obsequiosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin ob-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor
Proto-Italic *sekʷōr
Latin sequor
Latin obsequor
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -iusnom.
Latin -ium
Latin obsequium
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?
Old Latin -ōssus
Latin -ōsus
Latin obsequiosus

    obsequium (“deference, complaisance”) +‎ -ōsus, from obsequor (“yield to, gratify”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    obsequiōsus (feminine obsequiōsa, neuter obsequiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. obsequious, complaisant, complying
      Synonyms: obsequēns, oboediēns, facilis
      Antonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus, difficilis

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative obsequiōsus obsequiōsa obsequiōsum obsequiōsī obsequiōsae obsequiōsa
    genitive obsequiōsī obsequiōsae obsequiōsī obsequiōsōrum obsequiōsārum obsequiōsōrum
    dative obsequiōsō obsequiōsae obsequiōsō obsequiōsīs
    accusative obsequiōsum obsequiōsam obsequiōsum obsequiōsōs obsequiōsās obsequiōsa
    ablative obsequiōsō obsequiōsā obsequiōsō obsequiōsīs
    vocative obsequiōse obsequiōsa obsequiōsum obsequiōsī obsequiōsae obsequiōsa

    Descendants

    • Catalan: obsequiós
    • French: obséquieux
    • Galician: obsequioso
    • Italian: ossequioso
    • Portuguese: obsequioso
    • Romanian: obsecvios
    • Spanish: obsequioso

    References

    • “obsequiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “obsequiosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • obsequiosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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