obtemperant
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);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...lubet, quando nec gnatu' neque hic mi quicquam obtemperant, quae dico parvi pendunt. porto hoc iurgium ad uxorem..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...animus; hoc incolumi cetera manent in officio, parent, obtemperant: cum ille paulum vacillavit, simul dubitant. Cum vero cessit..."