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in the PONS Dictionary

obsessus2

P. P. P. v. obsido

See also

ob-sīdō <sīdere, sēdī, sessum>

1. MILIT

besetzen [ pontem; litus; loca opportuna armatis hominibus ]

2. (Tib.)

3. übtr

annehmen [ vim regiae potestatis ]

obsessus 1

P. P. P. v. obsideo

See also

I. ob-sideō <sidēre, sēdī, sessum> (sedeo) VERB trans

1.

vor, an, auf etw. sitzen, sich aufhalten [ aram ]

2.

belagern, einschließen [ urbem; domum regis ]

3.

besetzt halten, innehaben [ vias; omnes aditūs; insulam armis; totam Italiam praesidiis ]

4. übtr

5.

6. übtr

II. ob-sideō <sidēre, sēdī, sessum> (sedeo) VERB intr Kom.