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
- A
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...iuberet, et Scipio manum ad ipsam oppidi, quod obsidebatur, arcem protendens: "perendie" inquit "sese sistant illo in loco..." - T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec uis omnis belli uersa in Capuam erat; obsidebatur tamen acrius quam oppugnabatur, nec aut famem tolerare seruitia..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romae geruntur, iam Sutrium ab Etruscis obsidebatur consulique Fabio imis montibus ducenti ad ferendam opem sociis temptandasque munitiones..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...viderunt, porta se, quae una forte non obsidebatur, trepidi uno agmine eiecere. Magna caedes fugientium et in urbe..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multis simul bellis, Volscorum ad Anxur, ubi praesidium obsidebatur, Aequorum ad Labicos, qui Romanam ibi coloniam oppugnabant..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales. Arx deinde obsidebatur; nec aut vi capi poterat, quia pro spatio loci..."