Obsecroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From ob- +‎ sacrō (“consecrate”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈɔp.sɛ.kroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈɔb.se.kro]

動詞

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

1. to entreat, implore, beseech, supplicate, beg, pray

   Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, expetō, rogō

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 351:

     Obsecrō tē: quam prīmum hōc mē līberā miserum metū!

     I beg you: free me in my misery from this fear as soon as possible!

Conjugation

At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

派生語

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間投詞

obsecrō

1. (polite) please, I ask you, pray tell, prithee

   Near-synonyms: amābō, quaesō

   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Mostellaria 3.2.98:

     Quid illic, opsecro, tam diu destitisti?

     Why did you stay there so long, may I ask?

2. (colloquial) for God's sake, I'm begging you, for the love of God (an expression of exasperation)
   • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 1.1.128:

     St, tace opsecro hercle!

     Shh, shut up for God's sake, dear Lord!

参照

• “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