verbsecond conjugation, no passive
assideō
assideō (present infinitive assidēre, perfect active assēdī, supine assessum)
Classical[asˈsɪ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[asˈsiː.de.o]
Meaning
- to sit by or near someone or something
- to be or stand by one's side
- to take care of, attend upon or to
- figurativelyto station oneself before, be encamped before or sit down before (something); besiege, blockade
- figurativelywith dativeto be like, resemble
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | assideō | assidēbam | assidēbō | assēdī | assēderam | assēderō |
| 2nd sg. | assidēs | assidēbās | assidēbis | assēdistī | assēderās | assēderis |
| 3rd sg. | assidet | assidēbat | assidēbit | assēdit | assēderat | assēderit |
| 1st pl. | assidēmus | assidēbāmus | assidēbimus | assēdimus | assēderāmus | assēderimus |
| 2nd pl. | assidētis | assidēbātis | assidēbitis | assēdistis | assēderātis | assēderitis |
| 3rd pl. | assident | assidēbant | assidēbunt | assēdērunt assēdēre | assēderant | assēderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | assideam | assidērem | assēderim | assēdissem |
| 2nd sg. | assideās | assidērēs | assēderīs | assēdissēs |
| 3rd sg. | assideat | assidēret | assēderit | assēdisset |
| 1st pl. | assideāmus | assidērēmus | assēderīmus | assēdissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | assideātis | assidērētis | assēderītis | assēdissētis |
| 3rd pl. | assideant | assidērent | assēderint | assēdissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | assidē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | assidēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | assidētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | assidētō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | assidētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | assidentō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | assidēre | — |
| perfect infinitive | assēdisse | — |
| future infinitive | assessūrum esse | — |
| present participle | assidēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | assessa assessā, assessae, assessam, assessārum, assessās, assesse, assessī, assessīs, assessō, assessōrum, assessōs, assessus |
| future participle | assessūrus assessūra, assessūrā, assessūrae, assessūram, assessūrārum, assessūrās, assessūre, assessūrī, assessūrīs, assessūrō, assessūrōrum, assessūrōs, assessūrum | — |
gerundassidendī, assidendō, assidendumsupineassessum, assessū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- assidēre aegroto (Liv. 25. 26)
- to watch by a sick man's bedside.
as-sĭdĕo (ads-, Fleck., Kayser, Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; both, K. and H.), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. sedeo,
I. to sit by or near a person or thing (syn. assido).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
qui apud carbones adsident, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 48: in Tiburti forte adsedimus ego et Marcus filius, Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224: non adsidens et attente audiens, id. Brut. 55, 200.—B. Esp.
1. To sit, stand, or be at one's side, as attendant, aid, protector; absol. or with dat.:
cum lacrimans in carcere mater noctes diesque adsideret, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43: principes Macedoniae hujus (Plancii) periculo commoti huic adsident, pro hoc laborant, id. Planc. 11 fin.: cum Pompeius P. Lentulo consuli frequens adsideret, id. Pis. 32, 80: qui (nobilium adulescentes) ibi adsidebant, Liv. 9, 46, 9: Ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis Serpentium adlapsus timet, Hor. Epod. 1, 19: adsidens foribus, Vulg. Sap. 6, 15; ib. 1 Macc. 11, 40; ib. Act. 26, 30.—Hence, in judic. lang., t. t., to aid, assist one in the office of judge, to be an assessor (cf. assessor): rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus, Tac. A. 2, 57; Dig. 1, 22, 2; 1, 22, 3; 1, 22, 6 al.—2. Of the sick, to attend upon, take care of:
adsidet aegrae, Ov. H. 20, 137: Adsidet una soror, Prop. 5, 3, 41: si alius casus lecto te adflixit, habes qui Adsideat, fomenta paret, medicum roget, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 82; Plin. Ep. 7, 19: adsidente amantissimā uxore, Tac. Agr. 45: adsidere valetudini, id. ib. —3. To be busily, assiduously engaged about a thing:
litteris, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 19: gubernaculis, to attend to, to mind, id. Pan. 81 fin.—II. Transf.
A. Of a place, to station one's self before; and more freq. in a hostile sense, to be encamped before, sit down before, besiege, blockade; constr. with dat. or acc.; also pass.:
adsidere sepultae urbis ruinis, Tac. H. 3, 35: prope moenia Romana adsidere, Liv. 26, 22: moenibus adsidet hostis, Verg. Cir. 267; Liv. 23, 19; 21, 25; Curt. 4, 3; Tac. H. 2, 22 al.: cum muros adsidet hostis, Verg. A. 11, 304: adsidendo castellum, Tac. A. 6, 43: arces, Sil. 9, 623: adsidebat oppugnabatque oppidum, Gell. 7, 1, 8: Amisumque adsideri audiebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P. (IV. 8 Gerl.): adsessos Capuae muros, Sil. 12, 453.—* B. Poet., to be near one in qualities, i. e. to be like, to resemble (in prose, instead of it, accedo;
opp. dissideo, q. v.): parcus Adsidet insano, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14 (sedet stulto proximus eique simillimus est, Crucq.; cf. in Gr. ἐγγὺς εἶναί τινι.—Acc. to Schmid the figure is drawn from the sitting together of similar classes in the theatre).Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinassideō
Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”).
Italo-Romance
- Italianassedere
- Italianassidere
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanasseure
- Gasconasseder
- Gasconassedre
- Gasconasseser
- Gasconasseider
- Languedocienasseire
- Vivaro-Alpineasseire
Gallo-Italic
- Old Ligurianasseir
Northern Gallo-Romance;
- Old Frenchasseoir
In English words that came into English from assideō
- sizeassideō
- assessorassessor
- assessassessare
- assiduousassiduus
- assizeassidere
- assiduityassiduitas
- assidentassideō