entreat Copy link Outline 1. obsecro, 1 (earnestly to make appeal to)2. obtestor, 1 (still stronger than preced.3. ōro, 1 (to pray to, as to a deity; to implore)4. prĕcor, dēprĕcor, 15. pĕto, 3 • entreat: 1. obsecro, 1 (earnestly to make appeal to): he e.s and adjures you by his old age, te obs. obtestaturque per senectutem suam, Cic.: I e. your protection, obsecro vestram fidem, Pl.: v. to beseech. 2. obtestor, 1 (still stronger than preced.: v. supr.): v. to adjure, fin. 3. ōro, 1 (to pray to, as to a deity; to implore): v. to implore. 4. prĕcor, dēprĕcor, 1: v. to pray. 5. pĕto, 3: v. to beg. See also to ask.
ENTREAT Copy link • ENTREATrogare (general term for asking, aliquem aliquid): orare (to beg loudly and earnestly, pray, aliquem aliquid): petere (to try to get by asking, more with reference to the object: rogare, to the person; hence petere aliquid ab aliquo): quaeso (I beseech you, denoting an earnest request which claims a kind consent): obsecrare (to beg by all that is sacred; conjure): obtestari (to conjure, calling upon the gods as witnesses): supplicare (to beg on bended knees, alicui pro re): deprecari (to pray earnestly, aliquid, e.g., pacem; also followed by ut or ne; also aliquid ab aliquo; multorum vitam ab aliquo, Cic.; also “to beg off”): implorare (to entreat with tears, aliquem; for anything, aliquid): precious exposcere aliquid (e.g., pacem): omnibus precibus orare et obtestari: omnibus (or infimis) precibus petere (to beg with earnest prayers, etc.): petere, postulare, suppliciter; anybody for anything, aliquid ab aliquo: orare aliquem supplicibus verbis; orare or rogare aliquem suppliciter (all of imploring humbly as a suppliant). (The words are found in this connection and order.) rogare atque orare; petere et contendere; orare et obtestari; orare obtestarique; orare atque obsecrare; implorare atque obtestari; precari atque orare; petere ac deprecari. ☞ To entreat anybody to do anything, rogare, orare, etc., ut faciat. To entreat anybody earnestly, nay, almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiam obsecrare aliquem: to entreat anybody with the utmost possible earnestness, aliquem ita rogare, ut majore studio rogare non possim: to entreat anybody for anybody, deprecari pro aliquo; deprecatorem se praebere pro alicujus periculo: to entreat for the life of a criminal, petere vitam nocenti. To entreat the gods, precari a diis; precatione uti; precationem ad deos facere (pray to them). ☞ “I entreat you,” inserted parenthetically, quaeso, oro, obsecro (also inserted parenthetically). To allow one’s self to be entreated (i. e., successfully), precibus alicujus aliquid dare; a se aliquid impetrari pati. Treat, Vid: Prevail with, Vid.