Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1724.sedeō on page 1724
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sedēre to sit
sedēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to sit.
Definitions for sedēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to sit
English derivatives:
sedan sedate sedentary sediment sessile session assess assiduous president siege subsidy
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To sit, be seated. (b) (on horseback or in vehicles). (c) to sit in the performance of a specific occupation.
- 2
(of birds or other creatures) To sit, perch, settle.
- 3
To sit in an official capacity (as magistrate, judge, etc.).
- 4
(of an army in the field, at a siege, etc.) To encamp, remain encamped; ~ere in insidiis, to lie in ambush. (b) (sim., of a fleet) to remain stationary.
- 5
(of a race, people) To be established or settled.
Sentences with sedēre
Latin to English
Puella sub arbore sedent.Compare The girls are sitting under the tree.
Is in medius aedes sedens invenio.Compare They find her sitting in the middle of the house.
Stultitia sum sedeo aut votum debello credo possum.Compare It is folly to think that the war can be finished by sitting still, or by vows.
Sedeo in Rostra collega tuus, amictus toga purpureus, in sella aureus, coronatus.Compare Your colleague was sitting on the Rostra, clothed with a purple robe, on a golden chair, and crowned.
Qui is curulis gero magistratus, eburneus sella sedeo.Compare Those of them who had borne curule offices, sat down on ivory chairs.
Ille mi par esse deo videtur ille, si fas est, superare divos, qui sedens adversus identidem te spectat et audit dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis eripit sensus mihi.Compare Him rival to the gods I place Him loftier yet, if loftier be, Who, Lesbia, sits before thy face, Who listens and who looks on thee; Thee smiling soft. Yet thus delight Doth all my sense consign to death. [Tr. W. E. Gladstone]
Conjugation table for sedēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| sedeō sedēs sedet sedēmus sedētis sedent | sedēbam sedēbās sedēbat sedēbāmus sedēbātis sedēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| sēdī sēdistī sēdit sēdimus sēdistis sēdērunt / sēdēre | sēderam sēderās sēderat sēderāmus sēderātis sēderant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| sedēbō sedēbis sedēbit sedēbimus sedēbitis sedēbunt | sēderō sēderis sēderit sēderimus sēderitis sēderint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| sedeam sedeās sedeat sedeāmus sedeātis sedeant | sedērem sedērēs sedēret sedērēmus sedērētis sedērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| sēderim sēderis sēderit sēderimus sēderitis sēderint | sēdissem sēdissēs sēdisset sēdissēmus sēdissētis sēdissent |
Infinitive present sedēre Infinitive perfect sēdisse Infinitive future sessūrum esse | Imperative present sedē sedēte Imperative future sedētō sedētō sedētōte sedentō |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| - - sedētur - - - | - - sedēbātur - - - |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| - - sessus est - - - | - - sessus erat - - - |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| - - sedēbitur - - - | - - sessus erit - - - |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| - - sedeātur - - - | - - sedērētur - - - |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| - - sessus sit - - - | - - sessus esset - - - |
Infinitive present sedērī Infinitive perfect sessum esse Infinitive future sessum īrī | Imperative present - - Imperative future - sedētō - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | sedēns | sedentēs |
| Gen. | sedentis | sedentium |
| Dat. | sedentī | sedentibus |
| Acc. | sedentem | sedentēs |
| Abl. | sedente | sedentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | sessūrus | sessūrī |
| Gen. | sessūrī | sessūrōrum |
| Dat. | sessūrō | sessūrīs |
| Acc. | sessūrum | sessūrōs |
| Abl. | sessūrō | sessūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | sessus | sessī |
| Gen. | sessī | sessōrum |
| Dat. | sessō | sessīs |
| Acc. | sessum | sessōs |
| Abl. | sessō | sessīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | sedendus | sedendī |
| Gen. | sedendī | sedendōrum |
| Dat. | sedendō | sedendīs |
| Acc. | sedendum | sedendōs |
| Abl. | sedendō | sedendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | sedēre | sessum |
| Gen. | sedendī | sessū |
| Dat. | sedendō | |
| Acc. | sedendum | |
| Abl. | sedendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1724.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sedeo-sedere-sedi-sessum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 239.sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessum on page 239
