consessus Latin · revision 31953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd half of the 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=ine-pro *si-sd-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsessus''' ''m'' (genitive cōnsessūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cōnsīdō|-tus|t1=to sit down together]], a noun of action.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The verb is [[m|la|con-]] and [[m|la|sīdō|t=to sit down]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sizd-e/o-]] and the reduplicated present [[ine-pro|*si-sd-e/o-|t=to sit down]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|sistu|t=let him sit down]], [[sa|सीदति|tr=sī́dati|t=sits down]] and [[grc|ἵζω|tr=hízō|t=to sit down]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first example in the OLD is in Afranius, who speaks of “our meeting or gathering”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it is a gathering or assembly of people sitting together, especially a court of jurors, as in Cicero's speeches, and the audience in a theatre or at games.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) An inscription uses it for the right to a seat.^(OLD 2012) The abstract sense, a sitting together or the permission to sit beside someone, is only post-classical, in the ''Historia Augusta'' and the Theodosian Code.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “assembly, a sitting together”,^(Stelten 1995) and in British medieval Latin ''consessus Regius'' was the court of King's Bench.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius of a gathering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of courts and theatre audiences.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A gathering, [[m|en|assembly]], meeting; a court of jurors; an [[m|en|audience]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The right to a seat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A sitting together.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''consessus Regius'': the court of [[m|en|King's Bench]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[consido|alt=cōnsīdō]]

+ * [[sedeo|alt=sedeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}