Latin

Alternative forms

• supersideō

Verb

supersedeō ‎(present infinitive supersedēre, perfect active supersēdī, supine supersessum); second conjugation

1. I sit upon or above; preside over
2. I forbear, refrain, desist from; pass, omit
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.8

     proelio supersedere statuit

     he decided to delay battle

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• English: supersede
• Italian: soprassedere
• Spanish: sobreseer

References

• supersedeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• supersedeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “supersedeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: supersedeo oratione (not dicere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to refrain from fighting: supersedere proelio