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
- L
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..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tribuni militum duxere. Clausas portas Tusculi Latinosque simul obsidentium atque obsessorum animo hinc moenia [Tusculi] tueri vident, illinc..."