Curc. 2, 1, 8; id. Most. 3, 1, 58; 3, 1, 99; id. Mil. 2, 6, 16; id. Ps. 1, 5, 38; id. Poen. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 98; id. Rud. 2, 6, 56; 3, 3, 32; id. Stich. 1, 2, 89:

seni auscultare,

Ter. And. 1, 3, 4:

vin tu homini stulto mi auscultare?

id. Heaut. 3, 3, 24; id. Ad. 3, 3, 66; 5, 8, 12: mihi ausculta: vide, ne tibi desis, * Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104.—With acc.: nisi me [p. 209] auscultas, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 36 (we should perhaps here, in accordance with the general idiom, read mi; so Ritschl).—In pass. impers.: De. Ad portum ne bitas, dico jam tibi. Ch. Auscultabitur, you shall be obeyed, it shall be done, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 127.

to Non. p. 246, 16.

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].

In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

alicui,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—

Esp.

Prop., of living beings (class.).

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.—

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.—

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.

Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).

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.—

With ad:

ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.

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. —

Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—

Absol.:

cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—

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.

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].

In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:

alicui,

Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—

Esp.

Prop., of living beings (class.).

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.—

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.—

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.

Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).

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.—

With ad:

ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,

Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.

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. —

Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—

Absol.:

cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,

the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—

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.

ob-tempĕro ( opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.).

With dat.:

te audi, tibi obtempera,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

alicui obtemperare et parere,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

imperio populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

voluntati alicujus,

id. B. C. 1, 35:

auctoritati senatūs,

id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.:

naturae,

Suet. Tib. 59:

qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,

who conforms to his own precepts, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis,

they will regard you, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70.—

With ad:

ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52.—

With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.):

non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,

do not mind what he says, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293:

quae dico,

id. Most. 2, 2, 89. —

Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133:

si mihi esset obtemperatum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. steph. 2, 112.

ob-tempĕro ( opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.).

With dat.:

te audi, tibi obtempera,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2:

alicui obtemperare et parere,

id. Planc. 39, 94:

imperio populi Romani,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

voluntati alicujus,

id. B. C. 1, 35:

auctoritati senatūs,

id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56:

rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.:

naturae,

Suet. Tib. 59:

qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,

who conforms to his own precepts, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11:

tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis,

they will regard you, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70.—

With ad:

ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,

Cic. Caecin. 18, 52.—

With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.):

non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,

do not mind what he says, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293:

quae dico,

id. Most. 2, 2, 89. —

Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133:

si mihi esset obtemperatum,

Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. steph. 2, 112.