obsido

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *sísdeti

Proto-Italic *sizdō

Latin sīdō

Latin obsīdō

From ob- + sīdō (“to sit down, settle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈsiː.doː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈsiː.do]

Verb

obsīdō (present infinitive obsīdere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

(transitive) to beset, besiege, blockade

Usage notes

This verb may be best viewed as an alternative form of obsideō, used mainly in poetry in the sense "besiege". Perfect forms (obsēdī) and the supine stem (obsessum) are supplied by obsideō.

Conjugation

Conjugation of obsīdō (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsīdō	obsīdis		obsīdit	obsīdimus	obsīditis		obsīdunt
	imperfect	obsīdēbam	obsīdēbās		obsīdēbat	obsīdēbāmus	obsīdēbātis		obsīdēbant
	future	obsīdam	obsīdēs		obsīdet	obsīdēmus	obsīdētis		obsīdent
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	obsīdam	obsīdās		obsīdat	obsīdāmus	obsīdātis		obsīdant
active	imperfect	obsīderem	obsīderēs		obsīderet	obsīderēmus	obsīderētis		obsīderent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	obsīde		—	—	obsīdite		—
active	future	—	obsīditō		obsīditō	—	obsīditōte		obsīduntō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		obsīdere		—		obsīdēns		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		obsīdendī	obsīdendō		obsīdendum	obsīdendō	—		—

References

“obsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“obsido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.