obsidio
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈsi.di.oː/, [ɔpˈs̠ɪd̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈsi.di.o/, [obˈsiːd̪io]
Noun
editobsidiō f (genitive obsidiōnis); third declension
- siege, blockade
- Synonym: oppugnātiō
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | obsidiō | obsidiōnēs |
Genitive | obsidiōnis | obsidiōnum |
Dative | obsidiōnī | obsidiōnibus |
Accusative | obsidiōnem | obsidiōnēs |
Ablative | obsidiōne | obsidiōnibus |
Vocative | obsidiō | obsidiōnēs |
Related terms
editNoun
editobsidiō n
References
edit- “obsidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsidio 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)
- obsidio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere
- to keep a town in a state of siege: oppidum in obsidione tenere
- to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): urbis obsidionem liberare
- to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): oppidum obsidione liberare
- to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
- to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere
- to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere
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- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
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- Latin 4-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
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- Latin feminine nouns in the third declension
- Latin feminine nouns
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