persedeo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [pɛrˈsɛ.de.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [perˈsɛː.de.o]^[1]

Forms

persedeō (present infinitive persedēre, perfect active persēdī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin per- (“through”) + sedeō (“to sit”).^[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨sedeō⟩ to Proto-Italic *sed-ē- (“to be seated”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed-eh₁- (“to be seated”).^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short's earliest quotation is from Lucretius.^[4] Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant to sit for a long time, remain sitting, stay long anywhere, and Lewis & Short note it is not in Cicero or Caesar.^[2][4] Livy uses in equō persedēre “to stay on horseback”, and Seneca has it of staying with a philosopher.^[6]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it.^[4][5]
• 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of staying on horseback.^[6][5]

Meanings

Verb

1. To sit for a long time, remain sitting.^[2]
2. To stay long anywhere.^[4][6]

Related words

• sedeō
• circumsedeō

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.