assideo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.
Proto-Italic *sedēō
Latin sedeō
Latin assideo

    From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ sedeō (“sit; settle down”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    assideō (present infinitive assidēre, perfect active assēdī, supine assessum); second conjugation, no passive

    1. to sit by or near someone or something
    2. to be or stand by one's side
    3. (of the sick) to take care of, attend upon or to
    4. (figuratively) to station oneself before, be encamped before or sit down before (something); besiege, blockade
      Synonyms: circumveniō, circumdō, obsideō, claudō, obstruō
    5. (figuratively, with dative) to be like, resemble

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of assideō (second conjugation, no passive)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present assideō assidēs assidet assidēmus assidētis assident
    imperfect assidēbam assidēbās assidēbat assidēbāmus assidēbātis assidēbant
    future assidēbō assidēbis assidēbit assidēbimus assidēbitis assidēbunt
    perfect assēdī assēdistī assēdit assēdimus assēdistis assēdērunt,
    assēdēre
    pluperfect assēderam assēderās assēderat assēderāmus assēderātis assēderant
    future perfect assēderō assēderis assēderit assēderimus assēderitis assēderint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present assideam assideās assideat assideāmus assideātis assideant
    imperfect assidērem assidērēs assidēret assidērēmus assidērētis assidērent
    perfect assēderim assēderīs assēderit assēderīmus assēderītis assēderint
    pluperfect assēdissem assēdissēs assēdisset assēdissēmus assēdissētis assēdissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — assidē — — assidēte —
    future — assidētō assidētō — assidētōte assidentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present assidēre — assidēns —
    future assessūrum esse — assessūrus —
    perfect assēdisse — — —
    perfect potential assessūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    assidendī assidendō assidendum assidendō assessum assessū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: assidere
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Old Ligurian: asseir
    • Northern Gallo-Romance;
      • Old French: asseoir (see there for further descendants)
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: asseure
      • Occitan:
        Gascon: asseder, assedre, asseser, asseider
        Languedocien: asseire
        Vivaro-Alpine: asseire

    References

    • “assideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “assideo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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