Obsequor, pen. cor. obsequeris, obsequûtus sum. óbsequi. Terent.To folowe an other mans pleasute: to doe as an other will haue him: to be pliant: to be ready to do seruice: to please.Obsequi & Repugnate, contraria.Cic.De te tibi obsequor. Cicero. I obey you in a matter touching your selfe.Obsequi alicui in omnibus.Cic.To follow and obey one in.Obsequi animo suo.Terent.To liue as he will him selfe: to take his pleasure and make good cheere.Consuetudini libenter obsequor.Cic.I am well content to follow the custome.Imperio obsequi, Iuuenal.Naturæ bonitatíque alicuius obsequi.Cic.Pudori suo oblequi.Cic.To doe as his bashfulnesse mooueth him. Studijs alicuius obsequi. Cic.To follow.Tempestati in nauigando obsequi, artis est.Cic.It is a point of cunning in failing to go with the tempest or winde.Voluntati alicuius obsequi.Cic.To folow or obey ones pleasure: to do as he will haue him. Obsequon cum accusaturo. Gell. Sed ca tamen quæ obsequi non oportet. But such as shoulde not be followed.
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ob-sĕquor, cūtus (quutus), 3, v. dep.I.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. —(b). 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.—II.Transf.A.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.—B. 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). A. 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. —B. 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,