obsecra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsecro, obsecrare, obsecravi, obsecratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
entreat/beseech/implore/pray; (w/deity as object); [fidem ~ => beg support];
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...qualis es: tu in nervom rapere, eo me obsecras ut te sequar. etiam retentas? LABR. Perii. PLES. Verum..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Pyrgopolinices Obsecro hercle, Periplectomene, te. Per. Nequiquam hercle obsecras. vide ut istic tibi sit acutus, Cario, culter probe..." - T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnes mortales vocant molestum. *** *** obsecro. MEL. At frustra obsecras. *** quia sine omni *** ALC. Dabo ius iurandum..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nuptiae fuerant futurae, fiant. CH. ah ne me obsecra: quasi hoc te orando a me impetrare oporteat. alium..."