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.
blockade (v.) Copy link Outline 1. obsĭdĕo, sēdi, sessum, 22. obsīdo, 3 (obsido refers to the taking up of the position; obsideo to the holding of it)3. circumvallo, 1 (to surround with entrenchments)4. claudo, clausi, clausum, 3 • blockade (v.): 1. obsĭdĕo, sēdi, sessum, 2: armed men b.d all the approaches, omnes aditus armati obsidebant, Cic.: to b. a city, urbem ob., Liv.: Caes. 2. obsīdo, 3 (obsido refers to the taking up of the position; obsideo to the holding of it): to b. a bridge, pontem ob., Sall.: to b. the gates, portas ob., Virg. 3. circumvallo, 1 (to surround with entrenchments): Pompey was b.d, circumvallatus est Pompeius, Cic. 4. claudo, clausi, clausum, 3: they b. Capua with siege-works, Capuam operibus claudunt, Liv.: Virg.: v. to besiege.
BLOCKADE Copy link • BLOCKADE 1. conclusio, obsidio. To raise the blockade of a town, urbe abscedere, obsidione urbis desistere. To deliver from a blockade, obsidione liberare or solvere. 2. v. obsidere, circum sedere, obsidionem (urbi) inferre, in obsidione tenere, obsidione claudere, operibus cingere.
Blockade Copy link Blockade, obsidio (die Belagerung, s. das. das Nähere). custodiae maritimae (Bewachung von der Seeseite, z. B. die B. aufgeben, aufheben, de custodiis maritimis remittere).