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obsequor
obsequor
Latin
Verb
obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- (with dative) I accommodate myself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit.
- I yield to, devote myself to, give myself up to or indulge in something.
- (of inanimate things) I am yielding, pliant or ductile.
Inflection
| Conjugation of obsequor (third conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obsequor | obsequeris, obsequere | obsequitur | obsequimur | obsequiminī | obsequuntur |
| imperfect | obsequēbar | obsequēbāris, obsequēbāre | obsequēbātur | obsequēbāmur | obsequēbāminī | obsequēbantur | |
| future | obsequar | obsequēris, obsequēre | obsequētur | obsequēmur | obsequēminī | obsequentur | |
| perfect | obsecūtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obsecūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | obsecūtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | obsequar | obsequāris, obsequāre | obsequātur | obsequāmur | obsequāminī | obsequantur |
| imperfect | obsequerer | obsequerēris, obsequerēre | obsequerētur | obsequerēmur | obsequerēminī | obsequerentur | |
| perfect | obsecūtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | obsecūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | obsequere | — | — | obsequiminī | — |
| future | — | obsequitor | obsequitor | — | — | obsequuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | obsequī | obsecūtus esse | obsecūtūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | obsequēns | obsecūtus | obsecūtūrus | — | — | obsequendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| obsequī | obsequendī | obsequendō | obsequendum | obsecūtum | obsecūtū | ||
Derived terms
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References
- obsequor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obsequor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obsequor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
- to grant a request: precibus obsequi
- to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
- to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi