English → Latin
“obsequious” in Latin
obsequiōsusobsequious, complaisant, complyingobsequorto accommodate oneself to the will of another person; comply with, yield to, gratify, oblige, humor, submit; to yield toobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flattery
The English word obsequious itself goes back to Latin ob, through obsequiōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
obsequious
obsequiosus; obsequens: to be obsequious to anybody, alicui or alicujus voluntati morem gerere, or obsequi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for obsequious?
- The usual Latin words for “obsequious” are obsequiōsus, obsequor, obsequium. 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.