op-sĕcro

ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

cum multis lacrimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—

With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

hoc te,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—

With a relative or intentional clause:

ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

ut ne,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—

Absol.:

videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

pro aliquo,

Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.

As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

tuam fidem obsecro,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

periimus! Obsecro hercle,

id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—

As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

obsecro, an is est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.

ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

cum multis lacrimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—

With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

hoc te,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—

With a relative or intentional clause:

ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

ut ne,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—

Absol.:

videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

pro aliquo,

Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.

As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

tuam fidem obsecro,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

periimus! Obsecro hercle,

id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—

As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

obsecro, an is est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.