obsidebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsideo, obsidere, obsedi, obsessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Field:
- Military
blockade, besiege, invest, beset; take possession of;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →obsido, obsidere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
besiege; occupy;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...iuberet, et Scipio manum ad ipsam oppidi, quod obsidebatur, arcem protendens: "perendie" inquit "sese sistant illo in loco..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec uis omnis belli uersa in Capuam erat; obsidebatur tamen acrius quam oppugnabatur, nec aut famem tolerare seruitia..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romae geruntur, iam Sutrium ab Etruscis obsidebatur consulique Fabio imis montibus ducenti ad ferendam opem sociis temptandasque munitiones..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...viderunt, porta se, quae una forte non obsidebatur, trepidi uno agmine eiecere. Magna caedes fugientium et in urbe..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multis simul bellis, Volscorum ad Anxur, ubi praesidium obsidebatur, Aequorum ad Labicos, qui Romanam ibi coloniam oppugnabant..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales. Arx deinde obsidebatur; nec aut vi capi poterat, quia pro spatio loci..."