I.to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing: “Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32: “advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,” id. Trin. 1, 2, 139: “cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42: “te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,” conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1: “cum multis lacrimis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf. “in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,” Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—
(β).
With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing): “itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,” Cic. Quint. 31, 97: “hoc te,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—
(γ).
With a relative or intentional clause: “ut huc reveniat obsecrato,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35: “pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,” Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1: “ut ne,” Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—
(δ).
Absol.: “videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,” Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11: “Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,” Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12: “pro aliquo,” Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—
II. In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.
A. As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake: “tuam fidem obsecro,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217: “periimus! Obsecro hercle,” id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—
B. As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray: “quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,” Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12: “dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,” id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15: “obsecro, an is est?” Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21: “Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?” Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: “sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,” but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.
