obsidium

Latin

Etymology 1

From obsideō (“besiege, beset”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

obsidium n (genitive obsidiī or obsidī); second declension

1. (military) A siege, blockade

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	obsidium	obsidia
Genitive	obsidiī obsidī1	obsidiōrum
Dative	obsidiō	obsidiīs
Accusative	obsidium	obsidia
Ablative	obsidiō	obsidiīs
Vocative	obsidium	obsidia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• obsidiō

Etymology 2

From obses (“hostage”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

obsidium n (genitive obsidiī); second declension

1. hostageship

Related terms

• obses

Etymology 3

Noun

obsidium

1. genitive plural of obses

References

• “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obsidium 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)
• obsidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.