LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

persedeō

persedeō (present infinitive persedēre, perfect active persēdī)
Classical[pɛrˈsɛ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[perˈsɛː.de.o]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto remain sitting; stay long

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.persedeōpersedēbampersedēbōpersēdīpersēderampersēderō
2nd sg.persedēspersedēbāspersedēbispersēdistīpersēderāspersēderis
3rd sg.persedetpersedēbatpersedēbitpersēditpersēderatpersēderit
1st pl.persedēmuspersedēbāmuspersedēbimuspersēdimuspersēderāmuspersēderimus
2nd pl.persedētispersedēbātispersedēbitispersēdistispersēderātispersēderitis
3rd pl.persedentpersedēbantpersedēbuntpersēdērunt
persēdēre
persēderantpersēderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.persedeampersedērempersēderimpersēdissem
2nd sg.persedeāspersedērēspersēderīspersēdissēs
3rd sg.persedeatpersedēretpersēderitpersēdisset
1st pl.persedeāmuspersedērēmuspersēderīmuspersēdissēmus
2nd pl.persedeātispersedērētispersēderītispersēdissētis
3rd pl.persedeantpersedērentpersēderintpersēdissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.persedē—
pres. 2nd pl.persedēte—
fut. 2nd sg.persedētō—
fut. 3rd sg.persedētō—
fut. 2nd pl.persedētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.persedentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepersedēre—
perfect infinitivepersēdisse—
present participlepersedēns—
gerundpersedendī, persedendō, persedendum

per-sĕdĕo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n.,
I. to remain sitting, to sit or stay long anywhere (not in Cic. or Cæs.): at neque quo pacto persederit umor aquai Visumst, Lucr. 1, 307: totā nocte in speculis, Curt. 9, 9, 23: in equo dies noctesque persedendo, Liv. 45, 39: qui multis apud philosophum annis persederint, Sen. Ep. 108, 5: etiam meridie, Suet. Claud. 34.—
II. Transf., of frost: pruinae perniciosior natura, quoniam lapsa persidet gelatque, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- 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 persedeō From per- + sedeō (“sit”).

Quick answers

What does persedeō mean in Latin?
persedeō, a verb, means “to remain sitting; stay long”.
What are the principal parts of persedeō?
persedeō, persedēre, persēdī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce persedeō?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈsɛ.de.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈsɛː.de.o].