† obsequianadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obsequium , -an suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin obsequium retinue, escort (6th cent. (see note), sense development of classical Latin obsequium obsequy n.²) + -an suffix.Obsequium was used by Gibbon (see quot. 1788) for the name of the province or theme (compare theme n. 7) of Opsikion (Byzantine Greek Ὀψίκιον < ὀψίκιον retinue, escort (7th cent.) < post-classical Latin obsequium).

Roman History. Obsolete. rare.

Of or relating to the theme or province of Opsikion in the Byzantine Empire.Opsikion was one of the four original themes of Asia Minor in the 7th cent. For a brief history of Opsikion see Oxf. Dict. Byzantium (1991) 1528–9.

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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to division of Byzantine Empire

obsequian1788

Armeniac1853

thematic1911

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lii. 398 The troops, who, in the new language of the empire, were styled of the Obsequian Theme. (Note. In the division of the Themes, or provinces described by Constantine Porphyrogenitus..the Obsequium, a Latin appellation of the army and palace, was the fourth in the public order.)

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	obsequian
释义	† obsequianadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obsequium , -an suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin obsequium retinue, escort (6th cent. (see note), sense development of classical Latin obsequium obsequy n.²) + -an suffix.Obsequium was used by Gibbon (see quot. 1788) for the name of the province or theme (compare theme n. 7) of Opsikion (Byzantine Greek Ὀψίκιον < ὀψίκιον retinue, escort (7th cent.) < post-classical Latin obsequium). Roman History. Obsolete. rare. Of or relating to the theme or province of Opsikion in the Byzantine Empire.Opsikion was one of the four original themes of Asia Minor in the 7th cent. For a brief history of Opsikion see Oxf. Dict. Byzantium (1991) 1528–9. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [adjective] > relating to division of Byzantine Empire obsequian1788 Armeniac1853 thematic1911 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lii. 398 The troops, who, in the new language of the empire, were styled of the Obsequian Theme. (Note. In the division of the Themes, or provinces described by Constantine Porphyrogenitus..the Obsequium, a Latin appellation of the army and palace, was the fourth in the public order.) This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1788
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