obsecro

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ob- +‎ sacrō (“consecrate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

obsecrō (present infinitive obsecrāre, perfect active obsecrāvī, supine obsecrātum); first conjugation

  1. to entreat, implore, beseech, supplicate
    Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, expetō, rogō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obsecrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsecrō obsecrās obsecrat obsecrāmus obsecrātis obsecrant
imperfect obsecrābam obsecrābās obsecrābat obsecrābāmus obsecrābātis obsecrābant
future obsecrābō obsecrābis obsecrābit obsecrābimus obsecrābitis obsecrābunt
perfect obsecrāvī obsecrāvistī,
obsecrāstī1 		obsecrāvit,
obsecrāt1 		obsecrāvimus,
obsecrāmus1 		obsecrāvistis,
obsecrāstis1 		obsecrāvērunt,
obsecrāvēre,
obsecrārunt1
pluperfect obsecrāveram,
obsecrāram1 		obsecrāverās,
obsecrārās1 		obsecrāverat,
obsecrārat1 		obsecrāverāmus,
obsecrārāmus1 		obsecrāverātis,
obsecrārātis1 		obsecrāverant,
obsecrārant1
future perfect obsecrāverō,
obsecrārō1 		obsecrāveris,
obsecrāris1 		obsecrāverit,
obsecrārit1 		obsecrāverimus,
obsecrārimus1 		obsecrāveritis,
obsecrāritis1 		obsecrāverint,
obsecrārint1
passive present obsecror obsecrāris,
obsecrāre 		obsecrātur obsecrāmur obsecrāminī obsecrantur
imperfect obsecrābar obsecrābāris,
obsecrābāre 		obsecrābātur obsecrābāmur obsecrābāminī obsecrābantur
future obsecrābor obsecrāberis,
obsecrābere 		obsecrābitur obsecrābimur obsecrābiminī obsecrābuntur
perfect obsecrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect obsecrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect obsecrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsecrem obsecrēs obsecret obsecrēmus obsecrētis obsecrent
imperfect obsecrārem obsecrārēs obsecrāret obsecrārēmus obsecrārētis obsecrārent
perfect obsecrāverim,
obsecrārim1 		obsecrāverīs,
obsecrārīs1 		obsecrāverit,
obsecrārit1 		obsecrāverīmus,
obsecrārīmus1 		obsecrāverītis,
obsecrārītis1 		obsecrāverint,
obsecrārint1
pluperfect obsecrāvissem,
obsecrāssem1 		obsecrāvissēs,
obsecrāssēs1 		obsecrāvisset,
obsecrāsset1 		obsecrāvissēmus,
obsecrāssēmus1 		obsecrāvissētis,
obsecrāssētis1 		obsecrāvissent,
obsecrāssent1
passive present obsecrer obsecrēris,
obsecrēre 		obsecrētur obsecrēmur obsecrēminī obsecrentur
imperfect obsecrārer obsecrārēris,
obsecrārēre 		obsecrārētur obsecrārēmur obsecrārēminī obsecrārentur
perfect obsecrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect obsecrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — obsecrā — — obsecrāte —
future — obsecrātō obsecrātō — obsecrātōte obsecrantō
passive present — obsecrāre — — obsecrāminī —
future — obsecrātor obsecrātor — — obsecrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives obsecrāre obsecrāvisse,
obsecrāsse1 		obsecrātūrum esse obsecrārī obsecrātum esse obsecrātum īrī
participles obsecrāns — obsecrātūrus — obsecrātus obsecrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
obsecrandī obsecrandō obsecrandum obsecrandō obsecrātum obsecrātū

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
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