obsequorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈɔp.sɛ.kʷɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈɔb.se.kʷor]

動詞

obsequor (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum or obsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. (with dative) to accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit
2. to yield to, devote oneself to, give oneself up to or indulge in something
   • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 1.1.7–9:

     Uxor, sī cessēs, aut tē amāre cōgitat, / aut tete amārī, aut pōtāre, atque animō obsequī; / et tibi bene esse sōlī, sibi quom sit male.

     (Translating loosely, idiomatically:) A wife, if you’re late, suspects either that you’re chasing some woman — or maybe you are the one being seduced! — or you’re drinking, and all set to indulge every whim; and that only you are doing just fine, while she’s miserable.
     (Literally, “to give oneself up to the spirit.”)

3. (of inanimate things) to be yielding, pliant or ductile

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参照

• “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsequor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsequor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
    
  • to grant a request: precibus obsequi
    
  • to satisfy a person's wishes: voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi
    
  • to follow one's inclinations: studiis suis obsequi (De Or. 1. 1. 3)