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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [dɪsˈsɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [disˈsiː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dissideō''' (present infinitive dissidēre, perfect active dissēdī); second conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[sedeō]] “to sit”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ''sedeō'' to the stative [[ine-pro|*sed-eh₁-|t=to be seated]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of things out of line and of disagreement.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its literal sense, to sit apart, be far away, is poetic and rare, as in Propertius' “far from the Eridanus” and in Seneca.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) Cicero used it of a garment sitting awry and, most often, for to disagree, differ, be at variance.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to disagree, differ.^(Stelten 1995) Its present participle gave [[en|dissident]] in the 1530s, “at variance”, and ''dissidentia'' gave [[en|dissidence]] in the 1650s.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of disagreeing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of sitting apart.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1530s – English ''dissident'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To sit apart, be distant.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To sit awry.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|disagree]], differ.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dissidentia]]
+ * [[dissidium]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assideō]]
+ * [[circumsedeō]]
+ * [[dēsideō]]
+ * [[īnsideō]]
+ * [[obsideō]]
+ * [[persedeō]]
+ * [[possideō]]
+ * [[praesideō]]
+ * [[resideō]]
+ * [[sedeō]]
+ * [[en|dissident]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}