opsecra
Dictionary entries
- Entry →opsecro, opsecrare, opsecravi, opsecratus:
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. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...meam] perque tuam libertatem— MIL. Em nunc nihil opsecras. AGOR. Mi Milphidisce, mea commoditas, mea salus, fac quod..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...perque stultitiam meam perque tua genua—Per. Quid opsecras me? Scel. Inscitiae meae et stultitiae ignoscas. nunc demum..."
