obsequens
ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obsĕquens: entis, Part. and P. a., from obsequor.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obsĕquēns,¹² tis, part.-adj. de obsequor, qui se plie aux volontés, aux désirs de qqn (alicui) ; obéissant, complaisant : Pl. Bacch. 459 ; Ter. Haut. 259 ; Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6 || -tior Sen. Ep. 50, 6 ; -tissimus Col. Rust. 3, 8, 5 || favorable, propice : Pl. Rud. 260.
Latin > German (Georges)
obsequēns, entis, PAdi. (v. obsequor), nachgiebig, willfährig, I) im allg.: patri sum obsequens, Ter.: ubi iidem equi obsequentes alteri equiti, alteri contumaces sunt, Sen. – animus omni umore obsequentior, Sen.: tibi obsequentior, Ps. Sall.: mihi obsequentissimus, Inscr.: nurus obsequentissima, Ps. Quint. decl.: contubernalis obsequentissimus, Inscr.: curae mortalium obsequentissimam esse Italiam, Colum. – II) insbes., v. der Gottheit = gnädig, v. der Venus, Plaut. rud. 260 Sch.: bes. v. der Fortuna, Plaut. asin. 716. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1153; 5, 814 (vgl. L. Preller Röm. Mythol. Bd. 2. S. 186. Aufl. 3).
Latin > English
obsequens obsequentis (gen.), obsequentior -or -us, obsequentissimus -a -um ADJ :: yielding; compliant
