obtempero

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Latin

Etymology

From ob- +‎ temperō (“show restraint, moderate”).

Pronunciation

Verb

obtemperō (present infinitive obtemperāre, perfect active obtemperāvī, supine obtemperātum); first conjugation

  1. to comply with; to conform to, obey
    Synonyms: oboediō, exaudiō, pāreō
    Antonym: recalcitrō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obtemperō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obtemperō obtemperās obtemperat obtemperāmus obtemperātis obtemperant
imperfect obtemperābam obtemperābās obtemperābat obtemperābāmus obtemperābātis obtemperābant
future obtemperābō obtemperābis obtemperābit obtemperābimus obtemperābitis obtemperābunt
perfect obtemperāvī obtemperāvistī,
obtemperāstī1 		obtemperāvit,
obtemperāt1 		obtemperāvimus,
obtemperāmus1 		obtemperāvistis,
obtemperāstis1 		obtemperāvērunt,
obtemperāvēre,
obtemperārunt1
pluperfect obtemperāveram,
obtemperāram1 		obtemperāverās,
obtemperārās1 		obtemperāverat,
obtemperārat1 		obtemperāverāmus,
obtemperārāmus1 		obtemperāverātis,
obtemperārātis1 		obtemperāverant,
obtemperārant1
future perfect obtemperāverō,
obtemperārō1 		obtemperāveris,
obtemperāris1 		obtemperāverit,
obtemperārit1 		obtemperāverimus,
obtemperārimus1 		obtemperāveritis,
obtemperāritis1 		obtemperāverint,
obtemperārint1
passive present obtemperor obtemperāris,
obtemperāre 		obtemperātur obtemperāmur obtemperāminī obtemperantur
imperfect obtemperābar obtemperābāris,
obtemperābāre 		obtemperābātur obtemperābāmur obtemperābāminī obtemperābantur
future obtemperābor obtemperāberis,
obtemperābere 		obtemperābitur obtemperābimur obtemperābiminī obtemperābuntur
perfect obtemperātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect obtemperātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect obtemperātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obtemperem obtemperēs obtemperet obtemperēmus obtemperētis obtemperent
imperfect obtemperārem obtemperārēs obtemperāret obtemperārēmus obtemperārētis obtemperārent
perfect obtemperāverim,
obtemperārim1 		obtemperāverīs,
obtemperārīs1 		obtemperāverit,
obtemperārit1 		obtemperāverīmus,
obtemperārīmus1 		obtemperāverītis,
obtemperārītis1 		obtemperāverint,
obtemperārint1
pluperfect obtemperāvissem,
obtemperāssem1 		obtemperāvissēs,
obtemperāssēs1 		obtemperāvisset,
obtemperāsset1 		obtemperāvissēmus,
obtemperāssēmus1 		obtemperāvissētis,
obtemperāssētis1 		obtemperāvissent,
obtemperāssent1
passive present obtemperer obtemperēris,
obtemperēre 		obtemperētur obtemperēmur obtemperēminī obtemperentur
imperfect obtemperārer obtemperārēris,
obtemperārēre 		obtemperārētur obtemperārēmur obtemperārēminī obtemperārentur
perfect obtemperātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect obtemperātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — obtemperā — — obtemperāte —
future — obtemperātō obtemperātō — obtemperātōte obtemperantō
passive present — obtemperāre — — obtemperāminī —
future — obtemperātor obtemperātor — — obtemperantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives obtemperāre obtemperāvisse,
obtemperāsse1 		obtemperātūrum esse obtemperārī obtemperātum esse obtemperātum īrī
participles obtemperāns — obtemperātūrus — obtemperātus obtemperandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
obtemperandī obtemperandō obtemperandum obtemperandō obtemperātum obtemperātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: obtemper
  • → French: obtempérer
  • → Spanish: obtemperar

References

  • “obtempero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obtempero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obtempero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

obtempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of obtemperar
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