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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la potis, la sedeō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [pɔsˈsɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [posˈsiː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''possideō''' (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[potis]] “able, master” and [[sedeō]] “to sit”: to sit as master, occupy.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) The epitaphs of the Scipios and other early inscriptions spell it ⟨posid-⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of holding land and property.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to have land in one's control, hold, occupy, as tenant or owner, as Caesar's part of the territory, to take occupancy, as in Cato, and to inhabit.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to hold as property, to appropriate, and to contain or have as a quality, as in Lucretius and Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Of rulers and armies it meant to hold a country, to seize it, and to have power over persons.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to dominate, overwhelm, of natural forces and of emotions, as in Sallust, to fill a space, and to engross a person's time and thoughts, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[teneō]] is to hold fast physically, [[habeō]] to have in one's power, and ''possidēre'' to own.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to possess, acquire, occupy, have, hold.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''possedere'' and Spanish ''poseer''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|possession]] came from ''possessiō'' in the mid-14th century, and [[en|possess]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of holding land and property.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of taking occupancy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of holding territory.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''possess'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To hold, occupy (land).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|own]], [[m|en|possess]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To contain; to have (as a quality).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To hold (a country); to seize.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To dominate, overwhelm.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To engross (someone's thoughts).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[possessiō]]
+ * [[possessīvus]]
+ * [[possessor]]
+ * [[possessus]]
+ * [[possestrix]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assideō]]
+ * [[circumsedeō]]
+ * [[dēsideō]]
+ * [[dissideō]]
+ * [[īnsideō]]
+ * [[obsideō]]
+ * [[persedeō]]
+ * [[praesideō]]
+ * [[resideō]]
+ * [[sedeō]]
+ * [[potis]]
+ * [[en|possess]]
+ * [[en|possession]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}