blockade (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. obsĭdĭo2. obsessio3. obsĭdĭum • blockade (subs.): 1. obsĭdĭo: to take cities partly by storm, partly by b., partim vi, partim obsidione urbes capere, Cic.: to maintain the b. of anyone, aliquem in obsidione habere, Caes.: to abandon a b., ob. omittere, Tac.: to raise (i. e. relieve) a b., ob. solvere, Liv.: to undergo a b. for ten years, annis decem in obsidione teneri, Tac. 2. obsessio: to abandon a b., obsessionem omittere, Caes.: Suet. (But obsessio is rather the act of blockading; obsidio the blockade itself). 3. obsĭdĭum: Pl.: Tac.: v. siege.