obsidentium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsideo, obsidere, obsedi, obsessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Field:
- Military
blockade, besiege, invest, beset; take possession of;
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →obsido, obsidere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
besiege; occupy;
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...barbari plerumque inclusi et ignari machinarum segnes laborem obsidentium spectant nec quo illa pertineant quae ex longinquo struuntur..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tribuni militum duxere. Clausas portas Tusculi Latinosque simul obsidentium atque obsessorum animo hinc moenia [Tusculi] tueri vident, illinc..."
