obsecro

Latin

Alternative forms
  • opsecro

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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