obsidia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obsidium, obsidi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Field:
- Military
siege, blockade;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- P
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..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...magis quam offensus. sed Tacfarinas perculsis Numidis et obsidia aspernantibus spargit bellum, ubi instaretur cedens ac rursum..."