obsidum

obsidum is a Latin form of obses, meaning “hostage”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.2.5: Accedebat quod suos ab se liberos abstractos obsidum nomine dolebant, et Romanos non solum itinerum causa sed etiam perpetuae possessionis culmina Alpium occupare conari et ea loca finitimae provinciae adiungere sibi persuasum habebant.

All forms of obses (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.