obses
Latin
Alternative forms
- opses
Etymology
From ob (“in front of”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ses/, [ˈɔps̠ɛs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈob.ses/, [ˈɔbses]
Noun
obses m or f (genitive obsidis); third declension
- a hostage
- (figuratively) a security, pledge
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | obses | obsidēs |
| Genitive | obsidis | obsidum |
| Dative | obsidī | obsidibus |
| Accusative | obsidem | obsidēs |
| Ablative | obside | obsidibus |
| Vocative | obses | obsidēs |
Related terms
- obsideō
- obsidium
References
- “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obses”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obses in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- obses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare
- (ambiguous) to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare
- (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare