hostage Copy link • hostage: obses, ĭdis, c.: to give or receive h.s, obsides dare, accipere, Caes.: to levy h.s of any one, obs. alicui imperare, Cic. Manil. 12, extr.: to exchange h.s, obs. inter se dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 9: to give h.s as security for money, obsidibus de pecunia cavere, Caes. B. G. 6, 2.