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Italian
Etymology
Past participle of assediare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.seˈdja.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: as‧se‧dià‧to
Participle
assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
- past participle of assediare
Adjective
assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
- besieged
- Antonym: assediante
Noun
assediato m (plural assediati, feminine assediata)
- (chiefly in the plural) a person under siege
- Antonyms: assediante, (uncommon) assediatore
13th c., Bono Giamboni, “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri. Cap. 22. [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows - Chapter 22]”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 166:Contra le dette cose usato è di difendere gli assediati co' balestri, e gli onagri, e gli scorpioni […]- Against the aforementioned things, those under siege usually defend themselves with crossbows, and onagers, and scorpions
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