obsecrante
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];
abl. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...senatum postridie matrum familias caterva; lacrimantes atque obsecrantes orant, una potius ut duobus nupta fieret, quam..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dimissi ad genua se Marcelli consulis proiecerunt obsecrantes ut quae deplorandae ac leuandae calamitatis causa dixissent ueniam..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...oppugnari, tantum iniecit pavoris ut nequiquam retinente atque obsecrante Aemilio Tusculum palati fugerent. Inde fama Romam perlata..."