obey Copy link Outline 1. pāreo, 2 (with dat.. most gen. term)2. ŏbēdio, 4 (with dat.3. obtempĕro, 1 (with dat.4. dicto audiens sum (absol. or with second dat. of person5. ausculto, 1 (to hearken or listen to; with dat.6. audio, 4 (with acc. • obey: 1. pāreo, 2 (with dat.. most gen. term): to o. the laws, legibus p., Cic.: to o. command, imperio p., Caes. Join: parere et obedire (praecepto), Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36; obedire et p., id. N. D. 1, 8, 19; (alicui) p. et dicto audientem esse, id. Ph. 7, 1, 2. 2. ŏbēdio, 4 (with dat.: to obey any given command; as a slave or a child: not, as pareo, in widest sense of submission and deference to authority): to o. any one's command literally, ad verba alicui ob., Cic. Caec. 18, 52: cf. id. Man. 16, 48, where obedire is used of enemies; obtempero (v. infr.) of allies: see also supr. (1), where the use of pareo and obedio together conveys the fullest notion of obedience. 3. obtempĕro, 1 (with dat.: esp. of voluntary and rational obedience): to o. the spirit (not the mere letter) of command, ad id quod ex verbis intelligi possit obt. alicui, Cic. Caec. 18, 52 (cf. supr. 2): Caes. Join: obtemperare atque parere (alicui), id. Pl. 39, 94. (As obtempero denotes a voluntary disposing of oneself acc. to the will of another, it also = to comply with: q. v.) 4. dicto audiens sum (absol. or with second dat. of person: denoting prompt obedience to supreme authority): that the soldiers would not o. orders, milites non fore dicto a., Caes. B. G. 1, 39, extr.: Liv.: v. obedient (2). 5. ausculto, 1 (to hearken or listen to; with dat.: rare in this sense): Pl.: v. to hearken, listen. Phr.: to refuse to o., obedientiam abjicere (v. obedience); imperata detrectare (not implying, like preced. phr., a previous obedience), Suet. Caes. 54; imperium [auspiciumque] abnuere (of mutinous troops). Liv. 28, 27. ad init. 6. audio, 4 (with acc.: poet.): Virg.