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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanis; et Amynandro rege Athamanum adiuncto profecti Cercinium obsedere. clauserant portas, incertum ui an uoluntate, quia regium habebant..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebi, patriciis iuvenibus saepserant latera. Eorum catervae tribunalia obsederant; hi ferre agere plebem plebisque res, cum fortuna..."