adjective
obsĭdĭōnālis
Meaning
- belonging to a siege
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ad obsidiōnem pertinēnsobsidiōnālis -e — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 17
obsĭdĭōnālis, e, adj. obsidio,
I. of or belonging to a siege: corona, a crown of grass, granted as a reward to a general who rescued others from siege, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190 Müll.; so Liv. 7, 37, 2; Plin. 22, 4, 4, § 7; Gell. 5, 6, 8; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 59:
machinae, Amm. 24, 1: morae, Front. Strat. 1, 3, 4: mala, Amm. 14, 2.In English words that came into English from obsĭdĭōnālis
- obsidionalobsĭdĭōnālis