slavishly

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ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.

Lit.

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.—

Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.

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.—

With gen.:

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

for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—

Transf., in gen.

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. —

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.—

Exposed to a person, humbled before one:

ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—

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.—

Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.

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.—

With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—

With in and acc.:

in omnia obnoxius,

exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —

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.—

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.).

Guiltily, culpably:

nihil obnoxie perire,

quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—

Submissively, slavishly, timidly:

sententias dicere,

Liv. 3, 39, 1.

servīlis, e, adj. [servus], of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).

Lit. (syn. famularis):

tumultus,

the servile war, insurrection of the slaves, Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

imperium,

like that of masters over slaves, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 19, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

terror,

dread of the slaves, of a servile insurrection, Liv. 3, 16: manus, a band of slaves (with latrones), Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

capita,

Liv. 27, 16:

caput,

Dig. 4, 5, 3:

de uxoribus in servilem modum quaestionem habent,

like slaves, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 32:

inscriptio (i. e. triumphi de servis),

Flor. 3, 19, 8:

operae (i. e. servis dignae),

id. 2, 18, 10:

nil servile habet,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 111:

servilia fingere,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

caedi discentes, deforme atque servile est,

Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.

verbera,

Just. 1, 5, 2:

causa,

Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1:

adfinitates,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

cognationes,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

condicio,

ib. 48, 20, 1:

necessitas,

ib. 3, 8, 19, § 2.—

Trop.:

serviles nuptiae (opp. liberales),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 68 and 73:

schema,

id. Am. prol. 117:

vestis,

Cic. Pis, 38, 92:

color,

id. ib. 38, 1:

indoles,

Liv. 1, 5:

gestus (with humilis),

Quint. 11, 3, 83:

vernilitas,

id. 1, 11, 2: litterae, i. e. the lower branches of learning (writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.;

opp. liberales, the higher branches),

Sen. Tranq. 9:

jugum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

munus,

id. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. *

servīle:

gemens,

Claud. B. Gild. 364.—

servīlĭter (class.):

serviliter ficti dominum consalutamus,

Petr. 117, 6:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; so Tac. H. 1, 36:

saevire,

Flor. 1, 23, 1.— Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

servīlis, e, adj. [servus], of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).

Lit. (syn. famularis):

tumultus,

the servile war, insurrection of the slaves, Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

imperium,

like that of masters over slaves, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 19, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

terror,

dread of the slaves, of a servile insurrection, Liv. 3, 16: manus, a band of slaves (with latrones), Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

capita,

Liv. 27, 16:

caput,

Dig. 4, 5, 3:

de uxoribus in servilem modum quaestionem habent,

like slaves, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 32:

inscriptio (i. e. triumphi de servis),

Flor. 3, 19, 8:

operae (i. e. servis dignae),

id. 2, 18, 10:

nil servile habet,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 111:

servilia fingere,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

caedi discentes, deforme atque servile est,

Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.

verbera,

Just. 1, 5, 2:

causa,

Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1:

adfinitates,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

cognationes,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

condicio,

ib. 48, 20, 1:

necessitas,

ib. 3, 8, 19, § 2.—

Trop.:

serviles nuptiae (opp. liberales),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 68 and 73:

schema,

id. Am. prol. 117:

vestis,

Cic. Pis, 38, 92:

color,

id. ib. 38, 1:

indoles,

Liv. 1, 5:

gestus (with humilis),

Quint. 11, 3, 83:

vernilitas,

id. 1, 11, 2: litterae, i. e. the lower branches of learning (writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.;

opp. liberales, the higher branches),

Sen. Tranq. 9:

jugum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

munus,

id. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. *

servīle:

gemens,

Claud. B. Gild. 364.—

servīlĭter (class.):

serviliter ficti dominum consalutamus,

Petr. 117, 6:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; so Tac. H. 1, 36:

saevire,

Flor. 1, 23, 1.— Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

servīlis, e, adj. [servus], of or belonging to a slave, slavish, servile (class.).

Lit. (syn. famularis):

tumultus,

the servile war, insurrection of the slaves, Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

imperium,

like that of masters over slaves, Sall. H. 1, 9 Dietsch:

bellum,

Flor. 3, 19, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

terror,

dread of the slaves, of a servile insurrection, Liv. 3, 16: manus, a band of slaves (with latrones), Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

capita,

Liv. 27, 16:

caput,

Dig. 4, 5, 3:

de uxoribus in servilem modum quaestionem habent,

like slaves, Caes. B. G. 6, 19; cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 32:

inscriptio (i. e. triumphi de servis),

Flor. 3, 19, 8:

operae (i. e. servis dignae),

id. 2, 18, 10:

nil servile habet,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 111:

servilia fingere,

Tac. A. 16, 2:

caedi discentes, deforme atque servile est,

Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.

verbera,

Just. 1, 5, 2:

causa,

Dig. 4, 5, 3, § 1:

adfinitates,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

cognationes,

ib. 23, 2, 14, § 3:

condicio,

ib. 48, 20, 1:

necessitas,

ib. 3, 8, 19, § 2.—

Trop.:

serviles nuptiae (opp. liberales),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 68 and 73:

schema,

id. Am. prol. 117:

vestis,

Cic. Pis, 38, 92:

color,

id. ib. 38, 1:

indoles,

Liv. 1, 5:

gestus (with humilis),

Quint. 11, 3, 83:

vernilitas,

id. 1, 11, 2: litterae, i. e. the lower branches of learning (writing, reading, arithmetic, etc.;

opp. liberales, the higher branches),

Sen. Tranq. 9:

jugum,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

munus,

id. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence, adv., like a slave, slavishly, servilely. *

servīle:

gemens,

Claud. B. Gild. 364.—

servīlĭter (class.):

serviliter ficti dominum consalutamus,

Petr. 117, 6:

ne quid serviliter muliebriterve faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; so Tac. H. 1, 36:

saevire,

Flor. 1, 23, 1.— Comp. and sup. of the adj. and adv. do not occur.

vernīlis, e, adj. [verna], of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,

Mean, fawning, servile:

blanditiae,

Tac. H. 2, 59:

corpora,

Quint. Decl. 9, 12.—

Jesting, pert, waggish:

dictum,

Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.—Adv.: vernīlĭter, slavishly, servilely:

fungi officiis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery, cringingly, Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27:

haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc.,

jestingly, jokingly, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.