Latin

Alternative forms

• opses

Noun

obses c ‎(genitive obsidis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obses”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to give hostages: obsides dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to compel communities to provide hostages: obsides civitatibus imperare