obsidia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsidium, obsidi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
siege, blockade;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Mithridaten ostentantibus. igitur pepigere, equestribus proeliis Eunones certaret, obsidia urbium Romani capesserent. Tunc composito agmine incedunt, cuius frontem..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...magis quam offensus. sed Tacfarinas perculsis Numidis et obsidia aspernantibus spargit bellum, ubi instaretur cedens ac rursum..."