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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɔp.sɛ.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔb.se.kʷor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''obsequor''' (present infinitive obsequī, perfect active obsecūtus sum or obsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
+ Cato has the imperative ''obsequitō''.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ob-]] and [[sequor]] “to follow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ''sequor'' to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of following one's inclinations and gratifying others.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ With the dative it meant to follow one's inclinations, to comply with someone's wishes, humour, oblige, and to obey, all in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Columella used it of things that respond to treatment, and Quintilian of following a movement.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its noun ''obsequium'' and its present participle ''obsequēns'' underlie Late Latin ''obsequiōsus'' and [[en|obsequious]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it of things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|comply]] with, humour, [[m|en|oblige]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To obey.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be amenable.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[inobsequens]]
+ * [[obsecula]]
+ * [[obsecutio]]
+ * [[obsecutor]]
+ * [[obsequella]]
+ * [[obsequentia]]
+ * [[obsequibilis]]
+ * [[obsequium]]
+ * [[obsequēns]]
+ * [[obsequenter]]
+ * [[obsequiae]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assequor]]
+ * [[cōnsequor]]
+ * [[exsequor]]
+ * [[īnsequor]]
+ * [[persequor]]
+ * [[prōsequor]]
+ * [[resequor]]
+ * [[sequor]]
+ * [[subsequor]]
+ * [[en|obsequious]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}