sedeo Latin · revision 2943

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsɛ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sedeō''' (present infinitive sedēre, perfect active sēdī, supine sessum); second conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sed-ē-|t=to be seated]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]], a stative verb also found in Sabellic.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) From the same root come [[sedes|alt=sēdēs]] “seat”, [[sella]] “chair” and [[sedo|alt=sēdāre]] “to settle, calm”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[xum|sersitu|t=let him sit]],^(de Vaan 2008) and with [[sga|saidid|t=sits]], [[grc|ἕζομαι|tr=hézomai|t=to sit down]], [[lt|sėdė́ti|t=to sit]], [[got|𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽|tr=sitan|t=to sit]] and [[en|sit]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Livius Andronicus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) whose character is told “stay here and sit until you see me come home”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to [[m|en|sit]], of people and of birds perching.^(OLD 2012) It was used of magistrates and judges sitting in office, of armies encamped or lying in ambush, and of peoples settled in a land.^(OLD 2012) Things were said to sit or rest in place.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It meant to sit idle, as in Terence and Cicero, and to stay still.^(OLD 2012) Things came to rest or lodged somewhere, a feeling became fixed in the heart, and a decision was settled, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to sink or subside, and to lie low or flat.^(OLD 2012) It survives as Italian ''sedere'', Romanian ''ședea'' and French ''seoir'', and in Medieval Ibero-Romance Latin it could mean “to be”.^(Wiktionary) English ''session'', ''sediment'' and ''preside'' come from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it for sitting and for an army encamped.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it for sitting idle at home.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of Marius sitting in court.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of a settled decision.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''session'' is first recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sit]], be seated, ''(of birds)'' to perch.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To sit (as a judge or magistrate).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of an army)'' To be encamped; to lie in ambush.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To be settled (in a land).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rest, lie (in a place).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sit idle; to stay.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To come to rest, lodge.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To become fixed; to be resolved.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To sink, subside.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[assideō]]

+ * [[circumsedeō]]

+ * [[circumsideō]]

+ * [[dēsideō]]

+ * [[dissideō]]

+ * [[insessus]]

+ * [[īnsideō]]

+ * [[obses]]

+ * [[obsideō]]

+ * [[persedeō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[solium]]

+ * [[sēdēs]]

+ * [[sella]]

+ * [[en|session]]

+ * [[en|sediment]]

+ * [[en|preside]]

+ * [[en|sit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}