obsido

== Latin == === Etymology === 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 ==== === 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.