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obsĕcrātĭo , ōnis, f. obsecro.
I. In gen., a beseeching, imploring, supplication, entreaty (class.): “prece et obsecratione humili uti,Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; id. Font. 17, 39: “judicum,addressed to the judges, Quint. 6, 1, 33: “percipe obsecrationem meam,Vulg. Psa. 142, 1: “fit ad Deum pro illis,id. Rom. 10, 1.—
II. In partic.
A. An asseveration, protestation, accompanied by an invocation of the gods or of religious things, Gr. δέησις, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 105; cf. Just. 24, 2, 5; cf. Macr. S. 1, 6, 13.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 142.1
    • New Testament, Romans, 10.1
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 28
    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 17.39
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.53
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 21
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 9
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.33
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.16
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