LAT
obsideo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, and
* A. [sedeo].
* Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.): servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,Plaut. Poen. prol. 23: domi obsidere,Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: in limine,Val. Fl. 2, 237.
* Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.
* In gen.: aram,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36: ranae stagna et rivos obsident,frequent marshes,Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62: obsedit limina bubo,Sil. 8, 636: Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet,Cic. Div. 2, 56.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno): cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent,Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: Curio Uticam obsidere instituit,Caes. B. C. 2, 36: consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis,Liv. 2, 11: propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi,id. 25, 11: ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum,id. 30, 7: totam Italiam,Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: vias,Caes. B. G. 3, 23: vallis obsessa,Verg. A. 10, 120: egregias Lateranorum aedīs,Juv. 10, 17.
* To occupy, fill, possess: corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,is filled,Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: senatum armis,id. Phil. 7, 5, 15: palus obsessa salictis,full of osier-thickets,Ov. M. 11, 363: Trachasque obsessa palude,i. e. surrounded,id. ib. 15, 717.
* Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of: alicujus animum,Just. 42, 4, 21: qui meum tempus obsideret,who took up my time,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210: cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,that they were continually besieged by his brother,Liv. 40, 20 fin.
* To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for: jacere humi ... ad obsidendum stuprum,Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: rostra,id. Fl. 24, 57.
* A. [sedeo].
* Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide anywhere (only poet.): servi ne obsideant, liberis ut sit locus,Plaut. Poen. prol. 23: domi obsidere,Ter. Ad. 4, 6, 6: in limine,Val. Fl. 2, 237.
* Act., to sit at, on, or in, to remain on or in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent a place.
* In gen.: aram,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 36: ranae stagna et rivos obsident,frequent marshes,Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62: obsedit limina bubo,Sil. 8, 636: Apollo umbilicum terrarum obsidet,Cic. Div. 2, 56.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t., to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade a place (cf. oppugno): cum omnes aditus armati obsiderent,Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89: Curio Uticam obsidere instituit,Caes. B. C. 2, 36: consiliis ab oppugnandā urbe ad obsidendam versis,Liv. 2, 11: propius inopiam erant obsidentes quam obsessi,id. 25, 11: ut Carthaginem crederent extemplo Scipionem obsessurum,id. 30, 7: totam Italiam,Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: vias,Caes. B. G. 3, 23: vallis obsessa,Verg. A. 10, 120: egregias Lateranorum aedīs,Juv. 10, 17.
* To occupy, fill, possess: corporibus omnis obsidetur locus,is filled,Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65: senatum armis,id. Phil. 7, 5, 15: palus obsessa salictis,full of osier-thickets,Ov. M. 11, 363: Trachasque obsessa palude,i. e. surrounded,id. ib. 15, 717.
* Trop., to occupy, possess, take possession of: alicujus animum,Just. 42, 4, 21: qui meum tempus obsideret,who took up my time,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6; id. Or. 62, 210: cum obsideri aures a fratre cerneret,that they were continually besieged by his brother,Liv. 40, 20 fin.
* To have one's eye upon, to watch closely, be on the look-out for: jacere humi ... ad obsidendum stuprum,Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: rostra,id. Fl. 24, 57.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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