Definition of obsessor
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1.
LNS
obsessor, obsessōris
obsideo
noun (m., 3rd declension)
  1. one who sits, stays, abides
  2. a frequenter, haunter
  3. a besieger, invester, blockader
Abbreviations
obsessor, ōris, m. id., one who sits, stays, abides in a place; a frequenter, haunter. In gen. (only ante-class. and poet.): hoc ego fui hodie solus obsessor fori, sai in the forum alone, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 18: vivarum aquarum (of a water-snake), Ov. F. 2, 259.

— In partic., milit., a besieger, invester, blockader: obsessor curiae, Cic. Dom. 5, 13: Luceriae, Liv. 9, 15, 3: plus pavoris obsessis quam obsessoribus intulit, Tac. H. 3, 73.
 
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