obsecratio

Latin > English

obsecratio obsecrationis N F :: supplication, entreaty; public act of prayer

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

obsĕcrātĭo: ōnis, f. obsecro.
I In gen., a beseeching, imploring, supplication, entreaty (class.): prece et obsecratione humili uti, Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; id. Font. 17, 39: judicum, addressed to the judges, Quint. 6, 1, 33: percipe obsecrationem meam, Vulg. Psa. 142, 1: fit ad Deum pro illis, id. Rom. 10, 1.—
II In partic.
   A An asseveration, protestation, accompanied by an invocation of the gods or of religious things, Gr. δέησις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 105; cf. Just. 24, 2, 5; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—
   B A public prayer: obsecrationem indicere, Liv. 27, 11; id. 4, 21; 26, 23; 31, 9; Cic. Har. Resp. 28 fin.: habere, Suet. Caes. 22.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

obsĕcrātĭō,¹³ ōnis, f. (obsecro), demande instante, supplication : Cic. Font. 39 ; Inv. 1, 22 || obsécration [fig. de rhét.] : Cic. de Or. 3, 105 ; Inv. 1, 109 || [surtout] supplication [adressée aux dieux, pour les apaiser, ce que n’implique pas la supplicatio ] : Cic. Har. 63 ; Liv. 26, 23, 6 ; 27, 11, 6 ; 31, 9, 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

obsecrātio, ōnis, f. (obsecro), das Bitten um Gottes willen, das Beschwören, das flehentliche Bitten, das Flehen (griech. ἱκεσία), I) im allg.: obs. illa iudicum per carissima pignora, Quint. 6, 1, 33: prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici uti, Cic. de inv. 1, 22: alcis obsecrationem repudiare, Cic. Font. 38: summis obsecrationibus monere, ne etc., Iustin. 24, 8, 7. – als Redefigur, Cic. de or. 3, 205. – II) insbes.: A) das öffentliche Gebet, verb. procurationes et obs., Cic. de har. resp. 63: supplicatio per omnia pulvinaria et obsecratio in unum diem indicta, Liv. 27, 11, 6; vgl. 26, 23, 6: obsecratio a populo duumviris praeeuntibus est facta, Liv. 4, 11, 5; vgl. 31, 9, 6. – B) die Beteuerung unter Anrufung Gottes; Plur. b. Iustin. 24, 2, 5 (Ruehl execr.).

Latin > Chinese

obsecratio, onis. f. :: 求神