obsido

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ sīdō (“to sit down, settle”)

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to beset, besiege, blockade

Usage notes

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
   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
  • “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.
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