- obsidatus
obsidātus, ūs, m. (obses), die Geiselschaft, Amm. 16, 12, 25 u. 18, 6, 20. Schol. Iuven. 2, 164.
http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913. 1806–1895.
obsidatus
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