LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

resīdō

resīdō (present infinitive resīdere, perfect active resēdī, supine resessum)
Classical[rɛˈsiː.doː]Ecclesiastical[reˈs̬iː.do]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto sit, to settle in a place
  2. intransitiveto abate, to subside

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

subsides
resīdit — in Seneca, ch. XVII

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.resīdōresīdēbamresīdamresēdīresēderamresēderō
2nd sg.resīdisresīdēbāsresīdēsresēdistīresēderāsresēderis
3rd sg.resīditresīdēbatresīdetresēditresēderatresēderit
1st pl.resīdimusresīdēbāmusresīdēmusresēdimusresēderāmusresēderimus
2nd pl.resīditisresīdēbātisresīdētisresēdistisresēderātisresēderitis
3rd pl.resīduntresīdēbantresīdentresēdērunt
resēdēre
resēderantresēderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.resīdamresīderemresēderimresēdissem
2nd sg.resīdāsresīderēsresēderīsresēdissēs
3rd sg.resīdatresīderetresēderitresēdisset
1st pl.resīdāmusresīderēmusresēderīmusresēdissēmus
2nd pl.resīdātisresīderētisresēderītisresēdissētis
3rd pl.resīdantresīderentresēderintresēdissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.resīde—
pres. 2nd pl.resīdite—
fut. 2nd sg.resīditō—
fut. 3rd sg.resīditō—
fut. 2nd pl.resīditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.resīduntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveresīdere—
perfect infinitiveresēdisse—
future infinitiveresessūrum esse—
present participleresīdēns—
future participleresessūrus—
gerundresīdendī, resīdendō, resīdendumsupineresessum, resessū

rĕ-sīdo, sēdi (in some MSS. also rĕsīdi), 3, v. n.,
I. to sit down, to settle anywhere (class.).
I. Lit.: residamus, si placet, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9 Madv. N. cr.: in ripă inambulantes, tum vero residentes, id. Leg. 1, 5, 15: (aves) plurimum volant ... cetera genera residunt et insistunt, Plin. 10, 39, 55, § 114: mediis residunt Aedibus, Verg. A. 8, 467: Siculis arvis, id. ib. 5, 702: residunt In partem, quae peste caret, id. ib. 9, 539: loci amoenitate captos in iisdem terris cum virgine resedisse, Just. 13, 7, 8. — Poet.: jam jam residunt cruribus asperae Pelles, settle, gather, Hor. C. 2, 20, 9. — In perf.: consessu exstructo resedit, Verg. A. 5, 290. —
B. Transf., of things, to settle or sink down, to sink, subside (cf. consido and decido): si montes resedissent, Cic. Pis. 33, 82: (Nilus) residit iisdem quibus accrevit modis (opp. crescit), Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; Ov. M. 15, 272; cf.: maria in se ipsa residant (opp. tumescant), Verg. G. 2, 480; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67: residentibus flammis, Tac. A. 13, 57.—
II. Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to sink or settle down, to abate, grow calm, subside: cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus, Verg. A. 7, 27: sex mihi surgat opus numeris (i. e. in the hexameter), m quinque residat (i. e. in the pentameter), Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27 (cf. Coleridge's "falling in melody back"): (poëma) apte et varie nunc attollebatur, nunc residebat, Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2: si contrarius ventus resedisset, id. ib. 6, 16, 12: cum tumor animi resedisset, Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; cf.: Marcelli impetus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 2: impetus animorum ardorque, Liv. 26, 18, 10: ardor, Ov. M. 7, 76; cf.: sed propera ne vela cadant auraeque residant, id. A. A. 1, 373: irae, Liv. 2, 29: terror, id. 35, 38: bellum, Hor. C. 3, 3, 30; Verg. A. 9, 643: clandestinis nunciis Allobrogas sollicitat, quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat, Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 7: longiore certamine sensim residere Samnitium animos, Liv. 10, 28: ardorem eum, qui resederat, excitare rursus, id. 26, 19: tumida ex ira corda, Verg. A. 6, 407.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinresīdō

Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *sísdeti Proto-Italic *sizdō Latin sīdō Latin resīdō From re- + sīdō (“sit down”).

Quick answers

What does resīdō mean in Latin?
resīdō, a verb, means “to sit, to settle in a place; to abate, to subside”.
What are the principal parts of resīdō?
resīdō, resīdere, resēdī, resessum (third conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce resīdō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈsiː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈs̬iː.do].
Where does resīdō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin resīdō.