Latin

Verb

sedeō ‎(present infinitive sedēre, perfect active sēdī, supine sessum); second conjugation

1. I sit, I am seated
2. I sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside
3. I keep the field, remain encamped
4. I settle or sink down, subside
5. I sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around
6. I hold or hang fast or firm; I am established

Inflection

This verb lacks almost all passive forms. Only the third-person singular passive forms are known.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• sedeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sedeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sedeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be on horseback: in equo sedere; equo insidēre
    
  • (ambiguous) to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold the reins of government: ad gubernacula (metaph. only in plur.) rei publicae sedere
    
  • (ambiguous) the seat of war, theatre of operations: belli sedes (Liv. 4. 31)