. "In gen., a siege, investment, blockade : obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from : obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege : liberare obsidionem, to raise the siege ; cf. obsidium fin." . "In gen., a siege, investment, blockade : obsidione eximere, to free or relcase from : obsidionem solvere, to put an end to a siege : liberare obsidionem, to raise the siege ; cf. obsidium fin." . .