Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : ob-noxĭus, a, um, adj.
* Lit.
* Subject, liable to punishment, obnoxious to punishment, punishable: obnoxius poenae obligatus ob delictum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 191 Müll.: ego tibi me obnoxium esse fateor culpae compotem,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 61; Dig. 48, 15, 1: ego lege Aquiliā obnoxius sum,ib. 11, 3, 14.
* Transf., in gen.
* With dat.: animus neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius,not addicted to vice or to sensual pleasures,Sall. C. 52, 21: communi culpae,Ov. A. A. 1, 395: facto,Tib. 3, 4, 15.
* With gen.: obnoxios criminum, digno supplicio subjectos, sepulturae tradi non vetamus,for, on account of,Cod. Just. 3, 44, 11.
* Subject, submissive, obedient, complying: dum illos obnoxios fidosque sibi faceret,Sall. C. 14, 6: obnoxium atque subjectum esse alicui,Liv. 7, 30, 2; 6, 28, 7; 23, 12, 9; 37, 53, 4; 42, 46, 3; Flor. 4, 4, 2.
* Obliged, under obligation, beholden, indebted, responsible, answerable: uxori obnoxius sum,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 22: totam Graeciam beneficio libertatis obnoxiam Romanis esse,Liv. 35, 31: fratris radiis obnoxia Luna,Verg. G. 1, 396: facies nullis obnoxia gemmis,not indebted to any jewels,Prop. 1, 2, 21: tantum in eo obnoxius est, si quid ipse dolo fecerit,Gai. Inst. 3, 207.
* Exposed to a person, humbled before one: ne obnoxius filio sim et servo,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 80.
* Submissive, abject, servile, slavish, mean-spirited, timid, cowardly, etc.: non quibus ego essem obnoxius,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 150: summissaeque manus, faciesque obnoxia mansit,Ov. M. 5, 235: si aut superbus, aut obnoxius videar,Liv. 23, 12: pax,servile, dishonorable,id. 9, 10.
* Subject, liable, exposed, obnoxious to any thing; with dat., ad, or in and acc.
* Guiltily, culpably: nihil obnoxie perire,quite innocently,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 41.
* Submissively, slavishly, timidly: sententias dicere,Liv. 3, 39, 1.
* With in and acc.: in omnia obnoxius,exposed to every thing,Flor. 3, 20, 1.
* Obnoxium est, it is hazardous, dangerous, Tac. Or. 10.—Comp.: obnoxior (al. noxior),Sen. Clem. 1, 13.—Hence, adv.: obnoxĭē (only in Plaut. and Liv.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary