LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

per-sīdo

Meaning

  1. to sink

per-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3, v. n.,
I. to sink or settle down, to penetrate anywhere (poet.): pestilitas fruges persidit in ipsas, Lucr. 6, 1126; 1, 307: ubi frigidus imber Altius ad vivum persedit, Verg. G. 3, 442.

Quick answers

What does per-sīdo mean in Latin?
per-sīdo, a verb, means “to sink”.