noun · masculinethird declension
obsessor
obsessor m (genitive obsessōris)
Meaning
- masculinefrequenter (of a place)
- masculinebesieger, blockader
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | obsessor | obsessōrēs |
| genitive | obsessōris | obsessōrum |
| dative | obsessōrī | obsessōribus |
| accusative | obsessōrem | obsessōrēs |
| ablative | obsessōre | obsessōribus |
| vocative | obsessor | obsessōrēs |
obsessor, ōris, m. id.,
I. one who sits, stays, abides in a place; a frequenter, haunter.
I. In gen. (only ante-class. and poet.):
hoc ego fui hodie solus obsessor fori, sai in the forum alone, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 18: vivarum aquarum (of a water-snake), Ov. F. 2, 259.—II. In partic., milit., a besieger, invester, blockader:
obsessor curiae, Cic. Dom. 5, 13: Luceriae, Liv. 9, 15, 3: plus pavoris obsessis quam obsessoribus intulit, Tac. H. 3, 73.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
obsessor ōris, m
a frequenter, haunter, resident: aquarum (of a water-snake), O.—A besieger<*> invester, blockader: curiae: Luceriae, L.