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|lshtext=<b>ŏb-oedĭo</b>: ([[better]] [[than]] ŏb-ēdĭo, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-[[class]]. form of the<br /><b>I</b> fut., oboedibo: oboedibo [[tibi]], Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. ob-[[audio]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]), to [[give]] [[ear]], [[hearken]], [[listen]] to one: alicui, Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop., of [[living]] beings ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[obey]], [[yield]] [[obedience]] to. to be [[subject]] to, to [[serve]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf.: [[pareo]], [[obtempero]], [[obsequor]]).—With dat.: parere, et oboedire [[praecepto]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36: legi, Nep. Epam. 8, 1: voluntati, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19: obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus, id. Leg. 3, 2, 5: qui nobis oboediunt, id. Rep. 3, 29, 41: impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium, id. ib. 6, 26, 28: pecora ventri [[oboedientia]], Sall. C. 1, 1: multorum oboedire [[tempori]], Cic. Brut. 69, 242.—Impers. [[pass]].: [[utrimque]] [[enixe]] oboeditum [[dictatori]] est, Liv. 4, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be [[obedient]] in [[any]] [[thing]] ([[post]]-[[class]].).—With acc. of neutr. pron.: [[atque]] haec omnia [[perfacile]] oboediebam, App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., of things, to [[yield]], be [[manageable]]: [[ramus]] oleae [[quam]] [[maxime]] [[sequax]], [[atque]] oboediturus, [[yielding]], [[flexible]], Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens (ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop., of [[living]] beings, [[obedient]], [[compliant]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: nulli est naturae [[oboediens]] aut subjectus [[deus]], Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77: [[natio]] [[semper]] [[oboediens]] huic imperio, id. Pis. 34, 84: appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere, id. Off. 1, 36, 132: vivere oboedientem alicui, Sall. J. 31, 26.—Comp.: imperiis [[nemo]] oboedientior, Liv. 25, 38, 7.—Sup.: imperiis oboedientissimus [[miles]], Liv. 7, 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere, Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for [[dicto]] audientem esse alicui, to be [[obedient]] to one's [[word]] or [[command]]: [[magistro]] desinebat esse [[dicto]] [[oboediens]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.: nec [[plebs]] nobis [[dicto]] [[audiens]] [[atque]] [[oboediens]] [[sit]], Liv. 38, 7. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Omnia secunda et [[oboedientia]] sunt, according to [[your]] wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: cujus vis [[omnis]] in consensu oboedientium esset, the [[obedient]], Liv. 2, 59, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things, [[yielding]], [[manageable]]: oboedientissima [[quocumque]] in opere [[fraxinus]], i. e. [[easily]] [[wrought]], Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-[[enter]], [[obediently]], [[willingly]], [[readily]] (a favorite [[word]] of Livy; elsewh. [[very]] [[rare]]): conferre [[tributum]], Liv. 5, 12: facere imperata, id. 21, 34: facere [[adversus]] aliquem, id. 39, 53.—Comp.: [[nihil]] oboedientius fecerunt, [[quam]], etc., Liv. 38, 34.—Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.

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