LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

sedīle

sedīle n (genitive sedīlis)
Classical[sɛˈdiː.ɫɛ]Ecclesiastical[seˈdiː.le]

Meaning

  1. seat, bench, stool, chair (fixed in position unlike a sella)

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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

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesedīlesedīlia
genitivesedīlissedīlium
dativesedīlīsedīlibus
accusativesedīlesedīlia
ablativesedīlīsedīlibus
vocativesedīlesedīlia

sĕdīle, is, n. sedeo,
I. a seat, bench, stool, chair, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; syn.: sella, scamnum); sing.: membra senex posito jussit relevare sedili, Ov. M. 8, 639; id. Med. Fac. 13; Verg. A. 8, 176; Cels. 1, 3, 22; cf. id. 1, 8, 66: se in sedili suo tenere, Sen. Ep. 70, 23; Gell. 2, 2, 8.—Plur., of the seats in a theatre: sedilibus magnus in primis eques sedet, Hor. Epod. 4, 15; so, spissa nimis complere sedilia flatu, id. A. P. 205; cf.: lignea in Campo Martio, Suet. Aug. 43.—Of other seats, Verg. G. 4, 350; id. A. 1, 167: factaque de vivo pressere sedilia saxo, Ov. M. 5, 317: e marmore, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 40.—Of the rowers' banks or benches in a vessel, Verg. A. 5, 837: avium, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 13.—
II. Transf., a sitting still: post iter primum sedile, deinde unctio, Cels. 1, 3: alvum adstringit labor, sedile, id. ib.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sedéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*sedēō
  4. Latinsedīle

Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlis Latin -īle Latin sedīle From sedeō + -īle.

Descendants
  • Italiansedile

Quick answers

What does sedīle mean in Latin?
sedīle, a noun, means “seat, bench, stool, chair (fixed in position unlike a sella)”.
What is the genitive of sedīle?
The genitive singular is sedīlis. sedīle is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce sedīle?
In classical Latin, [sɛˈdiː.ɫɛ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈdiː.le].
Where does sedīle come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sed- → Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *sedēō → Latin sedīle.