English → Latin
“sit” in Latin
sedeōto sit, to be seated; to sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside; to keep the field, remaihaereōto stick, stick fast; cling; cleave; adhere; hang, hang on or to; hold fast, be fastened; hang on; be caught; take root;persedeōto remain sitting; stay longīnsideōto sit down, in or upon; to be seated or rest in or upon; to be fixed or stamped in; adhere to; to be situated upon, staaccubōto lie or recline by, with, on or near something; relax; to recline at a meal or dinner, on a Roman lectus; (absolutely)sēdēsseat, chair; place, residence, settlement, habitation, abode
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sit
PROP., sedere. To sit long, persedere: to sit at or near anything, assidere alicui rei (Cic.): to sit on a horse, in equo sedere (Cic.); insidere (Liv.); haerere (C, to sit firmly): to sit at table, accubare, accumbere in convivio (in the Roman sense): to sit still, quietum sedere; se non movere loco: to sit in the Senate, or on a bench (of magistrates), sedere: sedem or locum habere in senatu, in judicio.
Figuratively, sedere, haerere (to be at rest, or to remain long in a place): to sit closely at or long over anything, occupatum esse aliqua re; assidue, studiose tractare aliquid: to sit before a place (of besiegers), ad urbem sedere: to sit upon eggs, iucubare ovis or ova; fovere ova: to sit apart, in different places, non una sedere (Vid: Cic., Mil., 20, 54. ☞ Dissidere is not found in this sense). To sit out a play, *fabulam ad finem usque spectare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sit?
- The usual Latin words for “sit” are sedeō, haereō, persedeō; also īnsideō, accubō, sēdēs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.