LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

obsessiō

obsessiō f (genitive obsessiōnis)
Classical[ɔpˈsɛs.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[obˈsɛs.si.o]

Meaning

  1. blockade, siege
  2. obsession

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeobsessiōobsessiōnēs
genitiveobsessiōnisobsessiōnum
dativeobsessiōnīobsessiōnibus
accusativeobsessiōnemobsessiōnēs
ablativeobsessiōneobsessiōnibus
vocativeobsessiōobsessiōnēs

obsessĭo, ōnis, f. obsideo,
I. a blocking up, besieging, encompassing, a blockade of a place (class.): obsessio templorum, Cic. Dom. 3, 5: militaris viae, id. Pis. 17, 40: castrorum, Suet. Caes. 58: obsessionem alicuius omittere, Caes. B. C. 3, 24 fin.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin obsideo Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tio Latin obsessiō From obsideo + -tio.

Descendants
  • Catalanobsessió
  • Englishobsession
  • Frenchobsession
  • Romanianobsesiefrom French obsession
  • GermanObsession
  • Italianossessione
  • Portugueseobsessão
  • Romanianobsesiune
  • Spanishobsesión
  • Galicianobsesión

Quick answers

What does obsessiō mean in Latin?
obsessiō, a noun, means “blockade, siege; obsession”.
What is the genitive of obsessiō?
The genitive singular is obsessiōnis. obsessiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce obsessiō?
In classical Latin, [ɔpˈsɛs.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [obˈsɛs.si.o].