sedeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Cognates include Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati), Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti), Old English sittan (English sit). Confer sīdo (“I settle, I sink down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈse.de.oː/

Verb

present active sedeō, present infinitive sedēre, perfect active sēdī, supine sessum.

1. I sit, I am seated.
2. I sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside.
3. I keep the field, remain encamped.
4. I settle or sink down, subside.
5. I sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around.
6. I hold or hang fast or firm; I am established.

Inflection

This verb lacks almost all passive forms. Only the third-person singular passive forms are known.

    Second Conjugation No Passive

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sedeō	sedēs	sedet	sedēmus	sedētis	sedent
	future	sedēbō	sedēbis	sedēbit	sedēbimus	sedēbitis	sedēbunt
	imperfect	sedēbam	sedēbās	sedēbat	sedēbāmus	sedēbātis	sedēbant
	perfect	sēdī	sēdistī	sēdit	sēdimus	sēdistis	sēdērunt
	future perfect	sēderō	sēderis	sēderit	sēderimus	sēderitis	sēderint
	pluperfect	sēderam	sēderās	sēderat	sēderāmus	sēderātis	sēderant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sedeam	sedeās	sedeat	sedeāmus	sedeātis	sedeant
	imperfect	sedērem	sedērēs	sedēret	sedērēmus	sedērētis	sedērent
	perfect	sēderim	sēderīs	sēderit	sēderīmus	sēderītis	sēderint
	pluperfect	sēdissem	sēdissēs	sēdisset	sēdissēmus	sēdissētis	sēdissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	sedē	sedētō	sedētō	—	—	—
	plural	sedēte	sedētōte	sedentō	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sedēre	sēdisse	sessūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		sedēns (sedentis)	—	sessūrus-ra, -rum	—

Derived terms

assideō circumsedeō dēsideō dissideō duābus sellīs sedeō

īnsideō obsideō persedeō possideō praesideō

resideō sedēns sedentārius sēdēs sedibilis

sedīle sedimen sedimentum supersedeō

Descendants

Aromanian: shed Catalan: seure French: seoir Italian: sedere

Occitan: sèire Portuguese: seder Romanian: ședea Romansch: seser

References

• sedeo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879