obsessus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of obsideō.

Participle

obsessus (feminine obsessa, neuter obsessum); first/second-declension participle

  1. inhabited
  2. besieged, blockaded
  3. detained, constrained, surrounded, held captive
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.6:
      Quamdiū quisquam erit, quī tē dēfendere audeat, vīvēs, et vīvēs ita ut nunc vīvīs: multīs meīs et firmīs praesidiīs obsessus, nē commovēre tē contrā rem pūblicam possīs.
      As long as there is anyone who dares to defend you, you will live, and you will live the same way as you live now: detained by many strong guards of mine, so that you cannot move yourself against the republic.
  4. obsessed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative obsessus obsessa obsessum obsessī obsessae obsessa
genitive obsessī obsessae obsessī obsessōrum obsessārum obsessōrum
dative obsessō obsessae obsessō obsessīs
accusative obsessum obsessam obsessum obsessōs obsessās obsessa
ablative obsessō obsessā obsessō obsessīs
vocative obsesse obsessa obsessum obsessī obsessae obsessa

Descendants

  • Spanish: obseso

References

  • “obsessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obsessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "obsessus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “obsessus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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