obses

Latin

Alternative forms

• opses

Etymology

From ob (“in front of”) +‎ sedeō (“sit”) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔp.sɛs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔb.ses]

Noun

obses m or f (genitive obsidis); third declension

1. a hostage
2. (figuratively) a security, pledge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	obses	obsidēs
genitive	obsidis	obsidum
dative	obsidī	obsidibus
accusative	obsidem	obsidēs
ablative	obside	obsidibus
vocative	obses	obsidēs

Related terms

• obsideō
• obsidium

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: ostatico
• → Old Polish: obsiadły (calque)

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, 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