The corpus record — Latin

obsidatus

obsidatus · m

the condition of a hostage, hostageship

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Where it lives

Res Gestae 5 · 0.39/10k

What it meant

obsĭdātus — Lewis & Short

obsĭdātus, ūs, m.obses,

I the condition of a hostage, hostageship (post-class.): pater ejus diu obsidatūs pignore tentus, Amm. 16, 12, 25: obsidatūs sorte in Syriis detentus, id. 18, 6, 20: in obsidatum datus, Schol. Juv. 2, 164.

In the wild

obsidatus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.12.25
obsidatus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 18.6.20
obsidatus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.12.21
obsidatus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.12.16
obsidatus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 25.7.13

Where it came from

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