sedeo

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Verb

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

  1. I sit
  2. I settle down

[edit] 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
pluperfect sēderam sēderās sēderat sēderāmus sēderātis sēderant
future perfect sēderō sēderis sēderit sēderimus sēderitis sēderint
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 — — —

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[edit] References

  • “sedeō” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
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