obsidium

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From obsideō (besiege, beset) +‎ -ium.

Noun

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obsidium n (genitive obsidiī or obsidī); second declension

  1. (military) A siege, blockade
Declension
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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
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Etymology 2

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From obses (hostage) +‎ -ium.

Noun

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obsidium n (genitive obsidiī); second declension

  1. hostageship
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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obsidium

  1. genitive plural of obses

References

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  • 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.