verbsecond conjugation
obsideō
obsideō (present infinitive obsidēre, perfect active obsēdī, supine obsessum)
Classical[ɔpˈsɪ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[obˈsiː.de.o]
Meaning
- to sit, remain, abide, stay
- to frequent, haunt, inhabit
- transitiveto besiege; hem in, beset, invest, blockade a place
Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:1: - transitiveto detain, hold captive
- to occupy, fill, possess
- to watch closely; to be on the lookout for
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obsideō | obsidēbam | obsidēbō | obsēdī | obsēderam | obsēderō |
| 2nd sg. | obsidēs | obsidēbās | obsidēbis | obsēdistī | obsēderās | obsēderis |
| 3rd sg. | obsidet | obsidēbat | obsidēbit | obsēdit | obsēderat | obsēderit |
| 1st pl. | obsidēmus | obsidēbāmus | obsidēbimus | obsēdimus | obsēderāmus | obsēderimus |
| 2nd pl. | obsidētis | obsidēbātis | obsidēbitis | obsēdistis | obsēderātis | obsēderitis |
| 3rd pl. | obsident | obsidēbant | obsidēbunt | obsēdērunt obsēdēre | obsēderant | obsēderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obsideam | obsidērem | obsēderim | obsēdissem |
| 2nd sg. | obsideās | obsidērēs | obsēderīs | obsēdissēs |
| 3rd sg. | obsideat | obsidēret | obsēderit | obsēdisset |
| 1st pl. | obsideāmus | obsidērēmus | obsēderīmus | obsēdissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | obsideātis | obsidērētis | obsēderītis | obsēdissētis |
| 3rd pl. | obsideant | obsidērent | obsēderint | obsēdissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obsideor | obsidēbar | obsidēbor |
| 2nd sg. | obsidēris obsidēre | obsidēbāris obsidēbāre | obsidēberis obsidēbere |
| 3rd sg. | obsidētur | obsidēbātur | obsidēbitur |
| 1st pl. | obsidēmur | obsidēbāmur | obsidēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | obsidēminī | obsidēbāminī | obsidēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | obsidentur | obsidēbantur | obsidēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obsidear | obsidērer |
| 2nd sg. | obsideāris obsideāre | obsidērēris obsidērēre |
| 3rd sg. | obsideātur | obsidērētur |
| 1st pl. | obsideāmur | obsidērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | obsideāminī | obsidērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | obsideantur | obsidērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | obsidē | obsidēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | obsidēte | obsidēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | obsidētō | obsidētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | obsidētō | obsidētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | obsidētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | obsidentō | obsidentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | obsidēre | obsidērī |
| perfect infinitive | obsēdisse | obsessum esse |
| future infinitive | obsessūrum esse | obsessum īrī |
| present participle | obsidēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | obsessus obsessa, obsessā, obsessae, obsessam, obsessārum, obsessās, obsesse, obsessī, obsessīs, obsessō, obsessōrum, obsessōs |
| future participle | obsessūrus obsessūra, obsessūrā, obsessūrae, obsessūram, obsessūrārum, obsessūrās, obsessūre, obsessūrī, obsessūrīs, obsessūrō, obsessūrōrum, obsessūrōs, obsessūrum | obsidendus |
gerundobsidendī, obsidendō, obsidendumsupineobsessum, obsessū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- obsides dare
- to give hostages.
- oppidum obsidere
- to besiege a city.
- obsides civitatibus imperare
- to compel communities to provide hostages.
ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. and a.
I. [sedeo].
I. Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.):
servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus, Plaut. Poen. prol. 23: domi obsidere, Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: in limine, Val. Fl. 2, 237.—II. Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.
A. In gen.:
aram, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36: ranae stagna et rivos obsident, frequent marshes, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62: obsedit limina bubo, Sil. 8, 636: Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet, Cic. Div. 2, 56.—B. In partic.
1. Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno):
cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent, Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: Curio Uticam obsidere instituit, Caes. B. C. 2, 36: consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis, Liv. 2, 11: propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi, id. 25, 11: ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum, id. 30, 7: totam Italiam, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: vias, Caes. B. G. 3, 23: vallis obsessa, Verg. A. 10, 120: egregias Lateranorum aedīs, Juv. 10, 17.— 2. To occupy, fill, possess:
corporibus omnis obsidetur locus, is filled, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: senatum armis, id. Phil. 7, 5, 15: palus obsessa salictis, full of osier-thickets, Ov. M. 11, 363: Trachasque obsessa palude, i. e. surrounded, id. ib. 15, 717.—b. Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of:
alicujus animum, Just. 42, 4, 21: qui meum tempus obsideret, who took up my time, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210: cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret, that they were continually besieged by his brother, Liv. 40, 20 fin.—3. To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for:
jacere humi ... ad obsidendum stuprum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: rostra, id. Fl. 24, 57.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
obsideō ēdī, essus, ēre
ob+sedeo, to sit, stay, remain, abide: domi, T.—To beset, haunt, frequent: umbilicum terrarum.—In war, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade: quod (oppidum) neque capi neque obsideri poterat, S.: omnīs aditūs: Uticam, Cs.: consilia ad obsidendam (urbem) versa, L.: obsessa Ilion, H.: Dextrum Scylla latus Obsidet, V.: aedīs, Iu.: omnibus rebus obsessi, hampered in every way, Cs.—Supin. acc.: proficiscitur obsessum turrim, S.—Poet.: obsessae fauces, choked, V.: obsessum frigore corpus, O.—To occupy, fill, possess: corporibus omnis obsidetur locus, is filled: milite campos, V.: Trachas obsessa palude, i. e. surrounded, O.: meum tempus, take up: cum obsideri aurīs a fratre cerneret, besieged, L.—To watch closely, look out for: iacere ad obsidendum stuprum.
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 obsideō From ob- (“before”) + sedeō (“to sit”).
Descendants
- Englishobsess
- Frenchobséder
- Catalanobsedirfrom French obséder
- Romanianobsedafrom French obséder
- Italianossedere
- Portugueseobsediar
- Spanishobseder
- Dutchobsederenfrom French obséder