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“duteous, dutiful” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

duteous, dutiful
obsequens, obsequiosus (of him who follows readily the advice, or conforms to the wish, of another person, Plaut., Merc., 1, 6, 46, and Capitolini, 2, 3, 58; toward anybody, alicui): obediens (mostly with dative of the person obeyed; of children and slaves): dicto audiens: dicto audiens atque obediens: obtemperans. [SYN. in To OBEY]: observantissimus officiorum (Plin., Ep., 7, 30): officiosus (ready to perform officia; to anybody, in aliquem): facilis (easy to be managed). To make anybody more duteous, aliquem alicui obedientiorem facere (of a thing, Liv., 8, 8, in.): duteous affection, pietas (to parents, one’s country, etc.); officiosa pietas (Sen.): in a duteous manner, obsequenter, obedienter, officiose: to be duteous, officiosum esse in aliquem: (The words are found in this connection and order.) obtemperare et obedire; obsequi et obedire; dicto audientem atque obedientem esse; alicujus voluntati obedire. [Vid: OBEY.] To be less dutiful than one should be, in officio cessare, claudicare: anyone ought to have been more dutiful to anybody, aliquis in aliquem officiosior esse debuit.

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What is the Latin word for duteous, dutiful?
The usual Latin words for “duteous, dutiful” are obsequor, obsequiōsus, obtemperō; also officiōsus, facilis, Capitōlīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.