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sedeo.

to sit, to be seated

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈsɛ.de.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈsɛː.de.o]
  1. to sit, to be seated

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
  2. to sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
  3. to keep the field, remain encamped

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
  4. to settle or sink down, subside

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
  5. to sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
  6. to hold or hang fast or firm; to be established, settled, fixed, determined, resolved

    conjugation-2 · figuratively · impersonal
  7. to be

    Ibero-Romance · Medieval-Latin · conjugation-2 · impersonal
    Pueri claustrales et bachalarii descendant in fine scalæ dormitorii, et illic sedeant.
Where this word comes from

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-).

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