Obsequium, obsequij, n. g. Terent.Readinesse to doe that one is willed: obedient: humble seruice: flatterie.Obsequium & indulgentia corporis.Cic.Suffeing of the bodie to haue all pleasure, that it desireth: pampering of the bodie in sensuall pleasure.Obsequia fortunæ. Curtius. The slattering of prosperous fortune.Obsequium ventris mihi perniciosus est. Horat. Belie pleasure in feeding, or delicate pampering of the belly is to me more hurtfull.Anceps obsequium. Pers. Doubtfull obeience, when of two one can not tell whether be shall follow.Blaudum obsequium.Senec. Plenius obsequium. Quint. Omne meÛ obsequium in illÛ fuit cum multa feueritate. Ci. Abuti obsequio alicuius ad omnes res. Planous. Cic.To abuse ones pliantnesse and readinesse to ruerse purpose.Obsequio & comitate adolescentis delectari Cic.Obsequium erga imperatorem exuit.Tacit.He woulde be no more obedient to his captaine.Feci omni obsequio, vt neutri illorum quisquã esset me charior. Cicero. With my continuall obedience and followingtheir phatasie, I haue brought to passe that no man is more dearely beloued to either of them than I am.Grande obsequium ferre.Ouid.To haue or receiue a great and acceptable pleasure.Flectere aliquem obsequio. Propert. Patientia & obsequio suo aliquem mitigare.Cic.Ad obsequium redigere. Suet. To make obdient: to bring to obedience.Obsequium animo sumere.Plaut.To take his pleasure: to liue as he will him selfe.Vincere aliquem obsequio.Ouid.With following ones mind to ouercome him.
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-sĕquĭum, ii, n. [obsequor]. I. In gen., comptiance, yieldingness, complaisance, indulgence (class.; syn.: indulgentia, obsequentia): prosequium a prosequendo, obsequium ab obsequendo dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 226 Müll.: obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit, Ter. And. 1, 1, 41: obsequium atque patientia, Cic. Pis. 2, 5: obsequium et comitas, id. Att. 6, 6: alicui tribuere, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 30: ventris, i. e.
, Ov. A. A. 2, 179.—In plur.: omnia ei obsequia polliceor, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3.—II. In partic. A. Compliance in love, yielding, consent, Petr. 113; Col. 6, 27, 10; Curt. 6, 7, 1; 10, 1, 25.—B.Obedience, allegiance: in populum Romanum, Liv. 29, 15, 3: principum, i. e.
towards them
, Just. 3, 2, 9: ad obsequium redigere,
to subjugate
, Suet. Aug. 21: nulla colonia vestra erit, quae nos obsequio erga vos fideque superet, Liv. 7, 30, 19: obsequium in regem retinere, Tac. A. 6, 37 (43) fin.; 13, 3; Just. 20, 4, 9: jurare in obsequium alicujus, to swear obedience or allegiance to one, Just. 13, 2: obsequium erga aliquem exuere,
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,