obsido

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ sīdō (“to sit down, settle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈsiː.doː/, [ɔpˈs̠iːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsi.do/, [obˈsiːd̪o]

Verb

obsīdō (present infinitive obsīdere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (transitive) to beset, besiege, blockade

Usage notes

This verb may be best viewed as an alternative form of obsideō, used mainly in poetry in the sense "besiege". Perfect forms (obsēdī) and the supine stem (obsessum) are supplied by obsideō.

Conjugation

Conjugation of obsīdō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsīdō	obsīdis	obsīdit	obsīdimus	obsīditis	obsīdunt
	imperfect	obsīdēbam	obsīdēbās	obsīdēbat	obsīdēbāmus	obsīdēbātis	obsīdēbant
	future	obsīdam	obsīdēs	obsīdet	obsīdēmus	obsīdētis	obsīdent
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obsīdam	obsīdās	obsīdat	obsīdāmus	obsīdātis	obsīdant
	imperfect	obsīderem	obsīderēs	obsīderet	obsīderēmus	obsīderētis	obsīderent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obsīde	—	—	obsīdite	—
	future	—	obsīditō	obsīditō	—	obsīditōte	obsīduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obsīdere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		obsīdēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obsīdendī	obsīdendō	obsīdendum	obsīdendō	—	—

References

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