morigerus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mōrĭgĕrus, a, um, adj. [mos-gero],

complying, obsequious, obedient (ante- and post-class.): meo me aequom est morigerum patri, Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 21: male morigerus mihi est danista, id. Ep. 5, 1, 1: quando una vivis meis morigera moribus, id. Men. 1, 3, 19: dum me morigeram praebeo, Afran. ap. Non. 433, 29: imago ad omnem nutum hominis sui morigera, Ap. Mag. 14, p. 282, 26; id. M. 2, p. 117, 1 al.—Esp., compliant , Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 20; cf. Lucr. 4, 1281.

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