ob-sĕquor, cūtus (quutus), 3, v. dep.
I Lit., to accommodate one's self to the will of a person; to comply with, yield to, gratify, humor, submit to; with dat. of the pers. or thing (freq. and class.; syn.: morigeror, obtempero, pareo, oboedio), Cato R. R. 5: cum huic obsecutus sis, illi est repugnandum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; id. Clu. 54, 149; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32: voluntati alicujus, id. Fin. 2, 6, 17: imperio, Juv. 10, 343. —
β With acc. of the thing (ante- and post-class.): et id ego percupio obsequi gnato meo, in this , Plaut. As. 1, 1, 61: ea, Gell. 2, 7, 13.—
II Transf.
A To yield to, give one's self up to, indulge in a thing: amori, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 8: studiis suis, Nep. Att. 2: fortunae, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, 1: pudori, Cic. Fam. 16, 9: tempestati, id. ib. 1, 9, 21: est lubido homini suo animo opsequi, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 12: animo, to follow one's inclinations , id. Mil. 3, 1, 83; id. Ps. 5, 1, 26: irae, Curt. 5, 8, 12.—
B Of inanimate things, to be yielding, pliant, ductile : aes regulare malleis obsequitur, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94.— Impers. pass. : volo amori obsecutum illius, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 62 (v. Lachm. Lucr. p. 304).
VI —Hence, obsĕ-quens , entis, P. a. (separate, vin' tu te mihi ob esse sequentem an nevis? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 39).
A In gen., yielding, compliant, obsequious : opsequens oboediensque est mori atque inperiis patris, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55: patri, Ter. Heaut. 259: legiones nobis, Cic. Fam. 10, 8.— Comp. : animus obsequentior, Sen. Ep. 50, 6; Curt. 6, 3, 18.— Sup. : curae mortalium obsequentissimam esse Italiam, amenable, susceptible of culture , Col. 3, 8, 5: nurus, Quint. Decl. 291. —
B In partic., an appellation of the gods, favorable, indulgent, gracious, propitious : bonam atque obsequentem deam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 3.—Esp. as subst., of Fortuna: Quem te deum autem nominem? Leo. Fortunam atque obsequentem, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 126; Inscr. Orell. 1750; 1751.— Hence, adv.: obsĕquenter , compliantly, obsequiously (perh. not in Cic.): haec a collegā obsequenter facta, Liv. 41, 10, 12: parere alicui, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 15.— Sup. : vixit in contubernio aviae severissime, et tamen obsequentissime, entirely according to her wishes , Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3.