Latin

From obsideō

Noun

Etymology

From obsidiō f ‎(genitive obsidiōnis); third declension

1. siege, blockade

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• obsideō

References

• obsidio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obsidio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• OBSIDIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obsidio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere
    
  • to keep a town in a state of siege: oppidum in obsidione tenere
    
  • to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): urbis obsidionem liberare
    
  • to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): oppidum obsidione liberare
    
  • to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
    
  • to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere