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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈseː.deːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.des]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sēdēs''' ''f'' (genitive sēdis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It belongs with [[sedeō]] “to sit”, [[inh|itc-pro|*sēd-(i-)|t=seat]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sēd-|t=seat]].^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan takes it as probably built on the PIE root noun, or with Schrijver as an old stem in *-h₁-.^(de Vaan 2008) Its long vowel matches [[gem-pro|*sētiją|t=seat]], though the exact common form is unclear.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ De Vaan dates it from Livius Andronicus.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates his career to before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a place to sit or something to sit on, a seat or throne; in medicine it was the anus.^(OLD 2012) From this it meant the place where a person or group lives, a home, and in a wider sense one's country or town, the dwelling of a god, a temple, and the resting place of the dead.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein distinguishes ''sēdēs'', simply a place to sit, from [[sedīle]] and [[sella]], seats made for the purpose.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Christian Latin it was an episcopal see, and ''Sēdēs Apostolica'' was the Holy See of Rome; it also meant the dignity of an abbot.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[fro|see]] gave [[en|see]] “a bishop's seat”.^(Wiktionary) The ''Appendix Probi'' corrects the nominative ''sedis'' to ''sedes''.^(Appendix Probi)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the seats under a plane tree.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the anus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * Late Latin – ''Sēdēs Apostolica'' is the Holy See of Rome.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|seat]], chair, throne.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(medicine)'' The [[m|en|anus]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|dwelling]], home; one's country or town.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The dwelling of a god, a temple.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The resting place of the dead, a grave.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An episcopal see, ''Sēdēs Apostolica'', the Holy See.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[sēdēcula]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sedeō]]
+ * [[sella]]
+ * [[sedīle]]
+ * [[en|see]]
+ * [[en|sediment]]
+ * [[en|sit]]
+ 
+ ==Usage notes==
+ Isidore says seats were named ''sēdēs'' because the early Romans did not recline at meals but sat.^(Isidore)
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}