obsequenter

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ob-sĕquor, cūtus (quutus), 3, v. dep.

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. —

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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).

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. —

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.