oboedio

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 the 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.