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
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...qualis es: tu in nervom rapere, eo me obsecras ut te sequar. etiam retentas? LABR. Perii. PLES. Verum..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Pyrgopolinices Obsecro hercle, Periplectomene, te. Per. Nequiquam hercle obsecras. vide ut istic tibi sit acutus, Cario, culter probe..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnes mortales vocant molestum. *** *** obsecro. MEL. At frustra obsecras. *** quia sine omni *** ALC. Dabo ius iurandum..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nuptiae fuerant futurae, fiant. CH. ah ne me obsecra: quasi hoc te orando a me impetrare oporteat. alium..."