sedeō
From Proto-Italic from Proto-Indo-European *sed-, the same root as sīdō (“I settle, I sink down”). Cognates include Sanskrit सीदति (sī́dati), Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti), Old English sittan (English sit).
Von uital. *sedēō, von uig. *sed-, dieselbe Wurzel wie sīdō „Ich lasse mich nieder, ich sinke nieder“. Zu den Verwandten gehören Sanskrit सीदति (sī́dati), Altkirchenslawisch сѣдѣти (sěděti) und Altenglisch sittan (engl. sit).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈse.de.oː/, [ˈs̠ɛd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.de.o/, [ˈsɛːd̪eo]
Verb
sedeō (present infinitive sedēre, perfect active sēdī, supine sessum); second conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to sit, to be seated
- to sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside
- to keep the field, remain encamped
- to settle or sink down, subside
- to sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around
- to hold or hang fast or firm; to be established
- (Medieval Latin, Ibero-Romance) to be
- Pueri claustrales et bachalarii descendant in fine scalæ dormitorii, et illic sedeant.