assediato

Italian

Etymology

Past participle of assediare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.seˈdja.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: as‧se‧dià‧to

Participle

assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)

1. past participle of assediare

Adjective

assediato (feminine assediata, masculine plural assediati, feminine plural assediate)

1. besieged

   Antonym: assediante

   • 1358–1361 [578–595], Zanobi da Strada, transl., Morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe [Morals of pontiff St. Gregory the Great on the Book of Job] (Biblical commentary), translation of Mōrālia in Iōb by Gregorius Anicius (in Late Latin); republished as “Libro XXXI [Book 31]”, in I morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe volgarizzati da Zanobi da Strata‎^[1], volume 4, Rome: Rocco Bernabò, 1730, section 24, page 357:

     E pertanto il fortiſſimo cavaliere fugge del luogo aſſediato per poter combatter meglio nel largo campo.

     [E pertanto il fortissimo cavaliere fugge del luogo assediato per poter combatter meglio nel largo campo.]

     And so the strong knight flees the besieged place, in order to be able to better fight in the open field.

Noun

assediato m (plural assediati, feminine assediata)

1. (chiefly in the plural) one who is experiencing a siege, one who is besieged

   Antonyms: assediante, (uncommon) assediatore

   • mid 13^th century–a. 1292 [5^th century CE], “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows]” (chapter 22), in Bono Giamboni, transl., Dell'arte della guerra [On the art of war], translation of Epitoma reī mīlitāris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (in Late Latin); republished as Dell'arte della guerra libri IV‎^[2], Florence: Giovanni Marenigh, 1815, page 166:

     Contra le dette cose usato è di difendere gli assediati co' balestri, e gli onagri, e gli scorpioni […]

     [original: Adversum haec obsessōs dēfendere cōnsuēvērunt ballistae, onagrī, scorpiōnēs]

     The besieged are usually defended by the above with crossbows, onagers, scorpions

     (literally, “Against the said things it is used to defend the besieged with the crossbows, and the onagers, and the scorpions”)

Related terms

• assediante
• assediare
• assedio

Anagrams

• assodiate