English → Latin
“beleaguer” in Latin
obsideōto sit, remain, abide, stay; to frequent, haunt, inhabit; to besiege; hem in, beset, invest, blockade a placeteneōto hold, have; to grasp; to possess, occupy, control; to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keeppremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,oppugnōto attack, assault, storm, besiegeobsidiōsiege, blockadeurbsa city, walled town; the City, Romeīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beleaguer
obsidere; circum sedere; obsidionem (urbi) inferre; in obsidione habere or tenere; obsidione claudere, premere: operibus cingere; operibus claudere, omnique commeatu privare (all answering to the Greek περιπροςκαθῆσθαι, to blockade): oppugnare; oppugnatione premere; opera (urbi) admovere (answering to the Greek πολιορκεῖν, προσβάλλειν, to storm): to beleaguer on all sides, corona cingere, circumdare; corona (moenia) aggredi; circumvallare (to surround with a line of circumvallation).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beleaguer?
- The usual Latin words for “beleaguer” are obsideō, teneō, premō; also oppugnō, obsidiō, urbs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.