obsecundo

From LSJ

οὐ γὰρ πράξιν ἀγαθὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὖ ποεῖν αὐτὴν → it does not suffice to do good–one must do it well

Source

Latin > English

obsecundo obsecundare, obsecundavi, obsecundatus V TRANS :: obey, show obedience; comply with, be compliant, humor; fall in with, follow

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ob-sĕcundo: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. n., to be compliant, show obedience; to comply with, humor, fall in with, follow implicitly, obey a pers. or thing (rare but class.; syn.: morigeror, obsequor, oboedio): obsecundare in loco, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 23; id. Ad. 5, 9, 37: ut ejus semper voluntatibus socii obtemperarint, hostes oboedierint, venti tempestatesque obsecundarint, * Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48: obsecundando mollire impetum, Liv. 3, 35, 7: simul capite atque umeris sensim ad id, quo manus feratur, obsecundantibus, Quint. 11, 3, 92; M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 35 Mai.: imperiis, Amm. 17, 10, 10.—Hence, * obsĕcundanter, adv., in compliance with, according to a thing: obsecundanter naturae vivere, Nigid. ap. Non. 147, 26 (obsequenter, Non.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

obsĕcundō,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., se conformer à, se prêter à, se montrer favorable à [avec dat.] : Ter. Haut. 827 ; Ad. 994 ; Cic. Pomp. 48 ; Liv. 3, 35, 7.

Latin > German (Georges)

ob-secundo, āvī, ātum, āre, jmds. Absichten und Unternehmen begünstigen und befördern, jmdm. zu Willen sein, willfahren, in loco (wenn es am Platze ist = zur rechten Zeit), Ter.: alci, Cic.: ut eius (Pompei) semper voluntatibus non modo cives assenserint, socii obtemperarint, hostes oboedierint, sed etiam venti tempestatesque obsecundarint, der Zug der Winde u. Stürme gefolgt ist, Cic. – / Depon. Nbf. obsecundor, ātus sum, āri, Lucifer de reg. apost. p. 802 Migne.

Latin > Chinese

obsecundo, as, are. n. :: 從人。順。Ei venti obsecundant 風顺其意。