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obsidio

siege, blockade

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Where it lives

Timotheus 1 · 15.36/10k
Pelopidas 1 · 14.04/10k
Epaminondas 2 · 11.98/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 36 9 · 7.9/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 9 · 7.12/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 10 · 6.9/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 11 · 6.84/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 37 11 · 6.72/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 8 · 4.99/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 13 · 4.94/10k
Eumenes 1 · 4.37/10k

Densest 12 of 83 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. obsidio — de Vaan

obsidio 'siege, blockade' (P1.+), obsidium 'siege, blockade' (P1.+), obses, -idis seges 'hostage, surety' (Elog.Scip., Naev.+), obsessor 'who takes possession; besieger', — [de Vaan, s.v. obsidio, p. 565]

2. obsĭdĭo — Lewis & Short

obsĭdĭo, ōnis, f.obsideo.

I Lit.

A In gen., a siege, investment, blockade of a place (class.): obsidionem potias dicendum esse, quam obsidium, adjuvat nos testimonio suo Ennius in Telamone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf.: cui tu obsidionem paras, Enn. ib. (Trag. v. 365 Vahl.); and: obsidionem obducere, id. ib. (Trag. v. 11 ib.): partim vi, partim obsidione urbes capere, Cic. Mur. 9, 20: aliquem in obsidione habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 31: cum spes major Romanis in obsidione quam in oppugnatione esset, Liv. 5, 2: obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from, id. 38, 15: obsidione cingere, to besiege, blockade, Just. 22, 4, 1; Verg. A. 3, 52: obsidionem tolerare, to stand, Tac. H. 1, 33: obsidionem exsequi, to carry on, id. A. 15, 4: obsidionem omittere, to raise, id. ib. 15, 5: obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege, by either surrender or relief: tolerando paucos dies totam soluturos obsidionem, Liv. 26, 7, 8; cf. Amm. 20, 7, 3: solutā obsidione, raised, Liv. 36, 31, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1: eam obsidionem sine certamine adveniens Cn. Scipio solvit, Liv. 24, 41, 11; 25, 22, 15; 38, 5, 6; Just. 4, 4, 5; Tac. A. 4, 24; id. H. 4, 34: liberare obsidionem, to raise the siege: non ad Romam obsidendam, sed ad Capuae liberandam obsidionem Hannibalem ire, Liv. 26, 8, 5; cf. obsidium fin.: longae dira obsidionis egestas, Juv. 15, 96. —

B Transf., captivity (post-class.), Just. 2, 12, 6; 15, 1, 3; 39, 1, 1.—

II Trop., pressing, imminent danger: obsidione rem publicam liberare, Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29: feneratores ex obsidione eximere, to free from the danger of losing their money, id. Fam. 5, 6, 3; Plin. Pan. 81, 2; cf. obsidium.

In the wild

obsidioni Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.56.5
obsidione Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 p52
obsidio Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.2.12.1
obsidio Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.32.16.4
obsidionis Cicero, Philippicae 11.26.p2
obsidionem Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.33.17.11

6 of 475 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. obsidio (scan pp. 565-566; entry #1587).

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