verbsecond conjugation, impersonal in the passive
sedeō
sedeō (present infinitive sedēre, perfect active sēdī, supine sessum)
Classical[ˈsɛ.de.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.de.o]
sedēns pres. act. ptcp.№ 506 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- impersonalto sit, to be seated
- impersonalto sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside
- impersonalto keep the field, remain encamped
- impersonalto settle or sink down, subside
- impersonalto sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around
- figurativelyimpersonalto hold or hang fast or firm; to be established, settled, fixed, determined, resolved
Sī mihi nōn animō fīxum immōtumque sedēret, [...].
“If for me it were not resolved — in my mind, fixed and immovable — ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.15 - Ibero RomanceMedieval Latinimpersonalto be
Pueri claustrales et bachalarii descendant in fine scalæ dormitorii, et illic sedeant.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
in sellā sum, nec stō nec iaceō; puer in tabulā sedet.sedeō -ēre — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
to sit, ride
sedeō -ēre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 9
sits
sedet — in Seneca, ch. IX
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sedeō | sedēbam | sedēbō | sēdī | sēderam | sēderō |
| 2nd sg. | sedēs | sedēbās | sedēbis | sēdistī | sēderās | sēderis |
| 3rd sg. | sedet | sedēbat | sedēbit | sēdit | sēderat | sēderit |
| 1st pl. | sedēmus | sedēbāmus | sedēbimus | sēdimus | sēderāmus | sēderimus |
| 2nd pl. | sedētis | sedēbātis | sedēbitis | sēdistis | sēderātis | sēderitis |
| 3rd pl. | sedent | sedēbant | sedēbunt | sēdērunt sēdēre | sēderant | sēderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sedeam | sedērem | sēderim | sēdissem |
| 2nd sg. | sedeās | sedērēs | sēderīs | sēdissēs |
| 3rd sg. | sedeat | sedēret | sēderit | sēdisset |
| 1st pl. | sedeāmus | sedērēmus | sēderīmus | sēdissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | sedeātis | sedērētis | sēderītis | sēdissētis |
| 3rd pl. | sedeant | sedērent | sēderint | sēdissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sedētur | sedēbātur | sedēbitur |
| 1st pl. | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — | — |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | sedeātur | sedērētur |
| 1st pl. | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sedē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | sedēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | sedētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | sedētō | sedētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | sedētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | sedentō | — |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | sedēre | sedērī |
| perfect infinitive | sēdisse | sessum esse |
| future infinitive | sessūrum esse | sessum īrī |
| present participle | sedēns sedente, sedentem, sedentēs, sedentī, sedentia, sedentibus, sedentis, sedentīs, sedentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | sessum |
| future participle | sessūrus sessūra, sessūrā, sessūrae, sessūram, sessūrārum, sessūrās, sessūre, sessūrī, sessūrīs, sessūrō, sessūrōrum, sessūrōs, sessūrum | sedendum |
gerundsedendī, sedendō, sedendumsupinesessum, sessū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- in equo sedere; equo insidēre
- to be on horseback.
- compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)
- to sit with folded arms; to be inactive.
- ad gubernacula (metaph. only in plur.) rei publicae sedere
- to hold the reins of government.
sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat,
I. to sit.
I. Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
A. In gen.
(a). Absol.:
hi stant ambo, non sedent, Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4: quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim, remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1: sedens iis assensi, id. Fam. 5, 2, 9: lumbi sedendo dolent, Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6: supplex ille sedet, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—(b). With in:
in subselliis, Plaut. Poen. prol. 5: sedilibus in primis eques sedet, Hor. Epod. 4, 16: in proscaenio, Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.: in sellā, id. Div. 1, 46, 104: in saxo (ejecti), Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49: in arā (mulieres supplices), Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9: in solio, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23: in equo, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27: in leone, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where: in conclavi, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35: in hemicyclio domi, Cic. Lael. 1, 2: bubo in culmine, Ov. M. 6, 432: cornix in humo, id. Am. 3, 5, 22: musca in temone, Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—(g). With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):
bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent, Ov. M. 6, 72: solio, id. ib. 6, 650; 14, 261: sede regiā, Liv. 1, 41: eburneis sellis, id. 5, 41: sellā curuli, id. 30, 19: carpento, id. 1, 34: cymbā, Ov. M. 1, 293: puppe, id. F. 6, 471: humo, id. M. 4, 261: equo, Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.: dorso aselli, Ov. F. 3, 749: delphine, id. M. 11, 237: columbae viridi solo, Verg. A. 6, 192: recessu, Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261: theatro, id. A. A. 1, 497.—(d). With other prepp. and advv. of place:
inter ancillas, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46: ante fores, Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30: ad tumulum supplex, id. 2, 6, 33: sub arbore, Ov. M. 4, 95: sub Jove, id. ib. 4, 261: ducis sub pede, id. Tr. 4, 2, 44: post me gradu uno, Hor. S. 1, 6, 40: apud quem, Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.: non sedeo istic, vos sedete, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36: illic, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—2. Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):
sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit, Spart. Hadr. 22; Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur, Sol. 45: animalia sedentur, Veg. 2, 28, 12.—B. In partic.
1. Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:
(Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus, Cic. Brut. 43, 161: ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc., id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.: si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc., id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so, judex, Liv. 40, 8: Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur, id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6: sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris, Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3: Minos arbiter, Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.: sedeo pro tribunali, id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges: nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses: dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit, Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer: sedente Claudio, Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium: sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare, Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—2. To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:
isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc., Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9): majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.: an sedere oportuit Domi, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38: iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus, Cic. Fam. 16, 7: quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus? Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11: in villā totos dies, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2: circum argentarias cottidie, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48: sedemus desides domi, Liv. 3, 68: statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere, Nep. Dat. 8, 1: non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet, sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ϊζειν): ante sacras fores, Tib. 1, 3, 30: illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo, id. 2, 6, 33: custos ad mea busta sedens, Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24: meliora deos sedet omina poscens, Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. 1, 1, 56: et frustra credula turba sedet, id. 4, 4, 18.—b. Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:
hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent, Naev. 6, 2: dum apud hostes sedimus, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52: sedendo expugnare urbem, Liv. 2, 12: sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere, id. 22, 24: quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum, id. 44, 27: ad Suessulam, id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440: apud moenia Contrebiae, Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.: compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere, Liv. 7, 13, 7; and: vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—3. For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,
sordido in loco sedere, Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—II. Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
A. In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:
cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā, Tib. 4, 1, 42: quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras, Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit; Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo, Ov. F. 1,110: sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus, Liv. 22, 4: sedet vox auribus, sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.: sedisse immensos montes, Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—2. Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:
nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque, Stat. Th. 10, 823. —3. Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:
campo Nola sedet, Sil. 12, 162: mediisque sedent convallibus arva, Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.: lactuca sedens, i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—B. In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:
tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie, Ov. M. 15, 337: in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro, stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289; so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri, id. F. 1, 576: cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere, Flor. 4, 2, 40: librata cum sederit (glans), Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88: alta sedent vulnera, Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96): ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae), sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so, toga umero, id. 11, 3, 161; cf.: quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium, Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels: sicco jam litore sedit, Luc. 8, 726: naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent, stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.: cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet, Plin. Pan. 55, 10: aliquid fideliter in animo, Sen. Ep. 2, 2: unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet, Stat. Th. 12, 114; so, Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo, Ov. H. 2, 76: sedere coepit sententia haec, to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.: nunc parum mihi sedet judicium, Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon: si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc., Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.: idque pio sedet Aeneae, id. ib. 5, 418: bellum, Flor. 2, 15, 4: consilium fugae, id. 2, 18, 14: haec, Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause: tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum, Stat. Th. 1, 324: vacuo petere omina caelo, id. ib. 3, 459: Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi, Val. Fl. 2, 383.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sedeō sēdī, sessum, ēre
SED-, to sit : cum tot summi oratores sedeant, remain sitting : sedens iis adsensi: ante forīs, O.: ducis sub pede, O.: gradu post me uno, H.: plausor usque sessurus, donec, etc., who will keep his place , H.: Sedilibus in primis eques sedet, H.: in illā tuā sedeculā: in saxo, O.: in conclavi, T.: in temone, Ph.: caelestes sedibus altis sedent, O.: eburneis sellis, L.: carpento, L.: delphine, O.: columbae viridi solo, V. —Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit, occupy an official seat, preside, be a judge, hold court, act as juror : (tribuno) in Rostris sedente: si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.: sedissem forsitan unus De centum index in tua verba viris, O.: iudex sedit simius, Ph.: in tribunali Pompei praetoris urbani, assist — To continue sitting, sit still, continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide, sit idle, be inactive, delay, linger, loiter : isdem consulibus sedentibus lata lex est, etc.: an sedere oportuit Domi, T.: totos dies in villā: sedemus desides domi, L.: tam diu uno loco, N.: Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet, stayed at home , H.: meliora deos sedet omina poscens, waits , V.: ante sacras fores, Tb.: ad mea busta sedens, Pr.—Prov.: compressis manibus sedere, sit with folded hands , L.—Of troops, to sit down, remain encamped, be entrenched, keep the field : ante moenia, L.: ad Trebiam, L.: sedendo expugnare urbem, L.: sedend<*> bellum gerere, by inactivity , L.: sedendo supera <*>ri eum, qui, etc., L.: qui sedet circum castella sub armis, V.— Fig., to sink, settle, subside, rest, lie : Sederunt medio terra fretumquo solo, O.: nebula campo quam montibus densior sederet, was thicker on the plain , L.: esca, Quae simplex olim tibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach , H.— To sit, sit close, hold fast, be firm, be fixed, be settled, be established : tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie, O.: in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro, stuck fast , O.: clava sedit in ore viri, stuck fast , O.: librata cum sederit (glans), L.: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking deeply , O.—In the mind, to be fixed, be impressed, be determined : in ingenio Cressa relicta tuo, O.: Idque pio sedet Aeneae, V.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *sedēō, from earlier *sedējō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-éh₁-ye-ti (*eh₁-stative), from *sed-, the same root as sīdō (“to settle, sink down”). Cognates include Sanskrit सीद॑ति (sī́dati), Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti), Old English sittan (English sit). The perfect sēdī was originally the perfect of the related third-conjugation verb sīdō; this can be seen in how prefixed derivatives of sīdō use sēdī to form their perfects. The same fact is also demonstrated by Umbrian cognates, which feature 𐌔𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌖 (sistu, 3sg. imp.) (from present stem *sizd-) alongside future perfect sesust (from perfect stem *sezd-).
Insular Romance
- Sardiniansèdere
- Sardiniansèere
- Sardiniansei
- Sardiniansèiri
- Sardiniansere
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanseure
- Frenchseoir
- Occitansèire
- Occitansièire
- Gasconsèserfrom Occitan sèire
- Gasconséterfrom Occitan sèire
- Gasconserfrom Occitan sèire
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianședea, ședere
- Aromanianshed, shideari
- Istro-Romanianșed
- Megleno-Romanianșǫd, șădęri
Italo-Romance
- Italiansedere
Rhaeto-Romance
- Romanshseser
- Romanshser
- Romanshsezzer
Elsewhere
- Emiliansêder
In English words that came into English from sedeō
- presidentpraesidēns
- sizeassideo
- sessionsessiō
- residentresidēns
- residenceresidentia
- possesspossessus
- resideresideō
- possessionpossessio
- dissidentdissidēns
- sedentarysedentārius
- subsidysubsidium
- sedimentsedimentum
- obsessionobsessio
- residueresiduum
- presidepraesideo
- possessivepossessivus
- supersedesupersedeo
- obsessobsessus
- presidiumpraesidium
- assessorassessor
- assessassessare
- residualresiduum
- assiduousassiduus
- insidiousīnsidiōsus