obsidium
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom obsideō (“besiege, beset”) + -ium.
Noun
editobsidium n (genitive obsidiī or obsidī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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
editEtymology 2
editFrom obses (“hostage”) + -ium.
Noun
editobsidium n (genitive obsidiī); second declension
Related terms
editEtymology 3
editNoun
editobsidium
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.