obsedere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsideo, obsidere, obsedi, obsessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Field:
- Military
blockade, besiege, invest, beset; take possession of;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vulgus inermum invalidique senes turris ac tecta domorum obsedere, alii portis sublimibus astant. At Iuno ex summo..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mirabile dictu) stridore ingenti liquidum trans aethera vectae obsedere apicem, et pedibus per mutua nexis examen subitum ramo..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanis; et Amynandro rege Athamanum adiuncto profecti Cercinium obsedere. clauserant portas, incertum ui an uoluntate, quia regium habebant..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebi, patriciis iuvenibus saepserant latera. Eorum catervae tribunalia obsederant; hi ferre agere plebem plebisque res, cum fortuna..."