noun · femininethird declension
sēdēs
sēdēs f (genitive sēdis)
Classical[ˈseː.deːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.des]
№ 403 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- seat, chair
- place, residence, settlement, habitation, abode
Sēdēs huic nostrō nōn importūna sermōnī.
A place not unsuitable for this conversation of ours.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
locus ubi sedēmus; etiam: domus ipsa.sēdēs -is f — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
locus habitandī fīxussēdēs -is (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 7
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Sedes · Sedile · Sella
Sedes is simply a place for sitting, like ἕδος; whereas sedile and sella are artificially prepared seats; sedile, in any form chosen, as a stool or bench, whether movable or immovable, like ἕδρα; sella, of a particular form, as a chair or throne, like θρόνος.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēdēs | sēdēs |
| genitive | sēdis | sēdium sēdum |
| dative | sēdī | sēdibus |
| accusative | sēdem | sēdēs sēdīs |
| ablative | sēde | sēdibus |
| vocative | sēdēs | sēdēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)
- the seat of war, theatre of operations.
- sedem collocare alicubi (Rep. 2. 19. 34)
- to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.
- domicilium (sedem ac domicilium) habere in aliquo loco
- to dwell in a certain place.
- sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
- to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.
sēdes, is (
I. gen. plur. sedum, Cic. Sest. 20, acc. to Prisc. p. 771 P.:
sedium, from form sedis, Liv. 5, 42 Drak. N. cr.; Vell. 2, 109, 3), f. sedeo, q. v., a seat (freq. and class.). I. Lit., that on which one sits, a bench, chair, throne, etc.
A. In gen.:
in iis sedibus, quae erant sub platano, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29: haec sedes honoris, sella curulis, id. Cat. 4, 1, 2: sedes honoris sui, Liv. 9, 46, 9; cf.: ceteros (senatores) in sedibus suis trucidatos, id. 5, 41 fin.: in sedes collocat se regias, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 127, 31; so, regia, Liv. 1, 47: positis sedibus consederunt, id. 42, 39 fin.: bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent, Ov. M. 6, 72; cf.: media inter deos sedes, Plin. Pan. 52, 1: in saxo frigida sedi, Quamque lapis sedes, tam lapis ipsa fui, Ov. H. 10, 50.—In the plur. also of the seat of a single person: tibi concedo meas sedes, Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104 (cf. infra, II. β).—Poet.: non si priores Maeonius tenet Sedes Homerus, the foremost seat, the first rank (the fig. borrowed from the rows of seats in the theatre), Hor. C. 4, 9, 6.—B. In partic., in the elder Pliny, the seat, fundament, Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 61; 22, 25, 70, § 143; 23, 3, 37, § 75; 23, 4, 41, § 83; 26, 8, 58, § 90; 32, 9, 33, § 104.—
II. Transf., in gen., of a place where one stays, a seat, dwelling-place, residence, habitation, abode, temple, etc. (the prevailing signif.; syn.: domicilium, locus, habitatio).
(a). Sing. (used alike of the residence of one or more persons):
hi coetus (hominum) hac, de quā exposui, causā instituti sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt, quam cum locis manuque sepsissent, ejusmodi conjunctionem tectorum oppidum vel urbem appellaverunt, Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41: sentio te sedem etiam nunc hominum ac domum contemplari (i. e. terram), id. ib. 6, 19, 20; so, hanc sedem et aeternam domum contueri, id. ib. 6, 23, 25: in hanc sedem et domum suam, id. ib. 6, 25, 29; id. Par. 3, 2, 25; cf.: eam sibi domum sedemque delegit, in quā, etc., id. Clu. 66, 188: haec domus, haec sedes, haec sunt penetralia magni Amnis (sc. Penei), Ov. M. 1, 574: in omni sede ac loco ferrum flammamque metuemus, Cic. Mur. 39, 85; so (with locus) id. Agr. 2, 17, 46: nec veni, nisi fata locum sedemque dedissent, Verg. A. 11, 112: illum actum esse praecipitem in sceleratorum sedem atque regionem, Cic. Clu. 61, 171: in Italiā bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro, Liv. 22, 39: ea res Trojanis spem adfirmat tandem stabili certāque sede finiendi erroris, id. 1, 1, 10: crematā patriā domo profugos sedem quaerere, id. 1, 1, 8; 10, 10, 10; 38, 16, 13; 39, 54, 5; 40, 38, 4: Orestis liberi sedem cepere circa Lesbum insulam, Vell. 1, 3, 1: ultra hos Chatti initium sedis ab Hercynio saltu incohant, Tac. G. 30; id. A. 3, 73; 13, 54; Curt. 9, 4, 2; Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 246: modo Graecis ultro bellum inferebamus: nunc in sedibus nostris propulsamus illatum, Curt. 4, 14, 21: non motam Termini sedem (just before: in Termini fano), Liv. 1, 55; cf.: quod Juppiter O. M. suam sedem atque arcem populi Romani in re trepidā tutatus esset, id. 5, 50: statim regis praetorium petunt, in ipsius potissimum sede morituri, Just. 2, 11, 15: (ulmus) nota quae sedes fuerat columbis, Hor. C. 1, 2, 10 et saep.—Poet.: sedes scelerata, for sceleratorum, i. e. the infernal regions, Ov. M. 4, 456; cf.: Tibur Sit meae sedes utinam senectae, Hor. C. 2, 6, 6: talia diversa nequicquam sede locuti, place, spot, Ov. M. 4, 78.—(b). Plur. (in good prose usually only of the dwellings of several):
qui incolunt eas urbes non haerent in suis sedibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 7: eorum domicilia, sedes, etc., id. Fam. 13, 4, 3; cf.: ut (Galli) aliud domicilium, alias sedes petant, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: sedes habere in Galliā, id. ib. 1, 44: reverti se in suas sedes regionesque simulaverunt, id. ib. 4, 4: quae gens ad hoc tempus iis sedibus se continet, id. ib. 6, 24; cf. id. ib. 4, 4 fin.: novas ipsi sedes ab se auctae multitudini addiderunt, Liv. 2, 1: qui profugi sedibus incertis vagabantur, Sall. C. 6, 1; cf. id. J. 18, 2: (deūm) sedes nostris sedibus esse Dissimiles debent, Lucr. 5, 153; so, divum, deum sedes, id. 3, 18; 5, 146; 5, 1188; Hor. C. 3, 3, 34; cf.: sedes sanctae penatium deorumque larumque familiarium, Cic. Rep. 5, 5, 7: deos ipsos convulsos ex sedibus suis, Liv. 38, 43: discretae piorum, Hor. C. 2, 13, 23: silentum, Ov. M. 15, 772: animalia ad assuetas sibi sedes revertuntur, Quint. 11, 2, 6.—Of the dwelling of a single person (cf. supra, I. A.): cur (Juppiter) suas Discutit infesto praeclaras fulmine sedes, Lucr. 6, 418: (Demaratus) in eā civitate domicilium et sedes collocavit, Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34: immissum esse ab eo C. Cornelium, qui me in sedibus meis trucidaret, id. Sull. 6, 18; id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19: patrias age desere sedes, i. e. patriam, Ov. M. 15, 22; cf.: Aeneam in Siciliam quaerentem sedes delatum, Liv. 1, 1, 4.—B. Esp.
1. Of the abode of the dead, a burial-place:
ita Augustum in foro potius quam in Campo Martis sede destinatā cremari vellent, Tac. A. 1, 10: sedibus ut saltem placidis in morte quiescam, Verg. A. 6, 371; 6, 152.—2. Of the home of the soul, i. e. the body:
prior, Ov. M. 15, 159: anima de sede volens Exire, id. ib. 11, 788. —C. In relation to inanimate subjects, that upon which any thing sits fast or rests, a seat, place, spot, base, ground, foundation, bottom, etc.
(a). Sing.:
hanc urbem (Romam) sedem aliquando et domum summo esse imperio praebituram, Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10; cf. id. Prov. Cons. 14, 34: rupes caeduntur sedemque trabibus cavatae praebere coguntur, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74; 2, 38, 38, § 102: superbia in superciliis sedem habet, id. 11, 37, 51, § 138: num montes moliri sede suā paramus? to push from their place, Liv. 9, 3: Athon Pindumve revulsos Sede suā, Ov. M. 11, 555: patriam pulsam sede suā, Liv. 27, 34; cf.: voluptas mentem e suā sede et statu demovet, Cic. Par. 1, 3, 15 (v. also in the foll. β): ita mihi salvam ac sospitem rempublicam sistere in suā sede liceat, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 28; cf.: deus haec fortasse benigna Reducet in sedem vice, to its former state, Hor. Epod. 13, 8: Veios an Fidenas sedem belli caperent, the seat or scene of war, Liv. 4, 31; so, belli (bello), id. 28, 44, 15; Vell. 2, 74, 3; Tac. H. 1, 65; 3, 32; 3, 8; 2, 19; Suet. Galb. 10 al.: hilaritatis sedes, Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 198: neque verba sedem habere possunt, si rem subtraxeris, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 19: affectus quibusdam videntur in prooemio atque in epilogo sedem habere, Quint. 6, 1, 51 (cf. in the foll. β): haec est sedes orationis, etc., id. 9, 4, 62: non ut de sede secundā Cederet aut quartā (iambus), Hor. A. P. 257: ut sola ponatur in summi boni sede (voluptas), Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 37: nec mens mihi nec color Certā sede manent, Hor. C. 1, 13, 6.—Of the site on which a city formerly stood: vetustissima sedes Assyriae, Tac. A. 12, 13; cf.: in eā sede, quam Palaetyron ipsi vocant, Curt. 4, 2, 4.—(b). Plur.:
coloni Capuae in sedibus luxuriosis collocati, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: nonnumquam fracta ossa in suis sedibus remanent, etc.... fragmenta in suas sedes reponenda sunt, Cels. 8, 10: rursus in antiquas redeunt primordia sedes Ignis, Lucr. 6, 871; 4, 1041: dum solidis etiamnum sedibus astas, on firm ground, Ov. M. 2, 147: cum mihi ipsa Roma prope convulsa sedibus suis visa est, Cic. Pis. 22, 52: turrim convellimus altis Sedibus, Verg. A. 2, 465: totamque a sedibus urbem Eruit, id. ib. 2, 611: monstrabantur urbium sedes, Lyrnessi et Thebes, Curt. 3, 4, 10: haec tot gentium excita sedibus suis moles, id. 3, 2, 12; cf.: totum (mare) a sedibus imis Eurusque Notusque ruunt, Verg. A. 1, 84; Quint. 8, 6, 63; so, argumentorum, id. 5, 10, 20 (corresp. to loci); 5, 12, 17.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sēdēs (sēdis, L.; gen plur. sēdum, C., L.), is, f
SED-, a seat, bench, chair, throne : in eis sedibus, quae erant sub platano: honoris: regia, L.: sedibus altis sedere, O.: tibi concedo meas sedes: priores tenet Sedes Homerus, the first rank , H.— A seat, dwelling-place, residence, habitation, abode, temple : eam sibi domum sedemque delegit: hi sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: Haec domus, haec sedes sunt magni Amnis (sc. Penei), O.: in Italiā, in sede ac solo nostro, L.: crematā patriā domo profugos sedem quaerere, L.: ultra hos Chatti; initium sedis ab Hercynio saltu incohatur, Ta.: scelerata (i. e. sceleratorum), O.: Talia diversā nequiquam sede locuti, place , O.: qui incolunt eas urbes non haerent in suis sedibus: aliud domicilium, alias sedes petere, Cs.: qui profugi sedibus incertis vagabantur, S.: lucidas Inire sedes, H.: discretae piorum, H.: silentum, O.: religio sedum illarum: (Demaratus) in eā civitate domicilium et sedes conlocavit: Aeneam in Siciliam quaerentem sedes delatum, L. — An abode of the dead, last home, burial-place : Sedibus hunc refer ante suis et conde sepulchro, V.— The soul's home, body : priore relictā Sede, O.: anima miserā de sede volens Exire, O.—Fig., of things, a seat, place, spot, base, ground, foundation, bottom : hanc urbem sedem summo esse imperio praebituram: num montīs moliri sede suā paramus? from their place , L.: deus haec fortasse benignā Reducet in sedem vice, to the former state , H.: belli, the seat of war , L.: neque verba sedem habere possunt, si rem subtraxeris: ut sola ponatur in summi boni sede (voluptas): in eā sede, quam Palaetyron ipsi vocent, site , Cu.: coloni Capuae in sedibus luxuriosis conlocati: Turrim convellimus altis Sedibus, V.: totum (mare) a sedibus imis Eurusque Notusque ruunt, V.
Origins
Ultimately from sedeō (“to sit”) + -ēs, though Latin and Proto-Italic did not productively form nouns from verbs by changing the vowel grade. The word's lengthened grade is similar to Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), and ultimately they likely have a common origin, though divergence in the suffixes leaves the exact ancestral protoform obscure.
Descendants
- Italiansede
- Catalanseu
- Spanishseofrom Catalan seu
- Spanishsede
- Portugueseséfrom Old Galician-Portuguese see
- Portuguesesedefrom Old Galician-Portuguese see
- Englishseefrom Old French see
- Aragonesesied
- Aragonesesiede
- Aragoneseseufrom Catalan seu