desideo Latin · revision 9292

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sed-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈsɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈs̬iː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēsideō''' (present infinitive dēsidēre, perfect active dēsēdī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] 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 Afranius, “to sit”, and Plautus, “to loiter”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to sit, remain seated, as in Afranius, and with the idea of inactivity to sit idle, loiter, as in Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Quintilian uses it of staying in pleasant places, and Celsus of sediment settling.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of loitering.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of sediment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To sit, remain seated.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sit idle, loiter.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of sediment) To [[m|en|settle]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēses]]

+ * [[dēsidia]]

+ * [[dēsidiābulum]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assideō]]

+ * [[circumsedeō]]

+ * [[dissideō]]

+ * [[īnsideō]]

+ * [[obsideō]]

+ * [[persedeō]]

+ * [[possideō]]

+ * [[praesideō]]

+ * [[resideō]]

+ * [[sedeō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}