LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

obsīdō

obsīdō (present infinitive obsīdere)
Classical[ɔpˈsiː.doː]Ecclesiastical[obˈsiː.do]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto beset, besiege, blockade

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.obsīdōobsīdēbamobsīdam———
2nd sg.obsīdisobsīdēbāsobsīdēs———
3rd sg.obsīditobsīdēbatobsīdet———
1st pl.obsīdimusobsīdēbāmusobsīdēmus———
2nd pl.obsīditisobsīdēbātisobsīdētis———
3rd pl.obsīduntobsīdēbantobsīdent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.obsīdamobsīderem——
2nd sg.obsīdāsobsīderēs——
3rd sg.obsīdatobsīderet——
1st pl.obsīdāmusobsīderēmus——
2nd pl.obsīdātisobsīderētis——
3rd pl.obsīdantobsīderent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.obsīde—
pres. 2nd pl.obsīdite—
fut. 2nd sg.obsīditō—
fut. 3rd sg.obsīditō—
fut. 2nd pl.obsīditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.obsīduntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveobsīdere—
present participleobsīdēns—
gerundobsīdendī, obsīdendō, obsīdendum

ob-sīdo, ĕre,
I. v. a., to beset, invest, besiege, blockade (mostly poet.): ne auriculam obsidat caries, ne vermiculique, Lucil. ap. Non. 21, 25: vias oculorum, Lucr. 4, 351: certas partes, id. 4, 1092: pontem, Sall. C. 45, 2 Kritz N. cr.: portas, Verg. A. 9, 159: Italos fines, to occupy, take possession of, id. ib. 7, 334: praedator cupit immensos obsidere campos, Tib. 2, 3, 41: Troica moenia, Cat. 64, 345.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *sísdeti Proto-Italic *sizdō Latin sīdō Latin obsīdō From ob- + sīdō (“to sit down, settle”).

Quick answers

What does obsīdō mean in Latin?
obsīdō, a verb, means “to beset, besiege, blockade”.
What are the principal parts of obsīdō?
obsīdō, obsīdere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce obsīdō?
In classical Latin, [ɔpˈsiː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [obˈsiː.do].