assediato
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of assediare.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
Adjective edit
assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
- besieged
- Antonym: assediante
Noun edit
assediato m (plural assediati, feminine assediata)
- (chiefly in the plural) a person under siege
- Antonyms: assediante, (uncommon) assediatore
- 13th c., Bono Giamboni, “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri. Cap. 22. [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows - Chapter 22]”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War][1], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 166:
- Contra le dette cose usato è di difendere gli assediati co' balestri, e gli onagri, e gli scorpioni […]
- Against the aforementioned things, those under siege usually defend themselves with crossbows, and onagers, and scorpions […]