ob-noxĭus — Lewis & Short
ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.
I Lit.
A Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.:
ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1:
ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,ib. 11, 3, 14.—
B Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.
1 With dat.:
animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21:
communi culpae,Ov. A. A. 1, 395:
facto,Tib. 3, 4, 15.—
2 With gen.:
obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—
II Transf., in gen.
A Subject, submissive, obedient, complying:
dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,Sall. C. 14, 6:
obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —
B Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable:
uxori obnoxius sum,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22:
totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,Liv. 35, 31:
fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,Verg. G. 1, 396:
facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21:
tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—
C Exposed to a person, humbled before one:
ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—
D Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.:
non quibus ego essem obnoxius,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150:
summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,Ov. M. 5, 235:
si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,Liv. 23, 12:
pax,servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—
2 Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.
(a) With dat.:
infidis consiliis obnoxius,Tac. H. 3, 55:
insidiis,id. A. 14, 40:
infelici fecunditate fortunae,exposed, id. ib. 2, 75:
aemulationi, odio, privatis affectionibus,id. ib. 3, 58:
morbo,Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 221:
contumeliis,Suet. Tib. 63:
bello,Ov. P. 1, 8, 73:
plerique Crasso ex negotiis privatis obnoxii,Sall. C. 48, 5:
urbs artis itineribus (sc. incendiis),Tac. A. 15, 38.—
(b) With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—
(g) With in and acc.:
in omnia obnoxius,exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —
3 In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail:
in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,Sen. Ep. 65, 21:
supplex et obnoxius,Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6:
corpora,sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60:
flos,which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—
b Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.—Comp.:
obnoxior (al. noxior),Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).
A Guiltily, culpably:
nihil obnoxie perire,quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—
B Submissively, slavishly, timidly:
sententias dicere,Liv. 3, 39, 1.