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obsequela

obsequela · f

compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness

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Where it lives

Epilogus 1 · 74.07/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k

What it meant

ob-sĕquēla — Lewis & Short

ob-sĕquēla or obsĕquella, ae, f.obsequor,

I compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness: obsequela obsequium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll. (ante-class. and in Sall.): neque erat tuae benignitatis atque obsequellae, Turp. ap. Non. 215, 32; 29 (Com. Rel. v. 63 and 210 Rib.); Afran. ap. Non. 216, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 257 Rib.): obsequelam facere (alicui), to show complaisance, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 50 (Fleck. obsequentiam): qui regi per obsequelam orationis cari erant, through obsequiousness in speaking, i. e. because they spoke as he liked, Sall. ap. Non. 215, 33 (Hist. 2, 49 Dietsch).

In the wild

obsequellam Prudentius, Epilogus 1.32
obsequellam Prudentius, Cathemerina 7.51
obsequella Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 6.78
obsequellam Plautus, Asinaria 1.1
obsequella Prudentius, Cathemerina 8.19

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