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obsecro
obsecro
Latin
Verb
obsecrō (present infinitive obsecrāre, perfect active obsecrāvī, supine obsecrātum); first conjugation
- I entreat, implore, beseech, supplicate.
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obsecro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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