absedium
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of Latin obsidium.
Noun
absedium n (genitive absediī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) siege
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | absedium | absedia |
Genitive | absediī absedī1 | absediōrum |
Dative | absediō | absediīs |
Accusative | absedium | absedia |
Ablative | absediō | absediīs |
Vocative | absedium | absedia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → Old Portuguese:
- Galician: asedio
- Portuguese: assédio
References
- absedium 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)