assediato
Italian
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editPast participle of assediare.
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editassediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
Adjective
editassediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)
- besieged
- Antonym: assediante
Noun
editassediato 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 […]
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