obses

== Latin == === Alternative forms === opses === Etymology === From ob (“in front of”) +‎ sedeō (“sit”) +‎ -s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔp.sɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔb.ses] === Noun === obses m or f (genitive obsidis); third declension a hostage (figuratively) a security, pledge ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== obsideō obsidium ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Italian: ostatico → Old Polish: obsiadły (calque) === References === “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "obses", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “obses”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.