Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
obsideo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
obsideo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
obsideo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
obsideo you have here. The definition of the word
obsideo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
obsideo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obsideō (present infinitive obsidēre, perfect active obsēdī, supine obsessum); second conjugation
- to sit, remain, abide, stay
- Synonyms: habitō, cōnsīdō, possideō, iaceō, resideō, subsīdō, incolō, colō, stabulō, vīvō, versō
- to frequent, haunt, inhabit
- (transitive, military) to besiege; hem in, beset, invest, blockade a place
- Synonyms: obsīdō, circumveniō, circumeō, circumsistō, circumdō, claudō, assideō, circumsaepiō, obstruō, saepiō
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:1:anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam- In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- (transitive) to detain, hold captive
- to occupy, fill, possess
- Synonyms: obtineō, possideō, compleō, adipīscor, apprehendō, teneo, comprehendo, occupō, capio
- to watch closely; to be on the lookout for
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “obsideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to besiege a city: oppidum obsidere
- (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare
- (ambiguous) to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare