assediato

assediato

Italian

Etymology

Past participle of assediare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.seˈdja.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: as‧se‧dià‧to

Participle

assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)

1. past participle of assediare

Adjective

assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)

1. besieged

   Antonym: assediante

Noun

assediato m (plural assediati, feminine assediata)

1. (chiefly in the plural) a person under siege

   Antonyms: assediante, (uncommon) assediatore

   • 13^th c., Bono Giamboni, “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri. Cap. 22. [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows - Chapter 22]”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War]‎, translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 166:

     Contra le dette cose usato è di difendere gli assediati co' balestri, e gli onagri, e gli scorpioni […]

     Against the aforementioned things, those under siege usually defend themselves with crossbows, and onagers, and scorpions […]

Related terms

• assediante
• assediare
• assedio

Anagrams

• assodiate