obsequor

Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.sɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.se.kʷor]

Verb

obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum or obsequūtus 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
   • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 1.1.7–9:

     Uxor, sī cessēs, aut tē amāre cōgitat, / aut tete amārī, aut pōtāre, atque animō obsequī; / et tibi bene esse sōlī, sibi quom sit male.

     (Translating loosely, idiomatically:) A wife, if you’re late, suspects either that you’re chasing some woman — or maybe you are the one being seduced! — or you’re drinking, and all set to indulge every whim; and that only you are doing just fine, while she’s miserable.
     (Literally, “to give oneself up to the spirit.”)

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 or obsequūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obsecūtus or obsequūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obsecūtus or obsequūtus + 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 or obsequūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obsecūtus or obsequūtus + 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obsequī			—			obsequēns			—
future		obsecūtūrum esse, obsequūtūrum esse			—			obsecūtūrus, obsequūtūrus			obsequendus
perfect		obsecūtum esse, obsequūtum esse			—			obsecūtus, obsequūtus			—
future perfect		obsecūtum fore, obsequūtum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		obsecūtūrum fuisse, obsequūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obsequendī		obsequendō		obsequendum		obsequendō		obsecūtum, obsequūtum		obsecūtū, obsequūtū

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)