Latin edit

Etymology edit

ob- +‎ sīdō (to sit down, settle)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

obsīdō (present infinitive obsīdere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (transitive) to beset, besiege, blockade

Usage notes edit

This verb may be best viewed as an alternative form of obsideō, used mainly in poetry in the sense "besiege". Perfect forms (obsēdī) and the supine stem (obsessum) are supplied by obsideō.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of obsīdō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsīdō obsīdis obsīdit obsīdimus obsīditis obsīdunt
imperfect obsīdēbam obsīdēbās obsīdēbat obsīdēbāmus obsīdēbātis obsīdēbant
future obsīdam obsīdēs obsīdet obsīdēmus obsīdētis obsīdent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsīdam obsīdās obsīdat obsīdāmus obsīdātis obsīdant
imperfect obsīderem obsīderēs obsīderet obsīderēmus obsīderētis obsīderent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present obsīde obsīdite
future obsīditō obsīditō obsīditōte obsīduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives obsīdere
participles obsīdēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
obsīdendī obsīdendō obsīdendum obsīdendō

References edit

  • obsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obsido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.