possido Latin · revision 33181

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''possīdō''' (present infinitive possīdere, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); third conjugation^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|potis|sīdō|t1=master, in control of|t2=to sit down, settle]], the verb of entering possession beside [[m|la|possideō|t=to possess]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|potis]] to [[ine-pro|*pót-i-|t=master, lord]], and [[m|la|sīdō]] to [[itc-pro|*sizd-e/o-|t=to sit down]] and [[ine-pro|*si-sd-e/o-|t=to sit down]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short's instances begin with Cicero, who in the ''De oratore'' has taking possession of someone's goods without a will,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and in the ''Verrines'' someone who had soon taken over the whole man and his whole praetorship.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to take possession of, seize upon, as the ''Bellum Alexandrinum'' has of a kingdom.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) With things as subject it is poetic and post-classical: Lucretius has air taking over all the void, Ovid the surrounding water occupying the farthest places, and Justin fire seizing everything.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD discusses other possible instances under ''possideō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of taking possession of goods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of air filling the void.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of water occupying the edges of the world.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take [[m|en|possession]] of, seize upon, take hold of.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of things, to occupy, fill.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[possideō]]

+ * [[possessiō]]

+ * [[sīdō]]

+ * [[potis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}