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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 6 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• obey:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6. audio, 4 (with acc.: poet.): Virg.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• OBEY
parere (the proper word, opposed to imperare; always with the idea of strict necessity; Vid: Cic., Legg., 3, 2, 5: Caes., B.C., 3, 81): obedire, dicto audientem esse (as of children and slaves; to perform the wish of another; with this difference, that dicto audientem esse denotes prompt and willing obedience): obtemperare (to accommodate or adapt one’s self to the will of another, especially a higher person): obsequi (to follow the advice of another; opposed to repugnare; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 2, 20, 60: Plin., Ep., 8, 6, 6): audire aliquem, auscultare alicui (to listen to the representation of anybody): morem gerere, morigerari (to yield to the demands or caprice of another). (The words are found in this connection and order.) parere et obedire; obedire et parere; obtemperare et obedire; obsequi et obedire; dicto audientem atque obedientem esse: to obey anybody’s precepts, alicujus praeceptis parere et obedire: to obey anybody’s commands, alicui parere et imperata facere; alicujus jussis or alicujus imperio audientem esse: not to obey the commands of anybody, obedientiam relinquere et abjicere, nec alicui parere (Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 29, 102): to refuse to obey the commands of anybody, alicujus imperium detrectare; alicujus imperium auspiciumque abnuere (of soldiers): to obey by compulsion, vi parere cogi: to obey readily and willingly, aequo animo libenterque parere alicui; obedienter imperata facere.