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  • 1 obsidium

        obsidium ī, n    [ob+SED-], a siege, blockade: obsidio circumdare, Ta.
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    siege, blockade

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  • 2 obsidium

        obsidium ī, n    [obses], the condition of a hostage, hostageship: obsidio nobis datus, Ta.
    * * *
    siege, blockade

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  • 3 obsidium

    1.
    obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obsideo], a siege, investment, blockade (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug. for obsidio; not in Cic. or Cæs.; but cf. obsidio).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A waylaying, an ambush:

    obsidia hominum aut insidiosorum animalium,

    Col. 8, 2, 7.—
    B.
    Attention, foresight:

    curatoris,

    Col. 9, 9, 1; cf. obsidio.—
    C.
    Danger:

    tuo tergo obsidium adesse,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 64.
    2.
    obsĭdĭum, ĭi, n. [obses], the condition of a hostage, hostageship (Tacitean):

    Meherdates obsidio nobis datus,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.

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  • 4 obsidio

    obsĭdĭo, ōnis, f. [obsideo].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    Transf., captivity (post-class.), Just. 2, 12, 6; 15, 1, 3; 39, 1, 1.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 5 coepio

    coepĭo, coepi, coeptum, 3 (the tempp. press. only a few times in the ante-class. period, and coepturus, Liv. 30, 5, 6; 42, 47, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 46; Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98; Suet. Calig. 46; the tempp. perff., both in act. and pass. form, very freq.;

    a trisyl. coëpit,

    Lucr. 4, 619 Lachm. N. cr.), v. a. and n. [contr. from co-ăpio = apo; hence coapias for coepias in Cod. Ambros.; Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 46; v. in the foll., and cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 248], lit. to lay hold of something on different sides, to lay hold of; hence of an action, to begin, commence, undertake ( = incipio, which is the class. pres.).
    I.
    Act.
    1.
    Tempp. press.: coepiam seditiosa verba loqui, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 10 Müll. lubido extemplo coepere est convivium, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 41:

    mage si exigere coepias,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 46 Ritschl N. cr.:

    neque pugnas neque ego lites coepio,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 57:

    ubi nihil habeat, alium quaestum coepiat,

    id. Truc. 2, 1, 23: mane coepiam, Caecil. ap. Non. p. 89, 17: non Prius olfecissem, quam ille quicquam coeperet, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 43 Fleck.; cf.

    Neue, Formenl. 2, 616: se Hasdrubalem adgressurum, ceterum non ante coepturum, quam, etc.,

    Liv. 30, 5, 6:

    nos rite coepturi ab Homero videmur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 46:

    nemine opinante quidnam coepturus esset,

    Suet. Calig. 46.—
    2.
    Tempp. perff. act.; the object usu. an inf.; so always in Cic. and Cæs.; mostly an inf. act.; rarely pass.; sometimes the acc. of a noun or pronoun.
    (α).
    With inf. act.:

    cum ver esse coeperat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; Ov. A. A. 1, 615 sq.:

    discere coepit, Enn. Ann. ap. Fest. s. v. sam, p. 325, 24 Müll. (v. 228 Vahl.): amare coepi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 20:

    oppugnare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 6:

    ire foras coeperunt,

    Lucr. 4, 531:

    coeperit inter se vesci, etc.,

    id. 5, 72 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. pass. (in the poets and histt.):

    per terrarum orbem fruges coepisse creari,

    Lucr. 2, 614:

    alia hujuscemodi fieri coepere,

    Sall. C. 51, 40:

    cum Lacedaemoniis pugnari coepit,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

    urbanus haberi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 27:

    verti,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 149:

    institui,

    id. A. P. 21:

    moveri,

    Ov. M. 3, 106; Suet. Tib. 75:

    expleri,

    id. Caes. 26:

    eligi,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    occidi,

    id. ib. 3, 34:

    prohiberi,

    Just. 14, 5, 9: coeptum est fieri, Auct. B. Afr. 69; 78; Liv. 24, 49, 4; 25, 34, 13; 27, 42, 5.—
    (γ).
    With acc. (rare in prose; cf. B. infra): coepit cursum, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45:

    novam mapalibus urbem,

    Sil. 15, 420:

    cur non ego id perpetrem, quod coepi?

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 57:

    si quicquam hodie hic turbae coeperis,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 30:

    quae coeperamus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. 15:

    hujuscemodi orationem,

    Tac. A. 4. 37:

    (Sabinus) obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    id. ib. 4, 39.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    nam primum... Non coepisse fuit: coepta expugnare secundum est,

    Ov. M. 9, 619:

    dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    Titus Livius hexametri exordio coepit,

    Quint. 9, 4, 74; cf. id. 9, 4, 117:

    si coepisset a toto corpore,

    id. 9, 4, 23; cf. id. 7, 1, 2; 8, 6, 50:

    pro vallo castrorum ita coepit (sc. dicere),

    Tac. H. 1, 36:

    Civilis ita coepit,

    id. ib. 5, 26; id. A. 1, 41; 2, 37.—
    (ε).
    With an ellipsis for dicere coepi, to begin to speak:

    ita coepit tyrannus,

    Liv. 34, 31, 1; 39, 15, 2:

    coram data copia fandi, Maximus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit,

    Verg. A. 1, 521; 6, 372:

    tum ita coepit: numquam mihi, etc.,

    Liv. 28, 27, 1; Tac. A. 1, 41 fin.:

    ad hunc modum coepit,

    id. ib. 2, 37; id. H. 1, 36 fin.; Phaedr. 4, 23, 2.—
    B.
    Pass. in the tempp. perff. and with the inf. pass. (cf. Zumpt, Gram, §

    221): jure coepta appellari est Canis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18:

    ante petitam esse pecuniam, quam esset coepta deberi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Div. 2, 2, 7; id. Brut. 67, 236; 88, 301; id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 209; 2, 5, 4, § 9; id. Fam. 13, 29, 1; id. Att. 3, 15, 5; 6, 1, 3; Liv. 1, 57, 3; 2, 1, 4; 3, 38, 2;

    9, 7, 7: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, neque perfectae essent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 4, 18:

    bello premi sunt coepti,

    Nep. Timoth. 3, 1; Cat. 95, 2.—With inf. act.:

    mitescere discordiae intestinae coeptae,

    Liv. 5, 17, 10; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.— Hence, coeptus, a, um, Part., begun, commenced, undertaken. consilium fraude coeptum, Liv. 35, 36, 5:

    coeptum atque patratum bellum foret,

    Sall. J. 21, 2:

    jussis Carmina coepta tuis,

    Verg. E. 8, 12; so,

    coepti fiducia belli,

    id. A. 2, 162; Liv. 35, 23, 1:

    amor,

    Ov. H. 17, 189:

    iter,

    id. F. 1, 188:

    arma,

    Tac. H. 2, 6; 4, 61:

    coeptam deinde omissam actionem repetere,

    id. ib. 4,44:

    dies,

    id. A. 4, 25 (cf. infra II.):

    luce,

    id. ib. 1, 65;

    15, 55: nocte,

    id. ib. 2, 13:

    hieme,

    id. ib. 12, 31. —Hence, subst.: coeptum, i, n., a work begun, a beginning, undertaking (most freq. after the Aug. per. and in the plur.; perh. never in Cic.;

    also not in Hor.): ut repetam coeptum pertexere dictis,

    Lucr. 1, 418:

    nec taedia coepti Ulla mei capiam,

    Ov. M. 9, 616:

    coepti paenitentia,

    Quint. 12, 5, 3; Suet. Oth. 5:

    manus ultima coepto Defuit,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 555: ne audaci coepto deessent; Liv. 42, 59, 7; cf. Verg. G. 1, 40:

    feroci,

    Sil. 11, 202.—With adv.:

    bene coepto,

    Liv. 45, 15, 7:

    bene coepta,

    Vell. 2, 14; and:

    temere coepta,

    Liv. 36, 15, 2.— Plur.:

    coeptis meis,

    Ov. M. 1, 2:

    nostris,

    id. ib. 9, 486:

    immanibus,

    Verg. A. 4, 642 al. —Without adj., Ov. M. 8, 67; 8, 463; Liv. 23, 35, 16; 23, 41, 4; 24, 13, 4; Tac. H. 2, 85; 3, 52; Suet. Ner. 34; id. Vesp. 6 et saep.—
    II.
    Neutr., to begin, take a beginning, commence, originate, arise (most freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): neve inde navis incohandae exordium coepisset, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 282 Vahl.):

    sic odium coepit glandis,

    Lucr. 5, 1416:

    post, ubi silentium coepit... verba facit, etc.,

    Sall. J. 33, 4:

    cum primum deditio coepit,

    id. ib. 62, 7:

    ubi dies coepit,

    id. ib. 91, 4 (cf. supra, I. 2. d):

    vere coepturo,

    Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98:

    postquam apud Cadmiam pugna coepit,

    Nep. Epam. 10, 3; so,

    pugna,

    Liv. 2, 6, 10; Quint. 2, 4, 42; 9, 4, 50; cf. id. 9, 4, 55:

    quando coeperit haec ars,

    id. 2, 17, 8:

    obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    Tac. A. 4, 49:

    a quo jurgium coepit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 72; so with ab, Tac. H. 2, 47; and with ex, id. A. 15, 54 and 68; cf.:

    quibus, uti mihi, ex virtute nobilitas coepit,

    Sall. J. 85, 17.

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  • 6 obses

        obses idis （ gen plur. obsidum, rarely obsidium, Cs., L.), m and f    [SED-], a hostage: obsides uti inter sese dent, exchange, Cs.: Cretensibus obsides imperavit: multi Romanis dediti obsides, S.: alqm obsidem retinere, as a hostage, N.: Me acceptā Obside, O.—A surety, security, guaranty, assurance, bail, pledge: se eius rei obsidem fore, will answer for it, N.: (nuptiarum) obsides filios accipere: coniugii, O.: obsidem enim se animum eius habere, L.: obsides dedit se nullā in re Verri similem futurum, gave no guaranty: hanc condemnationem dederat obsidem Balbo, ut, etc.
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    hostage; pledge, security

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  • 7 obsidiālis

        obsidiālis e, adj.    [obsidium], of a siege: graminea corona, for raising a siege, L.
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    obsidialis, obsidiale ADJ
    of/connected with siege/blockade

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  • 8 exsolvo

    ex-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 ( per diaeresin exsolŭātur, Lucr. 1, 811:

    exsolŭïsse,

    Ov. F. 4, 534; cf. solvo, init.), v. a., to loose, unloose, to unbind, untie, undo (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nexus,

    Lucr. 1, 220: Am. Agedum, eam solve cistulam. So. Quid ego istam exsolvam? undo, unseal, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 152:

    properans exsolvi restim,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 37:

    catenas Caecinae,

    Tac. H. 3, 31:

    vincula,

    id. A. 3, 33; id. H. 3, 12:

    pugionem a latere,

    to ungird, id. H. 3, 68:

    venas praebere exsolvendas,

    to be opened, id. A. 4, 22; 11, 3; 16, 17:

    brachia ferro eodem ictu,

    id. ib. 15, 63:

    amictus,

    to pull off, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53:

    venenum exsoluta alvo transmisit,

    i. e. in a flux, diarrhœa, Tac. A. 13, 15.—Of an inanimate subject:

    (ignis) exsolvit glaciem,

    dissolves, melts, Lucr. 6, 878.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To set loose, release, deliver, free (mostly poet.):

    aliquem vinclis,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 10; so,

    exsolutus vinculis,

    Suet. Ner. 49:

    jube sis me exsolvi cito,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 16 sq.:

    sese e nervis (animae),

    Lucr. 3, 696; cf. id. 1, 811:

    se paulatim corpore (said of one dying),

    Verg. A. 11, 829:

    quo (sanguine),

    Tac. H. 5, 6.—
    2.
    In mercant. lang. (qs. to free from obligation, v. solvo, to discharge, pay a debt): nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve (for which, shortly after: hoc quod debeo plane expedias et solutum relinquas), Cic. Att. 16, 6, 3:

    aes alienum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 2:

    pretium,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

    multiplicem sortem,

    Liv. 6, 14, 7:

    dotem uxori,

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 56:

    legata,

    Tac. A. 1, 36 fin. et saep. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to throw off, lay aside, rid one's self of a thing:

    legis nexus,

    Tac. A. 3, 28 fin.:

    metus,

    i. e. to lay aside, Luc. 5, 259:

    pudorem,

    Stat. Ach. 1, 565:

    robur peditum ad exsolvendum obsidium ducit,

    i. e. to raise, Tac. A. 3, 39.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To release, free from any thing:

    animum artis nodis religionum,

    Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:

    animos religione,

    Liv. 8, 9, 13:

    populum religione,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    se occupationibus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 5:

    aliquem errore, suspicione,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

    aliquem aere alieno,

    Liv. 6, 14, 11:

    curis,

    Verg. A. 4, 652:

    sollicitudine,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 11:

    contumeliā,

    Tac. A. 13, 36:

    poenā,

    id. ib. 14, 12:

    custode,

    id. ib. 12, 46 et saep.—
    2.
    To discharge, pay a debt or an obligation:

    de tertio genere se scripsit dicturum, nec exsolvit quod promiserat,

    but did not keep his promise, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    vota (deo),

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 67; Liv. 21, 21, 9 (opp. se obligare):

    jus jurandum,

    id. 24, 18, 5:

    fidem,

    to fulfil one's promise, id. 26, 31, 10:

    praemia, poenas alicui,

    to award, id. 26, 40, 15:

    gratiam recte factis, alicujus,

    id. 28, 25, 6; cf.

    grates,

    to render, give, Tac. A. 14, 13:

    beneficia,

    to repay, requite, id. ib. 11, 18; cf.:

    vicem beneficio,

    id. H. 4, 3:

    poenas morte,

    to suffer, id. A. 1, 10; cf. Vell. 2, 88 fin. —
    3.
    To solve, explain any thing enigmatical or obscure:

    perfacile est parili ratione exsolvere nobis, quare, etc.,

    Lucr. 2, 381.

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  • 9 incessus

    incessus, ūs, m. [incedo], a going, walking, pace, gait.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    status, incessus, sessio, accubitio, vultus, oculi, manuum motus teneant illud decorum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; cf. id. Or. 18, 59:

    citus modo, modo tardus,

    Sall. C. 15, 8:

    fractus,

    effeminate, unmanly, Quint. 5, 9, 14; cf.:

    in incessu mollior,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 306:

    incessus Seplasia dignus,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    erectus,

    Tac. H. 1, 53:

    omnibus animalibus certus et uniusmodi incessus est,

    Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

    vera incessu patuit dea,

    Verg. A. 1, 405:

    incessum fingere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77; id. Cael. 20, 49:

    qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur,

    Juv. 2, 17:

    tot hominum jumentorumque incessu dilapsa est (nix),

    the tread, trampling, Liv. 21, 36, 6:

    pulvis velut ingentis agminis incessu motus apparuit,

    id. 10, 41, 5.—Of a threatening approach (cf. B. infra):

    sacerdotes eorum facibus ardentibus anguibusque praelatis incessu furiali militem Romanum insueta turbaverunt specie,

    Liv. 7, 17, 3.—In plur., Ov. M. 11, 636 —
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to incedo, I. B.), a hostile irruption, invasion, attack (very rare, except in Tacitus):

    Parthorum,

    Tac. A. 12, 50:

    primo incessu solvit obsidium,

    id. ib. 4, 24; 2, 55; 3, 74. —
    * II.
    Transf., concr., an entrance, approach:

    incessus hostis claudere,

    Tac. A. 6, 33.

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  • 10 obses

    obses (old orthogr. opses, in the first Epit. of the Scipios; v. infra; Inscr. Spec. Epigr. p. 5, 11 Jahn), ĭdis ( gen. plur. obsidium, Caes. B. G. 5, 27; 6, 9; Liv. 2, 13, 97), m. and f. [ob-sedeo].
    I.
    Lit., a hostage:

    OPSIDES ABDOVCIT, first Epit. of the Scipios: ut obsides accipere, non dare consueverint,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Liv. 34, 35:

    obsides alicui imperare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    dedere,

    Sall. J. 54, 6:

    retinere aliquem obsidem,

    as a hostage, Nep. Them. 7, 2.— Fem.:

    me tamen acceptā poterat deponere bellum Obside,

    Ov. M. 8, 48:

    obsides, qui Porsenae mittebantur,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    inter se dare,

    to exchange, Caes. B. G. 1, 9.— [p. 1243]
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a surety, security, bail, pledge (syn.:

    sponsor, vindex, vas, praes): Phocion se ejus rei obsidem fore, pollicitus est,

    to be surety, to answer for it, Nep. Phoc. 2, 4:

    accipere aliquem obsidem nuptiarum,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 188:

    conjugii,

    Ov. H. 2, 34:

    rei,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 4: dare obsides, with a foll. acc. and inf., to give a surety or guarantee:

    tantum modo oratoribus Metellus obsides non dedit, se nullā in re Verri similem futurum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 124.—Also of inanim. subjects:

    habemus a C. Caesare sententiam tamquam obsidem perpetuae in rem publicam voluntatis,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; id. Cael. 32, 78; id. Clu. 30, 83; Quint. 12, 7, 3:

    obsidem enim se animum ejus habere,

    Liv. 39, 47.

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  • 11 obsidialis

    obsĭdĭālis, e, adj. [obsidium], of or for besieging, siege-: admotis obsidialibus machinamentis (al. obsidionalibus), Auct. Itin. Alex. 47 Mai.

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  • 12 obsidior

    obsĭdĭor, āri, v. dep. [obsidium], to lie in wait for, to waylay one (perh. only postAug.):

    alicui,

    Col. 9, 14, 10.—(In Cic. Scaur. p. 40, instead of obsidietur, Mai. more correctly reads obsaepiatur; v. obsaepio.)

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  • 13 opses

    obses (old orthogr. opses, in the first Epit. of the Scipios; v. infra; Inscr. Spec. Epigr. p. 5, 11 Jahn), ĭdis ( gen. plur. obsidium, Caes. B. G. 5, 27; 6, 9; Liv. 2, 13, 97), m. and f. [ob-sedeo].
    I.
    Lit., a hostage:

    OPSIDES ABDOVCIT, first Epit. of the Scipios: ut obsides accipere, non dare consueverint,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Liv. 34, 35:

    obsides alicui imperare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    dedere,

    Sall. J. 54, 6:

    retinere aliquem obsidem,

    as a hostage, Nep. Them. 7, 2.— Fem.:

    me tamen acceptā poterat deponere bellum Obside,

    Ov. M. 8, 48:

    obsides, qui Porsenae mittebantur,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    inter se dare,

    to exchange, Caes. B. G. 1, 9.— [p. 1243]
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a surety, security, bail, pledge (syn.:

    sponsor, vindex, vas, praes): Phocion se ejus rei obsidem fore, pollicitus est,

    to be surety, to answer for it, Nep. Phoc. 2, 4:

    accipere aliquem obsidem nuptiarum,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 188:

    conjugii,

    Ov. H. 2, 34:

    rei,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 4: dare obsides, with a foll. acc. and inf., to give a surety or guarantee:

    tantum modo oratoribus Metellus obsides non dedit, se nullā in re Verri similem futurum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 124.—Also of inanim. subjects:

    habemus a C. Caesare sententiam tamquam obsidem perpetuae in rem publicam voluntatis,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9; id. Cael. 32, 78; id. Clu. 30, 83; Quint. 12, 7, 3:

    obsidem enim se animum ejus habere,

    Liv. 39, 47.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > opses

  • 14 praesidium

    praesĭdĭum, ii, n. [praeses].
    I.
    Lit., a presiding over; hence, defence, protection, help, aid, assistance; esp. of soldiers who are to serve as a guard, garrison, escort, or convoy:

    proficisci praesidio suis,

    Nep. Ages. 3:

    praesidio esse alicui,

    id. ib. 7: Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    hanc sibi rem praesidio sperant futuram,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 167:

    tectus praesidio firmo amicorum,

    id. Sull. 18, 51:

    absque me foret et meo praesidio, etc.,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 61:

    ut meae stultitiae in justitiā tuā sit aliquid praesidii,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 33:

    in tutelā ac praesidio bellicae virtutis,

    Cic. Mur. 10, 22:

    Veneris praesidio ferox,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 13.—Esp. of soldiers acting as a guard, convoy, escort:

    legiones, quae praesidio impedimentis erant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    regale,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That which aids, defends, or protects, defence, assistance, protection:

    ad hoc ipsum judicium cum praesidio venit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13:

    armatorum,

    id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; cf.:

    O et praesidium,

    protector, Hor. C. 1, 1, 2:

    quantum praesidium perdis,

    Verg. A. 11, 58.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., those who by their presence protect a place, a camp, or a supply of arms or provisions, a guard, garrison, convoy, escort, troops, soldiers, etc.:

    praesidium est dictum, quia extra castra praesidebant loco aliquo, quo tutior regio esset,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.:

    occupatoque oppido, ibi praesidium collocat,

    garrison, Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    (turres) praesidiis firmare,

    with a garrison, with troops, Sall. J. 23, 1:

    quam (Italiam) praesidiis confirmaretis,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

    obsidere atque occupare,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 75:

    ex oppido educere,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 13:

    dimittere,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 3:

    oppido imponere,

    Liv. 24, 7:

    praesidium dedit, ut eo tuto perveniret,

    an escort, Nep. Ep. 4, 5:

    praesidium ex arce expellere,

    a garrison, id. ib. 10, 3:

    praesidium ex regionibus depellere,

    id. Paus. 2, 1:

    praesidia interficere,

    troops, id. Milt. 4, 1:

    praesidia custodiasque disponere,

    posts, pickets, Caes. B. G. 7, 55:

    Italia tota armis praesidiisque tenetur,

    troops, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1:

    praesidia deducere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

    galeatum ponit ubique Praesidium,

    Juv. 8, 239.—
    B.
    Any place occupied by troops, as a hill, a camp, etc.; a post, station, intrenchment, fortification, camp:

    qui propter metum praesidium relinquit,

    leaves his post, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17:

    praesidio decedere,

    Liv. 4, 29:

    procul in praesidio esse,

    Nep. Timol. 1, 4:

    praesidium occupare et munire,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    cohortes ex proximis praesidiis deductae,

    id. B. G. 7, 87:

    milites in praesidiis disponere,

    id. ib. 7, 34:

    in praesidiis esse,

    in the camp, with the army, Cic. Lig. 9, 28:

    in adversariorum praesidiis,

    id. Rosc. Am. 43, 126:

    posito castello super vestigia paterni praesidii,

    fort, Tac. A. 1, 56:

    obsidium coepit per praesidia,

    redoubts, id. ib. 4, 49.— Trop.:

    de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

    Cic. Sen. 26, 73.—
    C.
    In gen., aid, help, assistance of any kind, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 45:

    quod satis esset praesidii, dedit,

    every thing needful for his support and safety, Nep. Them. 8, 5:

    quaerere sibi praesidia periculis, et adjumenta honoribus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 24, 70:

    magnum sibi praesidium ad beatam vitam comparare,

    id. Tusc. 2, 1, 2:

    omnibus vel naturae, vel doctrinae praesidiis ad dicendum parati,

    id. de Or. 1, 9, 38:

    me biremis praesidio scaphae tutum aura feret,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 62:

    ad praesidium aquae calidae decurritur,

    Col. 12, 50:

    praesidia afferre navem factura minorem,

    Juv. 12, 56.— Trop., defence, protection, help:

    fortissimum praesidium pudoris,

    Cic. Sull. 28, 77:

    insigne maestis praesidium reis,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 13:

    si qua aliunde putas rerum exspectanda tuarum, Praesidia,

    Juv. 7, 23.—
    2.
    In partic., a remedy against diseases:

    aurium morbis praesidium est,

    Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 90:

    contra serpentes praesidio esse,

    id. 28, 4, 7, § 35.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praesidium

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