adverb
obnoxiē
obnoxiē (comparative obnoxius, superlative obnoxissimē)
Classical[ɔbˈnɔk.si.eː]Ecclesiastical[obˈnɔk.si.e]
Meaning
- slavishly, submissively
- guiltily, culpably
obnoxĭē, adv., v. obnoxius
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
obnoxiē adv.
obnoxius, slavishly, timidly: sententias dicere, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Latin noxa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin obnoxius Latin -ē Latin obnoxiē From obnoxius + -ē.