obsecret
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. subj. 3rd
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...meretricum contumelias? exclusit; revocat: redeam? non si me obsecret. PA. siquidem hercle possis, nil prius neque fortius. verum..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...mediter finire dolores? exclusit; revocat: redeam? non, si obsecret.' ecce servos, non paulo sapientior 'o ere, quae..."