(v. a.adv.) : ob-tempĕro (opt-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To comply with, attend to, conform to, submit to, obey (cf.: oboedio, obsequor, pareo; class.).
* With dat.: te audi, tibi obtempera,Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 2: alicui obtemperare et parere,id. Planc. 39, 94: imperio populi Romani,Caes. B. G. 4, 21: voluntati alicujus,id. B. C. 1, 35: auctoritati senatūs,id. ib. 1, 1; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56: rationi obtemperare debet gubernator,Varr. L. L. 9, § 6 Müll.: naturae,Suet. Tib. 59: qui obtemperet ipse sibi, et decretis suis pareat,who conforms to his own precepts,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11: tibi deos certo scio obtemperaturos magis,they will regard you,Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 70.
* With ad: ad id, quod ex verbis intellegi possit, obtemperare,Cic. Caecin. 18, 52.
* With rel.-clause (perh. only in Plaut.): non ego illi obtempero quod loquitur,do not mind what he says,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 293: quae dico,id. Most. 2, 2, 89.
* Impers. pass.: quominus eis optemperetur, Lex. Jul. Municip. fin. ap. Haub. p. 133: si mihi esset obtemperatum,Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35.—Hence, obtempĕranter, adv., willingly, readily, obediently (postAug.): se obtemperanter nobis accommodat, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 11 Mai.: annuit, Prud. στεφ. 2, 112.

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