obtemperans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obtempero, obtemperare, obtemperavi, obtemperatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
obey; comply with the demands of; be submissive to; (w/DAT);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...enim verba dixere) ingreditur theatrum, cunctis citharae legibus obtemperans, ne fessus resideret, ne sudorem nisi ea quam indutui..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Lucani sacrario prolatus. Horum igitur auribus et iudiciis obtemperans nostrorum oratorum aetas pulchrior et ornatior extitit. Neque ideo..."