obsido

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ sīdō (“to sit down, settle”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈsiː.doː/, [ɔpˈs̠iːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsi.do/, [obˈsiːd̪o]

Verb

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

1. (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
		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
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obsīdam		obsīdās		obsīdat		obsīdāmus		obsīdātis		obsīdant
	imperfect	obsīderem		obsīderēs		obsīderet		obsīderēmus		obsīderētis		obsīderent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obsīde		—		—		obsīdite		—
	future	—		obsīditō		obsīditō		—		obsīditōte		obsīduntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		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.