obsidio

From obsideō +‎ -iō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈsɪ.di.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈsiː.d̪i.o]

obsidiō f (genitive obsidiōnis); third declension

1. siege, blockade

   Synonym: oppugnātiō

   Camillus Rōmam ex obsidiōne Gallōrum līberāvit.

   Camillus liberated Rome from the siege of the Gauls.

   • 69 BCE, Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 8.20:

     ...consilio summis obsidionis periculis liberavit.

     ...with his wisdom freed it from the greatest danger of the siege.

Third-declension noun.

• obsideō

obsidiō n

1. dative/ablative singular of obsidium

• “obsidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obsidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "obsidio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• obsidio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere
    
  • to keep a town in a state of siege: oppidum in obsidione tenere
    
  • to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): urbis obsidionem liberare
    
  • to raise a siege (used of the army of relief): oppidum obsidione liberare
    
  • to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
    
  • to give up an assault, a siege: oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquere