obedient
obedient
adj.
P. and V. εὐπειθής (Plat.), κᾰτήκοος (Plat.), V. εὔαρκτος, εὐπῐθής, πείθαρχος, φῐλήνιος ; see docile.
adj.
P. and V. εὐπειθής (Plat.), κᾰτήκοος (Plat.), V. εὔαρκτος, εὐπῐθής, πείθαρχος, φῐλήνιος ; see docile.
OBEDIENT
obediens dicto audiens. (The words are found in this connection and order.) dicto audiens atque obediens obtemperans (all with a dative of that which one obeys): to be obedient [Vid. HEARKEN OBEY]: to make anybody more obedient aliquem obedientiorem facere (of things): your most obedient servant (in modern letter-writing) *tibi ad quaeque praestanda paratissimus.
obediens dicto audiens. (The words are found in this connection and order.) dicto audiens atque obediens obtemperans (all with a dative of that which one obeys): to be obedient [Vid. HEARKEN OBEY]: to make anybody more obedient aliquem obedientiorem facere (of things): your most obedient servant (in modern letter-writing) *tibi ad quaeque praestanda paratissimus.
obedient:
1. ŏbēdiens (usu. with dat): a most o. soldier, imperiis obedientissimus miles, Liv. 7, 13, init.: Cic.: also with ad and acc. (ad nova consilia ob., in somewhat diff. sense).
2. dicto audiens (absol. or with dat. of person): not to be o. about anything, in aliqua re dicto a. non esse, Cic. Deiot. 8, 23. the bailiff (must) be o. to his master, villicus domino dicto a. sit, Cato R. R. 142.
3. obsĕquens, ntis (complying, falling in with): I am not so o. to my father (as I ought to be), sum meo patri minus obs., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 18: Sen.
4. more freq. expr. by pāreo, ŏbēdio, obtempĕro (to be o): to be o. to the magistrates, obtemperare atque obedire magistratibus, Cic. Leg 3, 2, fin.: vTO OBEY . (Parentiores in Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76, is doubtful: al. paratiores.)
1. ŏbēdiens (usu. with dat): a most o. soldier, imperiis obedientissimus miles, Liv. 7, 13, init.: Cic.: also with ad and acc. (ad nova consilia ob., in somewhat diff. sense).
2. dicto audiens (absol. or with dat. of person): not to be o. about anything, in aliqua re dicto a. non esse, Cic. Deiot. 8, 23. the bailiff (must) be o. to his master, villicus domino dicto a. sit, Cato R. R. 142.
3. obsĕquens, ntis (complying, falling in with): I am not so o. to my father (as I ought to be), sum meo patri minus obs., Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 18: Sen.
4. more freq. expr. by pāreo, ŏbēdio, obtempĕro (to be o): to be o. to the magistrates, obtemperare atque obedire magistratibus, Cic. Leg 3, 2, fin.: v