obsequiosus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
obsequium (“deference, complaisance”) + -ōsus, from obsequor (“yield to, gratify”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ob.se.kʷiˈoː.sus/, [ɔps̠ɛkʷiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ob.se.kwiˈo.sus/, [obsekwiˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective edit
obsequiōsus (feminine obsequiōsa, neuter obsequiōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- obsequious, complaisant, complying
- Synonyms: obsequēns, oboediēns, facilis
- Antonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus, difficilis
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | obsequiōsus | obsequiōsa | obsequiōsum | obsequiōsī | obsequiōsae | obsequiōsa | |
| Genitive | obsequiōsī | obsequiōsae | obsequiōsī | obsequiōsōrum | obsequiōsārum | obsequiōsōrum | |
| Dative | obsequiōsō | obsequiōsō | obsequiōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | obsequiōsum | obsequiōsam | obsequiōsum | obsequiōsōs | obsequiōsās | obsequiōsa | |
| Ablative | obsequiōsō | obsequiōsā | obsequiōsō | obsequiōsīs | |||
| Vocative | obsequiōse | obsequiōsa | obsequiōsum | obsequiōsī | obsequiōsae | obsequiōsa | |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: obsequiós
- French: obséquieux
- Galician: obsequioso
- Italian: ossequioso
- Portuguese: obsequioso
- Romanian: obsecvios
- Spanish: obsequioso
References edit
- “obsequiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obsequiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- obsequiosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016