sedile Latin · revision 10088

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sɛˈdiː.ɫɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [seˈdiː.le]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sedīle''' ''n'' (genitive sedīlis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sedeō|-īle|t1=to sit]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sedeō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sed-ē-|t=to be seated]], from [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Virgil.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant anything to sit on, a seat, bench, stool, chair, as in Virgil, Seneca and Pliny the Younger, and Lewis & Short note it is mostly poetic and post-Augustan, not used by Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means seat, bench, stool.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a throne, a seat in a law court, an episcopal see and a dwelling.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it also for a stall in church.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|seat]], [[m|en|bench]], [[m|en|stool]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|throne]]; a bishop's see.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sedeō]]

+ * [[sella]]

+ * [[sēdēs]]

+ * [[en|sedilia]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Lewis & Short give ''sella'' and ''scamnum'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}