resideo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Latin 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
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.505–506:

     Tum foribus dīvae, mediā testūdine templī,
     saepta armīs, soliōque altē subnīxa resēdit.

     Then, [facing the] doorway of the goddess [Juno], [there] in the middle beneath the vault of the temple, surrounded by armed guards, and supported by the lofty throne, [Dido] remained seated.

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”).

Conjugation

   Conjugation of resideō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	resideō		residēs		residet		residēmus		residētis		resident
	imperfect	residēbam		residēbās		residēbat		residēbāmus		residēbātis		residēbant
	future	residēbō		residēbis		residēbit		residēbimus		residēbitis		residēbunt
	perfect	resēdī		resēdistī		resēdit		resēdimus		resēdistis		resēdērunt, resēdēre
	pluperfect	resēderam		resēderās		resēderat		resēderāmus		resēderātis		resēderant
	future perfect	resēderō		resēderis		resēderit		resēderimus		resēderitis		resēderint
passive	present	resideor		residēris, residēre		residētur		residēmur		residēminī		residentur
	imperfect	residēbar		residēbāris, residēbāre		residēbātur		residēbāmur		residēbāminī		residēbantur
	future	residēbor		residēberis, residēbere		residēbitur		residēbimur		residēbiminī		residēbuntur
	perfect	resessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	resessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	resessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	resideam		resideās		resideat		resideāmus		resideātis		resideant
	imperfect	residērem		residērēs		residēret		residērēmus		residērētis		residērent
	perfect	resēderim		resēderīs		resēderit		resēderīmus		resēderītis		resēderint
	pluperfect	resēdissem		resēdissēs		resēdisset		resēdissēmus		resēdissētis		resēdissent
passive	present	residear		resideāris, resideāre		resideātur		resideāmur		resideāminī		resideantur
	imperfect	residērer		residērēris, residērēre		residērētur		residērēmur		residērēminī		residērentur
	perfect	resessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	resessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		residē		—		—		residēte		—
	future	—		residētō		residētō		—		residētōte		residentō
passive	present	—		residēre		—		—		residēminī		—
	future	—		residētor		residētor		—		—		residentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		residēre			residērī			residēns			—
future		resessūrum esse			resessum īrī			resessūrus			residendus
perfect		resēdisse			resessum esse			—			resessus
future perfect		—			resessum fore			—			—
perfect potential		resessūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		residendī		residendō		residendum		residendō		resessum		resessū

Derived terms

• reses
• residuus

Related terms

• assideō
• circumsedeō
• dēsideō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• possideō
• praesideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

Descendants

• Catalan: residir
• → English: reside
• → French: résider
• Galician: reseso
• → German: residieren
• Italian: risedere, risiedere
• Old French: reseoir
  • Middle French: reseoir
• Sicilian: risìdiri, risèdiri
• Spanish: residir

See also

• resīdō

References

• “resideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “resideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “resideo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.