"obsequium" meaning in Latin

See obsequium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɔpˈsɛ.kʷi.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [obˈsɛː.kʷi.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From obsequor (“submit to, yield to”) + -ium. Etymology templates: {{af|la|obsequor|-ium|t1=submit to, yield to}} obsequor (“submit to, yield to”) + -ium Head templates: {{la-noun|obsequium<2>}} obsequium n (genitive obsequiī or obsequī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|obsequium<2>}} Forms: obsequiī [genitive], obsequī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], obsequium [nominative, singular], obsequia [nominative, plural], obsequiī [genitive, singular], obsequī [genitive, singular], obsequiōrum [genitive, plural], obsequiō [dative, singular], obsequiīs [dative, plural], obsequium [accusative, singular], obsequia [accusative, plural], obsequiō [ablative, singular], obsequiīs [ablative, plural], obsequium [singular, vocative], obsequia [plural, vocative], opsequium [alternative]
  1. complaisance, yielding, compliance; deference, allegiance, obedience, obsequiousness. Tags: declension-2, neuter Synonyms (allegiance): dēvōtiō Synonyms (deference): observantia Derived forms: obsequiālis, obsequiōsus Related terms: obsecūtiō, obsecūtor, obsequēla, obsequēns, obsequenter, obsequentia, obsequiae, obsequibilis, obsequor

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "expansion": "Galician: obsequio",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: obsequio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          },
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      ],
      "text": "Italian: ossequio"
    },
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    },
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            "3": "obsequiosidad"
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      "form": "opsequium",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        ],
        [
          "deference",
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        [
          "allegiance",
          "allegiance"
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          "obedience",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "obsequentia"
        },
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "obsequor"
        }
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          "sense": "deference",
          "word": "observantia"
        }
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      "ipa": "[obˈsɛː.kʷi.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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    },
    {
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    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: obséquio"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "obsequio",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    }
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        "genitive"
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      "word": "obsequenter"
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      "word": "dēvōtiō"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deference",
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    }
  ],
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}

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