resideō

From re- + sedeō (“sit, be situated”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈsɪ.de.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈs̬iː.de.o]

Verb

resideō (present infinitive residēre, perfect active resēdī, supine resessum); second conjugation

1. to reside, abide, tarry, linger

   Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, cōnsīdō, possideō, subsīdō, stabulō, iaceō, incolō, colō, vīvō, versō

2. to remain sitting
3. to sit up
4. (figuratively) to be idle, inactive

   Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, cessō, iaceō, sileō, conquiēscō

5. to remain behind, be left behind

Usage notes

Intransitive with very few exceptions, e.g. Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22.55: “denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia residentur mortuis” (“the denicales[days of purification], which are named from nex [death], because they are spent in idleness [‘idled’] for the dead”).