obsidium
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From obsideō (“besiege, beset”) + -ium.
Noun edit
obsidium n (genitive obsidiī or obsidī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | obsidium | obsidia |
| Genitive | obsidiī obsidī1 |
obsidiōrum |
| Dative | obsidiō | obsidiīs |
| Accusative | obsidium | obsidia |
| Ablative | obsidiō | obsidiīs |
| Vocative | obsidium | obsidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From obses (“hostage”) + -ium.
Noun edit
obsidium n (genitive obsidiī); second declension
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
obsidium
References edit
- “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obsidium 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)
- obsidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.