obsideo
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Etymology[edit]
From ob- (“before”) + sedeō (“I sit”).
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obsideō (present infinitive obsidēre, perfect active obsēdī, supine obsessum); second conjugation
- I sit, remain, abide, stay.
- I frequent, haunt, inhabit.
- (transitive, military) I besiege; hem in, beset (a city).
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 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.
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 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.
- anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
- (transitive) I detain, hold captive
- I occupy, fill, possess.
- I watch closely; I am on the lookout for.
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References[edit]
- 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[1], 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
- (ambiguous) to besiege a city: oppidum obsidere