obsecro
Latin
Alternative forms
- opsecro
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pse.kroː/, [ˈɔ.psɛ.kroː]
Verb
obsecrō (present infinitive obsecrāre, perfect active obsecrāvī, supine obsecrātum); first conjugation
- I entreat, implore, beseech, supplicate.
Inflection
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
References
- obsecro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obsecro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsecro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: orare et obsecrare aliquem
- to implore some one's protection: fidem alicuius obsecrare, implorare
- to entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests: orare et obsecrare aliquem
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