obsidium
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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).
| 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.