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.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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,