obsideo

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to sit near / haunt, frequent / besiege, invest

ob-sĭdĕo, ēdi, essum, 2, v. n. 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.

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ex-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. fut. expugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55), v. a., to take by assault, to storm, capture, reduce, subdue (freq. and class.; syn.: obsideo, oppugno, capio).

Lit., of places:

id (oppidum Noviodunum) ex itinere oppugnare conatus, expugnare non potuit,

Caes. B. G. 2, 12, 2:

oppidum,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4;

3, 14, 1 al.: nonnullas urbes per vim,

id. B. C. 3, 55, 3:

urbem,

Liv. 2, 12, 1:

Cirtam armis,

Sall. J. 23, 1:

castellum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9, 4; 3, 1, 4:

loca multa,

Nep. Ages. 3:

moenia mundi,

Lucr. 2, 1144 et saep.—

Transf., of other objects (things or persons), to subdue, overcome, break down or through, sweep away:

naves,

Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 2 and 5:

aedes,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3; cf.

villas,

Sall. J. 44, 5:

carcerem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 76:

Philippum et Nabin expugnatos,

conquered, Liv. 37, 25, 6; cf.:

inclusos moenibus expugnat,

Curt. 9, 4:

aliquos,

id. 6, 6; Tac. Agr. 41; Flor. 2, 2, 16; Just. 3, 5:

expugnavi amanti herili filio aurum ab suo patre,

obtained by force, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 5.—Of inanimate subjects:

flumina id oppidum expugnavere,

swept away, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 138:

Euphrates Taurum expugnat,

i. e. breaks through, id. 5, 24, 20, § 85:

lacte equino venena et toxica expugnantur,

are counteracted, id. 28, 10, 45, § 159.—

Trop., to conquer, subdue, overcome:

sapientis animus magnitudine consilii, tolerantia, virtutibus, etc.... vincetur et expugnabitur,

Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27:

nihil tam munitum, quod non expugnari pecuniā possit,

id. Verr. 1, 2, 4:

fortunas patrias,

id. Clu. 13, 36:

pudicitiam,

to violate, id. Cael. 20; 50:

aut enim expugnatur intentio aut adsumptio aut conclusio, nonnumquam omnia,

i. e. is refuted, confuted, Quint. 5, 14, 20 sq.:

pertinaciam legatorum,

Liv. 37, 56, 9:

paupertatem,

Petr. 126:

expugnatus precibus uxoris,

Suet. Tib. 21;

so simply expugnatus,

id. Caes. 1; id. Vesp. 22:

coepta,

to fight through, to accomplish, Ov. M. 9, 619; cf.: sibi legationem expugnavit, extorted, wrung out, obtained (= extorsit), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44.—With ut:

aliqua ratione expugnasset iste, ut dies tollerentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130:

aegre expugnavit, ut, etc.,

Petr. 108.—Hence, * ex-pugnans, antis, P. a., efficient, efficacious:

expugnantior herba,

Ov. M. 14, 21 (so Jahn and Bach., Merkel, expugnacior).

oppugno ( obp-), āvi, ātum (old inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. [obpugno], to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).

Lit.:

omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41:

locum,

id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.):

castelli oppugnandi spes,

Liv. 21, 57:

se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat,

id. 42, 32:

oppugnante aliquo,

Just. 9, 5, 4:

quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur,

id. 18, 2, 2:

Methonam urbem,

id. 7, 6, 14:

25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.—

Trop., to attack, assault, assail:

non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

pecuniā aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

rem,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 161:

aliquem clandestinis consiliis,

id. Or. 66, 223:

aequitatem verbis,

id. Caecin. 24, 67:

consilia alicujus,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154:

delictum,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52:

senem,

to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer... Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.

oppugno ( obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pugnus], to beat with fists, to buffet (Plautin.):

os,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 56.

obsĭdĭo, ōnis, f. [obsideo].

Lit.

In gen., a siege, investment, blockade of a place (class.): obsidionem potias dicendum esse, quam obsidium, adjuvat nos testimonio suo Ennius in Telamone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.; v. Müll. ad loc.; and cf.: cui tu obsidionem paras, Enn. ib. (Trag. v. 365 Vahl.); and:

obsidionem obducere,

id. ib. (Trag. v. 11 ib.):

partim vi, partim obsidione urbes capere,

Cic. Mur. 9, 20:

aliquem in obsidione habere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 31:

cum spes major Romanis in obsidione quam in oppugnatione esset,

Liv. 5, 2: obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from, id. 38, 15:

obsidione cingere,

to besiege, blockade, Just. 22, 4, 1; Verg. A. 3, 52:

obsidionem tolerare,

to stand, Tac. H. 1, 33:

obsidionem exsequi,

to carry on, id. A. 15, 4:

obsidionem omittere,

to raise, id. ib. 15, 5: obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege, by either surrender or relief:

tolerando paucos dies totam soluturos obsidionem,

Liv. 26, 7, 8; cf. Amm. 20, 7, 3:

solutā obsidione,

raised, Liv. 36, 31, 7; Curt. 4, 4, 1:

eam obsidionem sine certamine adveniens Cn. Scipio solvit,

Liv. 24, 41, 11; 25, 22, 15; 38, 5, 6; Just. 4, 4, 5; Tac. A. 4, 24; id. H. 4, 34: liberare obsidionem, to raise the siege:

non ad Romam obsidendam, sed ad Capuae liberandam obsidionem Hannibalem ire,

Liv. 26, 8, 5; cf. obsidium fin.:

longae dira obsidionis egestas,

Juv. 15, 96. —

Transf., captivity (post-class.), Just. 2, 12, 6; 15, 1, 3; 39, 1, 1.—

Trop., pressing, imminent danger:

obsidione rem publicam liberare,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

feneratores ex obsidione eximere,

to free from the danger of losing their money, id. Fam. 5, 6, 3; Plin. Pan. 81, 2; cf. obsidium.

obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obsideo], a siege, investment, blockade (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug. for obsidio; not in Cic. or Cæs.; but cf. obsidio).

Lit.:

obsidium dictum ab obsidendo, quominus hostis egredi posset inde,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.: obsidium, tam quam praesidium, subsidium, recte dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.: saevo obsidio premere aliquem, Enn. ap. Non. 216, 29 (Ann. v. 28 Vahl.):

obsidium facere Ilio,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 24:

obsidio circumdare,

Tac. A. 13, 41:

obsidium urgere,

id. H. 4, 28; Flor. 4, 4, 4; Gell. 15, 31, 1; Amm. 20, 7, 3:

ad liberandum Mogontiaci obsidium,

Tac. H. 4, 37.—

Trop.

A waylaying, an ambush:

obsidia hominum aut insidiosorum animalium,

Col. 8, 2, 7.—

Attention, foresight:

curatoris,

Col. 9, 9, 1; cf. obsidio.—

Danger:

tuo tergo obsidium adesse,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 64.

obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obses], the condition of a hostage, hostageship (Tacitean):

Meherdates obsidio nobis datus,

Tac. A. 11, 10.

occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:

occupassit for occupaverit,

id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. [obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence], to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).

Lit.:

totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,

Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75:

locum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 67:

possessiones,

id. Phil. 13, 5, 12:

urbes,

Liv. 33, 31:

montem,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

portum,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 2:

aditum,

to go in, enter, Verg. A. 6, 424:

regnum,

Cic. Lael. 12, 40:

tyrannidem,

id. Off. 3, 23, 90:

familiam optimam occupavit,

has got hold of, has got into, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11:

occupando adquirere aliquid,

Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215:

vindemia occupabit sementem,

shall reach to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.— Poet.:

aliquem amplexu,

to clasp in one's arms, to embrace, Ov. F. 3, 509.—

Transf.

To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:

atrā nube polum,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:

urbem (sc. aedificiis),

Liv. 5, 55:

caementis Tyrrhenum mare,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—

To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado):

Latagum saxo... Occupat os faciemque adversam,

Verg. A. 10, 699:

aliquem gladio,

id. ib. 9, 770:

aliquem morsu,

Ov. M. 3, 48:

canes ense,

Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84):

ne occupet te pluvia,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.— Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise:

Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—

To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip:

occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6:

volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,

that you should present yourself the first, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15:

praeloqui,

id. Rud. 1, 4, 18:

bellum facere,

to begin the war first, Liv. 1, 14:

rapere oscula,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—

Trop.

To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross:

tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

tremor occupat artus,

Ov. M. 3, 40:

sopor occupat artus,

Verg. G. 4, 190:

animos magnitudine rei,

Cic. Font. 5, 20:

pallor ora,

Verg. A. 4, 499.—

To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3:

cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,

Liv. 31, 1, 3:

in funambulo Animum,

Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4:

contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7:

tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money:

pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,

have loaned it at a high rate, id. Fl. 21, 51:

pecunias apud populos,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91:

pecuniam animalibus,

to lay out, invest in cattle, Col. 1, 8, 13:

pecuniam in pecore,

id. 11, 1:

argentum,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.— Pass.:

ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.):

ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5:

in eo, ut,

Nep. Alc. 8, 1:

tempora,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66:

qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,

id. Off. 1, 17, 57:

hostibus opere occupatis,

Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.— Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.— Sup.:

non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,

very much occupied, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.

oppugno ( obp-), āvi, ātum (old inf. fut. oppugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55; v. Roby, Gram. 1, 197 sq.), 1, v. a. [obpugno], to fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with (class.; cf.: obsideo, occupo).

Lit.:

omnes Galliae civitates ad se oppugnandum venisse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

aggeribus, vineis, turribus oppugnabam oppidum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20; id. Har. Resp. 4, 6: castra, Caes. B. G. 6, 41:

locum,

id. ib. 5, 21: clamor oppugnantis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Ann. v. 408 Vahl.):

castelli oppugnandi spes,

Liv. 21, 57:

se Macedoniam oppugnaturum dicebat,

id. 42, 32:

oppugnante aliquo,

Just. 9, 5, 4:

quoniam externo hoste oppugnarentur,

id. 18, 2, 2:

Methonam urbem,

id. 7, 6, 14:

25, 4, 7: nos et civitatem,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 50.—

Trop., to attack, assault, assail:

non oportuisse Metellum, patrem tuum, oppugnari a me,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 6:

pecuniā aliquem,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

rem,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 161:

aliquem clandestinis consiliis,

id. Or. 66, 223:

aequitatem verbis,

id. Caecin. 24, 67:

consilia alicujus,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 154:

delictum,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 52:

senem,

to lay siege to, circumvent, id. Ep. 1, 2, 60: sonipes celer... Oppugnat frenis, struggles against, resists, Coripp. Joann. 4, 468.

oppugno ( obp-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pugnus], to beat with fists, to buffet (Plautin.):

os,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 56.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `pledge, hostage, bail, warrant' (IA.).

Other forms: pl. also -α.

Derivatives: ὁμηρεύω, also with ἐξ-, συν-, `to serve as a hostage, to guarantee, to take as a pledge, to take hostage' (Att. Redner, E. Rh. 434, Antiph.) with ὁμηρ-εία f. (Pl., Th., Plb.), - ευμα n. (Plu.) `pledge, hostage', ἐξ-ευσις f. `hostage-taking' (Plu.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]

Etymology: Prob. prop. with Curtius a.o. "who is together (with others), the companion, who is forced to go with", compound of ὁμοῦ and ἀρ- in ἀραρειν etc. w. similar meaningdevelopment as in Lat. obsēs (: obsideō) `hostage, bail' (but the root ἀρ- is difficult to understand). Slightly diff. Szemerényi Glotta 33, 363 ff.: the 2. member to ἐρ- in ἔρχομαι. The orig. meaning still in ὁμηρέω and ὁμηρέταις ὁμοψήφοις, ὁμογνώμοσιν H.; cf. also ὁμαρτέω and ἁμαρτή. -- Perhaps identical with this ὅμηρος = ὁ τυφλός (Lyc., H.), "because he goes with his leader" (Birt Phil. 87, 376ff.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 22, 264)?; hardly convincing. Rather appellative use of the name of the poet (?). On attempts to connect the name Ο῝μηρος (Cret. Ο῝μαρος) wiht the appellative, s. except P.-W. 8, 2199 f. also Birt l.c. and Durante Rend. Acc. Lincei Ser. 8: 12, 94ff.; cf. Schwartz Herm. 75, 1ff., Bonfante, Par. Pass. 1968, 360; Posock, St. Mic. 4(1967)101; Deroy, Ant. Cl. 1972, 427.

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