obtemperat
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);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sapias; nam mihi iam minu' minusque obtemperat. CH. quid tu? ecquid de illo quod dudum tecum egi egisti..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...certamine histrionum. indulserat ei ludicro Augustus, dum Maecenati obtemperat effuso in amorem Bathylli; neque ipse abhorrebat talibus studiis..."