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sedo
sedo
Latin
Etymology
Causative of sedeō (“I sit, am seated”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.doː/
Verb
sēdō (present infinitive sēdāre, perfect active sēdāvī, supine sēdātum); first conjugation
Inflection
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References
- sēdo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- SEDARE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sēdō in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
- to put an end to, settle a dispute: controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollere
- to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
- to calm one's anger: iram restinguere, sedare
- to quell an outbreak: tumultum sedare (B. C. 3. 18. 3)
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(ambiguous) to be on horseback: in equo sedere; equo insidēre
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(ambiguous) to sit with folded arms; to be inactive: compressis manibus sedere (proverb.) (Liv. 7. 13)
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(ambiguous) to hold the reins of government: ad gubernacula (metaph. only in plur.) rei publicae sedere
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sēdo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, pages 1,414–5.
- “sēdō” on page 1,726/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)