obsessus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obsideō.

Participle

obsessus (feminine obsessa, neuter obsessum); first/second-declension participle

  1. inhabited
  2. besieged
  3. obsessed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative obsessus obsessa obsessum obsessī obsessae obsessa
genitive obsessī obsessae obsessī obsessōrum obsessārum obsessōrum
dative obsessō obsessae obsessō obsessīs
accusative obsessum obsessam obsessum obsessōs obsessās obsessa
ablative obsessō obsessā obsessō obsessīs
vocative obsesse obsessa obsessum obsessī obsessae obsessa

Descendants

  • Spanish: obseso

References

  • obsessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obsessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "obsessus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • obsessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.