obsequor

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈob.se.kʷor/, [ˈɔps̠ɛkʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈob.se.kwor/, [ˈɔbsekwor]

Verb

obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. (with dative) to accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit
2. to yield to, devote oneself to, give oneself up to or indulge in something
3. (of inanimate things) to be yielding, pliant or ductile

Conjugation

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	obsecūtum esse	obsecūtūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		obsequēns	obsecūtus	obsecūtūrus	—	—	obsequendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obsequendī	obsequendō	obsequendum	obsequendō	obsecūtum	obsecūtū

Derived terms

• obsecūtiō
• obsecūtor
• obsequella
• obsequēns
• obsequenter
• obsequentia
• obsequiae
• obsequibilis
• obsequium

Related terms

• assequor
• cōnsequor
• exsequor
• īnsequor
• persequor
• prōsequor
• resequor
• sequor
• subsequor

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
• obsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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)