obses
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ob (“in front of”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ses/, [ˈɔps̠ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ses/, [ˈɔbses]
Noun edit
obses m or f (genitive obsidis); third declension
- a hostage
- (figuratively) a security, pledge
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | obses | obsidēs |
Genitive | obsidis | obsidum |
Dative | obsidī | obsidibus |
Accusative | obsidem | obsidēs |
Ablative | obside | obsidibus |
Vocative | obses | obsidēs |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obses 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)
- obses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare
- (ambiguous) to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare
- (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare