verb transitive intransitive

ob-sĭdĕo

2nd PP ob-sĭdēre · 3rd PP ob-sĭdēdi · 4th PP ob-sĭdessum · conj. 2nd

[sedeo].

Neutr., to sit, stay, remain, abide poetic •

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; in, to remain on; in, to haunt, inhabit, frequent

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… ••

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 particular

to sit down before, to hem in, beset, besiege, invest, blockade military term ••

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 ••

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.—

to occupy, possess, take possession of figuratively •

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 •

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.

Perseus ID: n31857 Key: obsideo