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].

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]

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.

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].

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]

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.