[ˈsɛ.de.oː], [ˈsɛː.de.o]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *sedēō, from earlier *sedējō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-éh₁-ye-ti (eh₁-stative), 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).
The perfect sēdī was originally the perfect of the related third-conjugation verb sīdō; this can be seen in how prefixed derivatives of sīdō use sēdī to form their perfects. The same fact is also demonstrated by Umbrian cognates, which feature 𐌔𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌖 (sistu, 3sg. imp.) (from present stem *sizd-) alongside future perfect sesust (from perfect stem *sezd-).
- conjugation-2, impersonalto sit, to be seated
- conjugation-2, impersonalto sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside
- conjugation-2, impersonalto keep the field, remain encamped
- conjugation-2, impersonalto settle or sink down, subside
- conjugation-2, impersonalto sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around
- conjugation-2, figuratively, impersonalto hold or hang fast or firm; to be established, settled, fixed, determined, resolved
“Sī mihi nōn animō fīxum immōtumque sedēret, ….” — “If for me it were not resolved — in my mind, fixed and immovable — ….”
- Ibero-Romance, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2, impersonalto be
“Pueri claustrales et bachalarii descendant in fine scalæ dormitorii, et illic sedeant.”
Formaesedeō(canonical) · sedēre(infinitive, present) · sēdī(active, perfect) · sessum(supine) · sedeō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · sedēs(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · sedet(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · sedēmus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · sedētis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · sedent(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · sedēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · sedēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · sedēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · sedēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · sedēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · sedēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · sedēbō(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · sedēbis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · sedēbit(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · sedēbimus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)
Fons: Vicitionarium