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“beset” in Latin
obsideōto sit, remain, abide, stay; to frequent, haunt, inhabit; to besiege; hem in, beset, invest, blockade a placeoppugnōto attack, assault, storm, besiegecircumveniōto surround; to beset, oppress, distress, overthrow; to circumvent, deceive, cheat, trickvexōto shake or jolt violently; to harass, annoy; to vex, trouble (strong term, involving violence)agitōto act, behave, do, or make persistently or unremittingly; to put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, roexagitōto set in motion; to drive out or away; to stir up, shake up, disturbcompellōto gather, collect, push together; to compel, reduce to a certain condition or state by force; to urgeurgeōto press, push, force, drive, urge (forward); to stimulate; to weigh down, burden, oppress; to crowd, hem in, confinepremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,inclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, control
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beset
obsidere, circum sedere, obsidionem (urbi) inferre, operibus cingere, oppugnare, oppugnatione premere, circumvenire.
Harass, vex, vexare, agitare, exagitare. To beset with entreaties, precibus fatigare: with letters, inquiries, obtundere litteris, rogitando.
Embarrass, in angustias pellere or compellere; urgere, premere; includere (especially in a debate). To be hard beset, in angustias adductum esse, in angustiis esse or versari. Very hard beset, ad extremum redactus: in ultimum discrimen adductus (ad incitas redactus, an old expression of common life in Plaut., brought again into use by late writers).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beset?
- The usual Latin words for “beset” are obsideō, oppugnō, circumveniō; also vexō, agitō, exagitō. 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.