Obsidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈsi.di.us/, [ɔpˈs̠ɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsi.di.us/, [obˈsiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Obsidius m sg (genitive Obsidiī or Obsidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name"

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Obsidius
Genitive	Obsidiī Obsidī1
Dative	Obsidiō
Accusative	Obsidium
Ablative	Obsidiō
Vocative	Obsidī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• obsidiānus

References

• “Obsidius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Obsidius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.