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  • 1 demoror

    demorari, demoratus sum V DEP
    detain, cause delay, keep waiting/back, hold up; keep (from); delay/linger/stay

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  • 2 moror

        moror ātus, ārī, dep.    [mora], to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter: Eamus... Ubi vis; non moror, i. e. I have no objection, T.: Brundisi: amplius morando, S.: apud oppidum, Cs.: in quā (commemoratione) diutius non morabor: faciem capere morando, i. e. by slow degrees, O.: quid moror? H.: quid multis moror? why make a long story? T.: ne multis morer, to be brief: haud multa moratus, i. e. without long delay, V.: paulum lacrimis et mente morata, in tearful thought, V.: rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, may linger, H.: nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, L.: nihil ego moror quo minus decemviratu abeam, i. e. I will immediately, L.: cui bellum moremur inferre: in conubio natae, brood, V.— To delay, retard, impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder: impetum hostium, Cs.: eum: ab itinere hostem, L.: absiste morari, detain (me) not, V.: convivas, keep waiting, T.— To fix the attention of, delight, delay, amuse, entertain: Fabula populum moratur, H.: oculos aurīsque Caesaris, arrest, H.— P. pass.: novitate morandus spectator, H.— To hinder, prevent, impede: non moror quo minus in civitatem redeant, L.: moratus sit nemo, quo minus abeant, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of person, not to detain, let go, dismiss, release: C. Sempronium nihil moror, i. e. withdraw my accusation against, L.: negavit, se Gracchum morari, said he had nothing against, L.—In the phrase, nihil morari, with acc. of thing, or an obj clause, to let go, not value, disregard, care nothing for, have nothing to say against: profecto non plus biduom aut— Ph. Aut? nil moror, I don't care for that, T.: nam vina nihil moror illius orae, H.: nihil moror, eos salvos esse: invisum quem tibi esse Nil moror, I care not, V.: ut multum (sc. scripserit), nil moror, attach no value to quantity, H.
    * * *
    morari, moratus sum V DEP
    delay; stay, stay behind; devote attention to

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  • 3 mora

    1.
    mŏra, ae, f. [Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root mer-, mar-; mermêra, merimna, care; martur, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. mellein], a delay.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

    mora et sustentatio,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 146:

    mora aut tergiversatio,

    id. Mil. 20, 54:

    moram rei alicui inferre,

    to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    moram ad insequendum intulit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75:

    afferre,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165:

    facere delectui,

    Liv. 6, 31:

    facere dimicandi,

    id. 21, 32:

    facere creditoribus,

    to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

    moras nectere,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2:

    offerre,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17:

    obicere,

    id. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

    trahere,

    to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888:

    moliri,

    to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414:

    producere malo alicui,

    to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    tibi moram dictis creas,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168:

    rumpere,

    Verg. A. 4, 569:

    pellere,

    Ov. M. 10, 659:

    corripere,

    id. ib. 9, 282:

    removere,

    to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37:

    moram interponere,

    to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2:

    Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret,

    delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

    nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam,

    I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7;

    so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82; Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140:

    ne in morā illi sis,

    hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9:

    per me nulla est mora,

    there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14:

    in me mora non erit ulla,

    Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium... quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111:

    nam si alia memorem, mora est,

    it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter [p. 1164] moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20:

    inter aliquas moras,

    Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once:

    quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci,

    Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4:

    moram certaminis hosti exemit,

    i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause:

    morae, respirationesque,

    Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance:

    ne morae illi sim,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81:

    ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora),

    hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78:

    hoc mihi morae est,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 5:

    restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es,

    Liv. 23, 9, 11:

    Abas pugnae nodusque moraque,

    Verg. A. 10, 428:

    loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens,

    id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134:

    an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum?

    id. P. 2, 10, 5:

    moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret,

    Liv. 30, 16, 14; so,

    temporaria,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.
    2.
    mŏra, ae, f., the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).
    3.
    mŏra, ae, f., = mora, a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men:

    moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit,

    the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).

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  • 4 maneo

    mănĕo, nsi, nsum (contr. perf. mansti for mansisti, Lucil. ap. Gell. 18, 8), 2, v. n. and a. [root man, to think; whence the notion of hesitating leads to that of waiting; cf. Gr. menô, menos, mimnêskô, mantis; and Lat. memini, moneo, mens, etc.].
    I.
    Neutr., to stay, remain anywhere (class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    ut ut erat, mansum tamen oportuit,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 26:

    facilem esse rem, seu maneant, seu proficiscantur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 30:

    domi,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    in loco,

    id. B. C. 2, 41:

    in patria,

    Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99:

    si consulem manere ad urbem senatui placuisset,

    Liv. 30, 27:

    ad exercitum,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 51:

    uno loco manens,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    unum manere diem,

    Prop. 2, 9, 20:

    decem dies,

    Vulg. Gen. 24, 55:

    diebus quindecim,

    id. Gal. 1, 18.— Impers. pass.:

    omnia excogitantur, quare nec sine periculo maneatur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 31:

    in Italia fortasse manebitur,

    Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; Vell. 2, 16, 4:

    manendum eo loco,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 74:

    hic maneri diutius non potest,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To stay, tarry, stop, continue, abide, pass the night ( = pernoctare):

    apud aliquem,

    Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3:

    eo die mansit Venafri,

    id. ib. 7, 13, 7:

    in tabernaculo,

    id. ib. 5, 16, 3:

    sub Jove frigido,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

    extra domum patris,

    Liv. 3, 45, 7:

    ad decimum lapidem,

    id. 3, 69, 8:

    cum is Casilini eo die mansurum eum dixisset = Casilini,

    id. 22, 13, 8; cf.:

    triduom hoc,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 4:

    apud alium mansit,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 17, 3:

    mane apud me,

    Vulg. Gen. 29, 19:

    manebis clam,

    id. 1 Reg. 19, 2. —In mal. part.: cum masculo mansione muliebri, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 1, 1. —
    2.
    Pregn., to remain, last, endure, continue [p. 1108] in any place or manner:

    si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,

    would adhere to, abide by that, Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 5:

    in vita,

    to remain alive, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2:

    in veritate,

    to adhere to the truth, id. Clu. 63, 176:

    in condicione,

    to fulfil a condition, id. Att. 7, 15, 3:

    in sententia,

    to adhere to, id. ib. 9, 2, 1:

    in voluntate,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    in pristina mente,

    id. Sest. 27, 58:

    in officio,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 47:

    tu modo promissis maneas,

    abide by, keep, Verg. A. 2, 160:

    in pactione,

    to abide by, Nep. Ages. 2, 4:

    an credi posse ullum populum in ea condicione mansurum?

    Liv. 8, 21, 6:

    mansit in condicione atque pacto,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16:

    plerique negant Caesarem in condicione mansurum,

    id. Att. 7, 15, 3.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    nihil semper suo statu manet,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

    munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 31:

    monumenta,

    Nep. Them. 10:

    regna,

    Verg. A. 2, 22: adfinitas. Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 101:

    memoria,

    Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    rerum omnium mutabilium immutabiles manent origines,

    Aug. Conf. 1, 2.—With dat.:

    manent ingenia senibus,

    Cic. Sen. 7, 22:

    his bellum,

    to continue, not be at an end, Liv. 1, 53:

    cujus quidem tibi fatum manet,

    awaits, Cic. Phil. 2, 5, 11.— Absol.:

    maneat ergo, quod turpe sit, id numquam esse utile,

    be it regarded as a settled principle, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 49; id. Mil. 4, 11:

    quamobrem illud maneat, et fixum sit, quod neque moveri, etc.,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 25.— Part. act. fut.: mansurus, that which will abide or endure; lasting, permanent:

    urbs,

    Verg. A. 3, 86.—So part. pres. manens:

    civitas,

    Vulg. Heb. 13, 14.—
    II.
    Act., to wait for, await, expect a person or thing (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: opperior, praestolor, expecto).
    A.
    In gen.:

    nunc te, nox, quae me mansisti, mitto ut concedas die,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48:

    sese,

    id. Aul. 4, 6, 14:

    non manebat aetas virginis meam neclegentiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 16:

    hostium adventum mansit,

    Liv. 42, 66; Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 4.—
    B.
    In partic., to await one (as his fate, portion, etc.), to be about to befall one:

    mors sua quemque manet,

    Prop. 2, 21, 58 (3, 26, 12):

    quis me manet exitus?

    Ov. M. 9, 725:

    qui si manet exitus urbem,

    id. ib. 8, 60:

    funera quos maneant,

    id. ib. 11, 540:

    quae (acerba) manent victos,

    Liv. 26, 13 fin.; Suet. Caes. 14; id. Dom. 18:

    maneat nostros ea cura nepotes,

    Verg. A. 3, 505:

    vincula et tribulationes me manent,

    Vulg. Act. 20, 23.

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  • 5 moror

    1.
    mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].
    I.
    Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis:

    non moror,

    i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6:

    Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

    quid moror?

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 6:

    quid multis moror?

    why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87:

    ne multis morer,

    to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104:

    paulum morandum in his intervallis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 39:

    quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,

    have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2:

    in provinciā,

    id. Att. 7, 1, 5:

    haud multa moratus,

    i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610:

    nec plura moratus,

    without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381:

    rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

    may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

    Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,

    Juv. 14, 267.—With cum:

    ubi, et cum quibus moreris,

    stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin:

    nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,

    Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.:

    ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,

    Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.:

    ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,

    id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.—
    II.
    Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder:

    ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,

    delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5:

    argentum non morabor quin feras,

    id. As. 2, 2, 88:

    morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

    conanti dexteram manum,

    id. ib. 5, 44, 8:

    eum,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28:

    iter,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    naves,

    Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80:

    morari ab itinere proposito hostem,

    Liv. 23, 28, 9:

    morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,

    Juv. 11, 54.—
    2.
    To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321:

    carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,

    arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17:

    tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut— Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104:

    egomet convivas moror,

    keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.—
    B.
    In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate:

    Nihil amplius vos moramur,

    I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person:

    C. Sempronium nihil moror,

    i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8:

    cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,

    id. 8, 35, 8:

    negavit, se Gracchum morari,

    id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence,
    2.
    Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.:

    nam vina nihil moror illius orae,

    care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16:

    officium,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 264:

    nec dona moror,

    Verg. A. 5, 400:

    nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses:

    alieno uti nihil moror,

    I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

    nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus:

    nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

    I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly:

    moratius,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.
    ► 1.
    Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).—
    2.
    Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.
    2.
    mōror, 1, v. dep. n. [môros], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.:

    morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,

    Suet. Ner. 33.

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  • 6 sedeo

    sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root sad-; Gr. ἙΔ, to sit; cf. ἕδος, ἕζομαι; Lat. sedes, insidiae, sedare, sella, etc.; Engl. sit, seat], to sit.
    I.
    Lit. (very freq. in prose and poetry); constr. absol., with in, the simple abl., or with other prepp. and advv. of place.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    hi stant ambo, non sedent,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 2; cf. id. ib. 12; id. Mil. 2, 1, 4:

    quid sit, quod cum tot summi oratores sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim,

    remain sitting, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1:

    sedens iis assensi,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    lumbi sedendo dolent,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 6:

    supplex ille sedet,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37.—
    (β).
    With in:

    in subselliis,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 5:

    sedilibus in primis eques sedet,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 16:

    in proscaenio,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 18; cf.: aliquem in XIIII. sessum deducere, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 2; Suet. Caes. 39 (v. quattuordecim): malo in illā tuā sedeculā sedere quam in istorum sella curuli, Cic. Att. 4, 10, 1; cf.:

    in sellā,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 104:

    in saxo (ejecti),

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 73; Ov. H. 10, 49:

    in arā (mulieres supplices),

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 9:

    in solio,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69; Ov. M. 2, 23:

    in equo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27:

    in leone,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 109; and with a gen. specification of the place where:

    in conclavi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 35:

    in hemicyclio domi,

    Cic. Lael. 1, 2:

    bubo in culmine,

    Ov. M. 6, 432:

    cornix in humo,

    id. Am. 3, 5, 22:

    musca in temone,

    Phaedr. 3, 6, 1.—
    (γ).
    With simple abl. (not ante-Aug.):

    bis sex caelestes, medio Jove, sedibus altis sedent,

    Ov. M. 6, 72:

    solio,

    id. ib. 6, 650;

    14, 261: sede regiā,

    Liv. 1, 41:

    eburneis sellis,

    id. 5, 41:

    sellā curuli,

    id. 30, 19:

    carpento,

    id. 1, 34:

    cymbā,

    Ov. M. 1, 293:

    puppe,

    id. F. 6, 471:

    humo,

    id. M. 4, 261:

    equo,

    Mart. 5, 38, 4; 11, 104, 14; cf.:

    dorso aselli,

    Ov. F. 3, 749:

    delphine,

    id. M. 11, 237:

    columbae viridi solo,

    Verg. A. 6, 192:

    recessu,

    Ov. M. 1, 177; 14, 261:

    theatro,

    id. A. A. 1, 497.—
    (δ).
    With other prepp. and advv. of place:

    inter ancillas,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46:

    ante fores,

    Ov. M. 4, 452; Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    ad tumulum supplex,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    sub arbore,

    Ov. M. 4, 95:

    sub Jove,

    id. ib. 4, 261:

    ducis sub pede,

    id. Tr. 4, 2, 44:

    post me gradu uno,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

    apud quem,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 32 (ap. Non. 522, 30) et saep.:

    non sedeo istic, vos sedete,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 36:

    illic,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 4; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 41.—
    2.
    Late Lat., pass., of animals, to be ridden (cf. Engl. to sit a horse):

    sederi equos in civitatibus non sivit,

    Spart. Hadr. 22;

    Cod. Th. 9, 30, 3: cum (Bucephalus) ab equario suo mollius sederetur,

    Sol. 45:

    animalia sedentur,

    Veg. 2, 28, 12.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of magistrates, esp. of judges, to sit in council, in court, or on the bench:

    (Scaevolā tribuno) in Rostris sedente suasit Serviliam legem Crassus,

    Cic. Brut. 43, 161:

    ejus igitur mortis sedetis ultores, etc.,

    id. Mil. 29, 79; id. Clu. 37, 103 sq.:

    si idcirco sedetis, ut, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; so,

    judex,

    Liv. 40, 8:

    Appius, ne ejus rei causā sedisse videretur,

    id. 3, 46, 9; Phaedr. 1, 10, 6:

    sedissem forsitan unus De centum judex in tua verba viris,

    Ov. P. 3, 5, 23; Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 3:

    Minos arbiter,

    Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 27; cf.:

    sedeo pro tribunali,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 9: a quibus si qui quaereret, sedissentne judices in Q. Fabricium, sedisse se dicerent, Cic Clu. 38, 105; cf. id. Rab. Post. 5, 10.—Also of the assistants of the judges:

    nobis in tribunali Q. Pompeii praetoris urbani sedentibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168; id. Rosc. Com. 4, 12.—In Quint., also of the advocate, Quint. 11, 3, 132.—Of witnesses:

    dicendo contra reum, cum quo sederit,

    Quint. 5, 7, 32.—Of a presiding officer:

    sedente Claudio,

    Tac. A. 11, 11.—Of augurs sitting to wait for an augurium:

    sed secundum augures sedere est augurium captare,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 56; Interp. Mai ad Verg. A. 10, 241; Fest. s. v. silentio, p. 248, a Müll.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 2, 3, p. 76.—
    2.
    To continue sitting, to sit still; to continue, remain, tarry, wait, abide in a place; and with an implication of inactivity, to sit idly, be inactive; to linger, loiter, etc.:

    isdem consulibus sedentibus atque inspectantibus lata lex est, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 15, 33 (cf. id. Pis. 9):

    majores nostri, qui in oppido sederent, quam qui rura colerent, desidiosiores putabant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. §

    1: quasi claudus sutor domi sedet totos dies,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34; cf.:

    an sedere oportuit Domi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 38:

    iis ventis istinc navigatur, qui si essent, nos Corcyrae non sederemus,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7:

    quor sedebas in foro, si eras coquos Tu solus?

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11:

    in villā totos dies,

    Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2:

    circum argentarias cottidie,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 48:

    sedemus desides domi,

    Liv. 3, 68:

    statuit congredi quam cum tantis copiis refugere aut tam diu uno loco sedere,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 1:

    non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum. Sedit qui timuit, ne non succederet,

    sat still, stayed at home, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 37.—Esp. of waiting on an oracle or a god for an answer or for aid (= Gr. ïzein):

    ante sacras fores,

    Tib. 1, 3, 30:

    illius ad tumulum fugiam supplexque sedebo,

    id. 2, 6, 33:

    custos ad mea busta sedens,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 24:

    meliora deos sedet omina poscens,

    Verg. G. 3, 456; so of a lover at the door of his mistress: me retinent victum formosae vincla puellae, Et sedeo janitor, Tib. [p. 1659] 1, 1, 56:

    et frustra credula turba sedet,

    id. 4, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Of long, esp. of inactive encamping in war, to sit, i. e. to remain encamped, to keep the field, before an enemy's fortress or army:

    hostium copiae magnae contra me sedebant, Cato ap. Charis, p. 197 P.: septimum decimum annum Ilico sedent,

    Naev. 6, 2:

    dum apud hostes sedimus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 52:

    sedendo expugnare urbem,

    Liv. 2, 12:

    sedendo et cunctando bellum gerere,

    id. 22, 24:

    quieto sedente rege ad Enipeum,

    id. 44, 27:

    ad Suessulam,

    id. 7, 37; 9, 3; 9, 44; 10, 25; 22, 39; 23, 19; 44, 27; Verg. A. 5, 440:

    apud moenia Contrebiae,

    Val. Max. 7, 4, 5.—Hence, prov.:

    compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere,

    Liv. 7, 13, 7; and:

    vetus proverbium est, Romanus sedendo vincit (prob. originating with Q. Fabius Cunctator),

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—
    3.
    For desideo (2.), to sit at stool, Marc. Emp. 29; so,

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.—
    II.
    Trop. (in prose not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.).
    A.
    In gen., to sink or settle down, to subside:

    cum pondere libra Prona nec hac plus parte sedet nec surgit ab illā,

    Tib. 4, 1, 42:

    quod neque tam fuerunt gravia, ut depressa sederent, Nec levia, ut possent per summas labier oras,

    Lucr. 5, 474; cf.: flamma petit altum; propior locus aëra cepit;

    Sederunt medio terra fretumque solo,

    Ov. F. 1,110:

    sedet nebula densior campo quam montibus,

    Liv. 22, 4:

    sedet vox auribus,

    sinks into, penetrates, Quint. 11, 3, 40: rupti aliqui montes tumulique sedere, Sall. Fragm. ap. Isid. Orig. 14, 1, 2 (H. 2, 43 Dietsch); cf.:

    sedisse immensos montes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47: memor illius escae, Quae simplex olim sibi sederit, sat well upon your stomach, i. e. agreed well with you, Hor. S. 2, 2, 73; Quint. 9, 4, 94.—
    2.
    Of feelings, passions, etc.: his dictis sedere minae, subsided, i. e. were quieted, = sedatae sunt, Sil. 10, 624; cf.:

    nusquam irae: sedit rabies feritasque famesque,

    Stat. Th. 10, 823. —
    3.
    Of places, to sink, i. e. to lie low, to be in the valley or plain:

    campo Nola sedet,

    Sil. 12, 162:

    mediisque sedent convallibus arva,

    Luc. 3, 380; Stat. Th. 1, 330; cf.:

    lactuca sedens,

    i. e. lower, Mart. 10, 48, 9 ( = sessilis, id. 3, 47, 8).—
    B.
    In partic., to sit, sit close or tight, to hold or hang fast, to be fast, firm, fixed, immovable; be settled, established, etc.:

    tempus fuit, quo navit in undis, Nunc sedet Ortygie,

    Ov. M. 15, 337:

    in liquido sederunt ossa cerebro,

    stuck fast, id. ib. 12, 289;

    so of weapons, etc., that sink deep: clava (Herculis), adversi sedit in ore viri,

    id. F. 1, 576:

    cujus (Scaevae) in scuto centum atque viginti tela sedere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 40:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29; hence, poet. also, of deep-seated wounds: plagam sedere Cedendo arcebat, from sinking or penetrating deeply, Ov. M. 3, 88:

    alta sedent vulnera,

    Luc. 1, 32.—Of clothes, to fit (opp. dissidere, v. Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96):

    ita et sedet melius et continetur (pars togae),

    sits better, Quint. 11, 3, 140 sq.; so,

    toga umero,

    id. 11, 3, 161; cf.:

    quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10, 6.—Of vessels:

    sicco jam litore sedit,

    Luc. 8, 726:

    naves super aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aquā, sederent,

    stuck fast, grounded, Vitr. 10, 22 med. et saep.:

    cujus laetissima facies et amabilis vultus in omnium civium ore, oculis, animo sedet,

    Plin. Pan. 55, 10:

    aliquid fideliter in animo,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2:

    unum Polynicis amati Nomen in ore sedet,

    Stat. Th. 12, 114; so,

    Cressa relicta in ingenio tuo,

    Ov. H. 2, 76:

    sedere coepit sententia haec,

    to be established, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; cf.:

    nunc parum mihi sedet judicium,

    Sen. Ep. 46, 3; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 15, 2, 5. —Hence, also of any thing fixed, resolved, or determined upon:

    si mihi non animo fixum immotumque sederet, Ne cui, etc.,

    Verg. A. 4, 15; cf.:

    idque pio sedet Aeneae,

    id. ib. 5, 418:

    bellum,

    Flor. 2, 15, 4:

    consilium fugae,

    id. 2, 18, 14:

    haec,

    Sil. 15, 352. —With a subject-clause:

    tunc sedet Ferre iter impavidum,

    Stat. Th. 1, 324:

    vacuo petere omina caelo,

    id. ib. 3, 459:

    Aegaei scopulos habitare profundi,

    Val. Fl. 2, 383.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sedeo

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