obsidium

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From obsideō (“besiege, beset”) +‎ -ium. ==== Noun ==== obsidium n (genitive obsidiī or obsidī); second declension (military) A siege, blockade ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ===== Synonyms ===== obsidiō === Etymology 2 === From obses (“hostage”) +‎ -ium. ==== Noun ==== obsidium n (genitive obsidiī); second declension hostageship ===== Related terms ===== obses === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== obsidium genitive plural of obses === References === “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obsidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "obsidium", 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) “obsidium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.