obsidi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsido, obsidere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
besiege; occupy;
pres. pass. infin. - Entry →obsidium, obsidi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
siege, blockade;
gen. sg. - Entry →obses, obsidis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
hostage; pledge, security;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...veri; nec contentus eo, missi de gente Molossa obsidis unius iugulum mucrone resolvit atque ita semineces partim ferventibus..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...veri; nec contentus eo, missi de gente Molossa obsidis unius iugulum mucrone resolvit atque ita semineces partim ferventibus..."Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...palam si colloqui vellent, concessum est, datur obsidis loco Caesari filius Afranii. Venitur in eum locum, quem Caesar..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...duce quidem Romano incursarentur, sed temeritate obsidis tot per annos inter mancipia habiti. accendebat dolorem eorum Monobazus, quem..."