absedium

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of Latin obsidium.

Noun

absedium n (genitive absediī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) siege

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	absedium	absedia
Genitive	absediī absedī1	absediōrum
Dative	absediō	absediīs
Accusative	absedium	absedia
Ablative	absediō	absediīs
Vocative	absedium	absedia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: asedio
  • Portuguese: assédio

References

• absedium 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)