assediato

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Past participle of assediare.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Participle[edit]

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

  1. past participle of assediare

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. besieged
    Antonym: assediante

Noun[edit]

assediato m (plural assediati, feminine assediata)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) a person under siege
    Antonyms: assediante, (uncommon) assediatore
    • 13th c., Bono Giamboni, “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri. Cap. 22. [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows - Chapter 22]”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War]‎[1], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 166:
      Contra le dette cose usato è di difendere gli assediati co' balestri, e gli onagri, e gli scorpioni […]
      Against the aforementioned things, those under siege usually defend themselves with crossbows, and onagers, and scorpions […]

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