“obey” in Latin

parere (the proper word, opposed to imperare; always with the idea of strict necessity; Vid: Cic., Legg., 3, 2, 5: Caes., B.C., 3, 81): obedire, dicto audientem esse (as of children and slaves; to perform the wish of another; with this difference, that dicto audientem esse denotes prompt and willing obedience): obtemperare (to accommodate or adapt one’s self to the will of another, especially a higher person): obsequi (to follow the advice of another; opposed to repugnare; Vid: Cic., Tusc., 2, 20, 60: Plin., Ep., 8, 6, 6): audire aliquem, auscultare alicui (to listen to the representation of anybody): morem gerere, morigerari (to yield to the demands or caprice of another). (The words are found in this connection and order.) parere et obedire; obedire et parere; obtemperare et obedire; obsequi et obedire; dicto audientem atque obedientem esse: to obey anybody’s precepts, alicujus praeceptis parere et obedire: to obey anybody’s commands, alicui parere et imperata facere; alicujus jussis or alicujus imperio audientem esse: not to obey the commands of anybody, obedientiam relinquere et abjicere, nec alicui parere (Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 29, 102): to refuse to obey the commands of anybody, alicujus imperium detrectare; alicujus imperium auspiciumque abnuere (of soldiers): to obey by compulsion, vi parere cogi: to obey readily and willingly, aequo animo libenterque parere alicui; obedienter imperata facere.