ŏb-oedĭo — Lewis & Short
ŏb-oedĭo (better than ŏb-ēdĭo,
Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41; Front. Ep. ad Verr. 7 Mai.; id. Fer. Als. 3; cf.: oboedire, obaudire, Paul. ex Fest. p. 187 Müll. and Bramb. s. v.— Ante-class. form of theI fut., oboedibo: oboedibo tibi, Afran. ap. Non. 507, 30), īvi or ĭi, ītum, īre, 4, v. n. ob-audio.
I In gen. (very rare), to give ear, hearken, listen to one:
alicui,Nep. Dat. 5, 4.—
II Esp.
A Prop., of living beings (class.).
1 To obey, yield obedience to. to be subject to, to serve (freq. and class.; cf.: pareo, obtempero, obsequor).—With dat.:
parere, et oboedire praecepto,Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 36:
legi,Nep. Epam. 8, 1:
voluntati,Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 19:
obtemperare et oboedire magistratibus,id. Leg. 3, 2, 5:
qui nobis oboediunt,id. Rep. 3, 29, 41:
impulsu libidinum voluptatibus oboedientium,id. ib. 6, 26, 28:
pecora ventri oboedientia,Sall. C. 1, 1:
multorum oboedire tempori,Cic. Brut. 69, 242.—Impers. pass.:
utrimque enixe oboeditum dictatori est,Liv. 4, 26.—
2 To be obedient in any thing (post-class.).—With acc. of neutr. pron.:
atque haec omnia perfacile oboediebam,App. M. 10, p. 247, 11.— Absol., Suet. Calig. 29.—
B Meton., of things, to yield, be manageable:
ramus oleae quam maxime sequax, atque oboediturus,yielding, flexible, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 137.— Hence, ŏboedĭens (ŏbēd-), entis, P. a.
A Prop., of living beings, obedient, compliant (freq. and class.).
1 With dat.:
nulli est naturae oboediens aut subjectus deus,Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 77:
natio semper oboediens huic imperio,id. Pis. 34, 84:
appetitum rationi oboedientem praebere,id. Off. 1, 36, 132:
vivere oboedientem alicui,Sall. J. 31, 26.—Comp.:
imperiis nemo oboedientior,Liv. 25, 38, 7.—Sup.:
imperiis oboedientissimus miles,Liv. 7, 13, 2.—
2 With ad:
ad nova consilia gentem oboedientem habere,Liv. 28, 16.—Particular phrases.
a Dicto oboedientem esse alicui for dicto audientem esse alicui, to be obedient to one's word or command:
magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 35; cf.:
nec plebs nobis dicto audiens atque oboediens sit,Liv. 38, 7. —
b Omnia secunda et oboedientia sunt, according to your wishes, Sall. J. 14, 19.—
3 Absol.:
cujus vis omnis in consensu oboedientium esset,the obedient, Liv. 2, 59, 4.—
B Transf., of things, yielding, manageable:
oboedientissima quocumque in opere fraxinus,i. e. easily wrought, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 228.—Hence, adv.: ŏboedĭ-enter, obediently, willingly, readily (a favorite word of Livy; elsewh. very rare): conferre tributum, Liv. 5, 12:
facere imperata,id. 21, 34:
facere adversus aliquem,id. 39, 53.—Comp.:
nihil oboedientius fecerunt, quam, etc.,Liv. 38, 34.—Sup.: oboedientissime paruit, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.