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ob-noxĭus , a, um, adj.
I. Lit.
A. Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.: “ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1: “ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,ib. 11, 3, 14.—
B. Liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it (cf.: deditus, addictus); constr.
1. With dat.: “animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures, Sall. C. 52, 21: “communi culpae,Ov. A. A. 1, 395: “facto,Tib. 3, 4, 15.—
2. With gen.: “obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,for, on account of, Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.—
II. Transf., in gen.
A. Subject, submissive, obedient, complying: “dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,Sall. C. 14, 6: “obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2. —
B. Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable: “uxori obnoxius sum,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22: “totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,Liv. 35, 31: “fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,Verg. G. 1, 396: “facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,not indebted to any jewels, Prop. 1, 2, 21: “tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,Gai. Inst. 3, 207.—
C. Exposed to a person, humbled before one: “ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.—
D. Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.: “non quibus ego essem obnoxius,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150: “summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,Ov. M. 5, 235: “si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,Liv. 23, 12: “pax,servile, dishonorable, id. 9, 10.—
2. Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.
(β). With ad: terra solida ad tales casus obnoxia, exposed to such accidents (viz. earthquakes), Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197.—
(γ). With in and acc.: “in omnia obnoxius,exposed to every thing, Flor. 3, 20, 1. —
3. In gen., exposed or liable to injury, danger, or misfortune, weak, infirm, frail: “in hoc obnoxio domicilio animus liber habitat,Sen. Ep. 65, 21: “supplex et obnoxius,Cic. ad Brut. 1, 17, 6: “corpora,sickly, weakly, Plin. 31, 6, 32, § 60: “flos,which soon falls off, soon suffers injury, frail, delicate, id. 14, 2, 4, § 27.—
b. Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.—Comp.: “obnoxior (al. noxior),Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).
A. Guiltily, culpably: “nihil obnoxie perire,quite innocently, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.—
B. Submissively, slavishly, timidly: “sententias dicere,Liv. 3, 39, 1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (23):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 10
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.235
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 5.2
    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.396
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.40
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.38
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.55
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 52
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 48
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 63
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14.27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 28.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 39.1
    • Seneca, de Clementia, 1.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 65.21
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 14
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.8
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