gratify Copy link Outline I. To do a favour to1. gratum (aliquid) facio2. grātĭfĭcor, 1 (freq. of doing an act of complaisance or partiality3. mōrem gĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (to comply with any one's desires, be complaisant4. mōrĭgĕror, 1 (= preced., but capable of being used in bad sense)5. obsĕquor, 3 (with dat.)6. servio, 4 (stronger than preced., and denoting a habit of mind rather than an act cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8, aliorum amori flagitiosissime s.7. dēlecto, oblecto, jŭvoII. To satisfy a natural desire • gratify: I. To do a favour to: 1. gratum (aliquid) facio: v. gratification (II., 1). 2. grātĭfĭcor, 1 (freq. of doing an act of complaisance or partiality: with dat.): they think to g. Pompey, Pompeio se g. putant, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, fin.: cf. Sall. Jug. 4, potentiae paucorum decus atque libertatem g. (to give up in order to gratify): Liv. 3. mōrem gĕro, ssi, stum, 3 (to comply with any one's desires, be complaisant: with dat.): I will g. your wishes, geram tibi morem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, init.: to g. oneself (have one's own way), g. sibi morem, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74: v. to humour. 4. mōrĭgĕror, 1 (= preced., but capable of being used in bad sense): Ter. Fig.: speech ought to g. the ear, voluptati aurium m. debet oratio, Cic. Or. 48, 159. 5. obsĕquor, 3 (with dat.): v. to comply with. 6. servio, 4 (stronger than preced., and denoting a habit of mind rather than an act cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8, aliorum amori flagitiosissime s.: with dat.): v. DEVOTED TO (TO BE.) 7. dēlecto, oblecto, jŭvo: v. to delight. II. To satisfy a natural desire: expleo, ēvi, ētum, 2: to g. one's inclinations, animum ex. suum, Ter. And. 1, 2, 17: Cic.: v. to satisfy.