obsequium

Latin > English

obsequium obsequi(i) N N :: compliance (act/form/sex/orders); consideration/deference/solicitude; services
obsequium obsequium obsequi(i) N N :: obedience/allegiance/discipline (military); tractability/docility (animals)
obsequium obsequium obsequi(i) N N :: servility/subservience/obsequiousness; ceremony (Bee); attendance; retinue

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ob-sĕquĭum: ii, n. obsequor.
I In gen., compliance, 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. gluttony, Hor. S. 2, 7, 104: animo sumere, to follow the bent of one's inclinations, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7: in obsequio uxoris, in the service of his wife, Vulg. 4 Reg. 5, 2.—Of inanim. things: flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus, by yielding, by its pliancy, 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, to throw off, Tac. A. 3, 12.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

obsĕquĭum,⁹ ĭī, n. (obsequor),
1 complaisance, condescendance, déférence : Ter. Andr. 68 ; Cic. Pis. 5 ; Att. 6, 6, 1 ; Læl. 89 || erga aliquem Liv. 7, 39, 19 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 12 ; 5, 3 ; H. 3, 5, ou in aliquem Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6 ; Liv. 29, 15, 3 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 37 ; Just. 20, 4, 9, à l’égard de qqn || corporis Cic. Leg. 1, 60, complaisance pour son corps ; ventris Hor. S. 2, 7, 104, pour son ventre || [poét., en parl. de choses] Ov. Ars 2, 179 || pl., obsequia Planc. d. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3, marques de déférence
2 complaisances coupables : Curt. 6, 7, 1 ; 10, 1, 25
3 obéissance, soumission : Suet. Aug. 21 ; Just. 3, 2, 9, etc. || [décad.] service [d’ordonnance, de planton] : Veg. Mil. 2, 19 ; obsequia, clients, suite, cortège.

Latin > German (Georges)

obsequium, iī, n. (obsequor), die Nachgiebigkeit, Willfährigkeit, Gefälligkeit, Dienstbeflissenheit, bes. die sich hütet, den Launen anderer zu nahe zu treten, I) im allg., Ter., Cic. u. Liv.: amantis, Ov.: caelibis, Hor.: servorum, Serv. Verg.: ventris, das Schlemmen, Hor.: in obsequium desiderii, Willfahrung des Wunsches, Curt.: obsequio grassare, zeige dich recht höflich, Hor.: obsequium animo sumere, nach seinem Willen leben, Plaut.: obsequio et observantiā in regem cum omnibus certare, Liv.: redemptum esse ad obsequium mentiendi, Schol. Bob.: m. Gen. obi., obsequium scribendi, Frontin. – Plur., inter obsequia fortunae, Gunstbezeigungen, Curt.: omnia ei obsequia polliceor, Planc. in Cic. ep.: obsequia meliorum nox abstulerat, Tac. – übtr., v. Lebl., obs. aquarum, willfährige Strömung, Ov.: flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus, durch Nachgeben, Ov. – II) insbes.: A) die Hingebung in der Liebe, zur Wollust, flagitiosa obsequia, Tac., dah. = Beischlaf, Begattung, v. Menschen u. Tieren, Curt. u. Colum.: obsequium amatori venditare, Liv. – B) der Gehorsam gegen Höhere (Ggstz. contumacia), deforme obsequium, Kriecherei, Servilismus (Ggstz. abrupta contumacia, Radikalismus), Tac.: u. so obsequium in principem, Tac.: obsequium erga Romanos, Tac.: in obsequium regentis parati, Tac.: iurare in alcis obsequium, Gehorsam schwören, den Eid der Treue leisten, Iustin.: obsequium rumpere, Suet.: populum in obsequia principum formare, Iustin. – als milit. t. t., der milit. Gehorsam, die Subordination, amor obsequii, Tac.; contra morem obsequii, contra fas disciplinae vim meditantur, Tac. – meton., a) der Dienst bei einem Höheren, bes. Ordonnanz-Dienst, ad obsequium venire, Capit.: milites ad obsequia iudicum vel tribunorum deputare, Veget. mil.: ratio obsequiorum, Veget. mil.- b) Plur. obsequia = Ordonnanzen, Klienten, Begleiter, Gefolge, Claud. Mam. u. Cassiod.: marinum obs., Gefolge, Apul. – / Synk. Dat. Plur. obsequis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 131.