obsido
μηδέ μοι ἄκλαυστος θάνατος μόλοι, ἀλλὰ φίλοισι καλλείποιμι θανὼν ἄλγεα καὶ στοναχάς → may death not come to me without tears, but when I die may I leave my friends with sorrow and lamentation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-sīdo: ĕre,
I v. a., to beset, invest, besiege, blockade (mostly poet.): ne auriculam obsidat caries, ne vermiculique, Lucil. ap. Non. 21, 25: vias oculorum, Lucr. 4, 351: certas partes, id. 4, 1092: pontem, Sall. C. 45, 2 Kritz N. cr.: portas, Verg. A. 9, 159: Italos fines, to occupy, take possession of, id. ib. 7, 334: praedator cupit immensos obsidere campos, Tib. 2, 3, 41: Troica moenia, Cat. 64, 345.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obsīdō,¹³ sēdī, sessum, ĕre, tr., mettre le siège devant, assiéger : Lucr. 4, 351 ; Sall. C. 45, 2 ; Virg. En. 9, 159 || [fig.] occuper, envahir : Tib. 2, 3, 41.
