re-sīdō

con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3, v. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

salutatio hospitalis... fuit, positisque sedibus consederunt,

Liv. 42, 39, 8:

scio apud vos filio in conspectu matris nefas esse considere,

Curt. 5, 2, 22:

illi jussi considere affirmant, etc.,

id. 7, 6, 6:

nec aut recubet aut considat pastor,

Col. 7, 3, 26:

vix consideramus, et nox, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14.—

With designation of place:

si videtur, considamus hic in umbrā,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7; cf.:

in pratulo propter Platonis statuam,

id. Brut. 6, 24:

certo in loco,

id. Sen. 18, 63:

in arā,

Nep. Paus. 4, 4:

in molli herbā,

Verg. E. 3, 55:

in illo caespite,

Ov. M. 13, 931:

examen in arbore consederat,

Liv. 21, 46, 2:

in rupe,

Curt. 3, 1, 4:

in sellā,

id. 5, 2, 13:

in turre consedit avis,

id. 4, 6, 11:

dormienti in labellis (apes),

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

sub argutā ilice,

Verg. E. 7, 1:

hic corylis mixtas inter ulmos,

id. ib. 5, 3:

ante focos scamnis longis,

Ov. F. 6, 305:

super ripam stagni,

id. M. 6, 373:

transtris,

Verg. A. 4, 573:

ipsae (apes) medicatis sedibus,

id. G. 4, 65:

solio medius consedit avito,

id. A. 7, 169:

mecum saxo,

Ov. M. 1, 679:

tergo tauri,

id. ib. 2, 869.— Impers.:

in silvam venitur et ibi considitur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18.—Of soldiers in battle array:

triarii sub vexillis considebant, sinistro crure porrecto, scuta innixa umeris... tenentes,

Liv. 8, 8, 10.—

In partic.

In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session:

cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,

Cic. Fl. 7, 16;

so of senators,

Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges:

quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627:

ad jus dicendum,

Liv. 34, 61, 15:

introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,

id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38:

in orchestrā,

id. Aug. 44:

inter patres,

Tac. A. 13, 54.—

Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.:

quo in loco Germani consederant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3:

trans flumen,

Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

contra eum duūm milium spatio,

id. ib. 3, 17:

nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,

Sall. J. 106, 5:

prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,

id. ib. 21, 2:

inter virgulta,

id. ib. 49, 5:

superioribus locis,

id. ib. 51, 3:

ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31:

haud procul,

id. 4, 12, 4.—

To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self:

qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2:

antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,

id. ib. 5, 14, 1:

Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

in Ubiorum finibus,

id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31:

vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?

Verg. A. 1, 572:

terrā,

id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.:

in novam urbem,

Curt. 7, 4, 23.—

Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.:

in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,

Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.:

terra in ingentem sinum consedit,

id. 30, 2, 12:

(Alpes) jam licet considant!

may now sink down, Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,

to sink down, Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.:

Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,

Ov. M. 13, 408:

in cinerem,

Stat. Th. 3, 185:

cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,

Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147:

patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,

Col. 12, 24, 2:

donec consideret pulvis,

Curt. 5, 13, 12:

cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,

Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356:

tumidi considunt fluctus,

Sil. 17, 291.—

Trop.

In gen.:

multa bona in pectore consident,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2:

justitia cujus in mente consedit,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.). —

In partic.

(Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink:

in otio,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2:

hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,

id. Or. 27, 96:

antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,

i. e. change the subject, Sen. Ep. 117, 4.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease:

ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

consederit furor,

id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

ferocia ab re bene gestā,

Liv. 42, 62, 3:

primus terror ab necopinato visu,

id. 33, 7, 5:

bella,

Sil. 16, 218:

quia praesentia satis consederant,

Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.:

consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,

i. e. has since that time ceased, Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—

Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end:

eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.

dē-sīdo, sēdi (de-sīdi, Cic. l. l. infra, Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 39, 7), 3, v. n., v. consido. —Of inanimate things, esp. of places, to sink, fall, or settle down.

Prop.:

tantos terrae motus factos esse, ut multa oppida corruerint, multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desiderint,

Cic. Div. 1, 35 fin.; 1, 43, 97; Liv. 32, 9; and poet. of the apparent sinking of mountains to one flying aloft:

Gargara desidunt surgenti,

Stat. Th. 1, 549:

ovum inane natat, plenum desidit,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 11; Just. 4, 1, 10:

ex urina quod desidit album est,

sediment, Cels. 2, 7:

tumor ex toto desidit,

id. 7, 18. —

Trop., to deteriorate, degenerate: desidentes mores, Liv. prooem. 9.

in-sīdo, sēdi ( perf. insidi, Amm. 28, 6, 4), sessum, 3, v. n. and a., to sit down in or on, to settle on; constr. with dat. ( poet. and post-Aug.).

Lit.

In gen.:

apes floribus insidunt,

Verg. A. 6, 708:

inscia Dido, Insidat quantus miserae deus,

id. ib. 1, 719;

volucres metuunt insidere ramis,

Luc. 3, 407. — With acc.:

locum,

Stat. Th. 2, 151:

apex insiditur astris,

id. ib. 2, 36:

littera "i" sibi insidit, coniicit enim est ab illo jacit,

coalesces, Quint. 1, 4, 11:

digitos membris,

sink into, Ov. M. 10, 257.—

In partic., to occupy, keep possession of a place.

With dat.:

iniquis silvis,

Verg. A. 11, 531.—

With acc.:

tumulos,

Liv. 8, 24:

Aventinum,

id. 9, 34:

viam,

id. 21, 34:

arcem,

id. 26, 44:

collem,

Flor. 3, 23:

ad itinera insidenda,

Liv. 24, 31:

fauces,

id. 35, 11:

saltus ab hoste insessus,

id. 7, 34:

montes insessi,

Tac. A. 13, 39:

quo jugum melius aptum cervicibus insidat,

may sit more closely on, Col. 2, 22, 2.—

Trop., to be fixed, remain, be rooted in, adhere to:

in memoria,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28:

insedit in animo oratio,

id. Tusc. 2, 4:

tibi insedisset suspicio,

id. Mil. 25:

macula insedit in nomine,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 3: dum illa verba memoriae insidant, settle, i. e. remain fixed or rooted in the memory, Quint. 10, 7, 2.

partĭo, ōnis, f. [pario], a bearing, bringing forth young (ante-and post-class.):

horresco misera, mentio quoties fit partionis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 92; Afran. ap. Non. 217, 31:

mulieris,

Gell. 3, 16, 9; 12, 1, 20.— Of hens, a laying of eggs:

hae (gallinae) ad partiones sunt aptiores,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4.

partĭo, ĭi or īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., and partĭor, partītus ( inf. dep. partirier, Aus. Epigr. 139, 8), 4, v. dep. [pars], to share, part; to divide, distribute (Cic., Cæs., and Quint. use the verb. finit. almost exclusively in the dep. form; v. infra; but the part. perf. was employed by them also in a pass. sense; syn.: communico, participo).

Lit.

Form partĭo, īre: tu partem laudis caperes, tu gaudia mecum Partisses, Lucil. ap. Non. 475, 23:

aeternabilem divitiam partissent,

Att. ib. 475, 24:

praedam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 5:

bona sua inter aliquos,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 113: bona testamento, Afran. ap. Non. 475, 21:

(sol) aetheris oras Partit,

Lucr. 5, 684:

consules designati provincias inter se partiverant,

Sall. J. 43, 1; Cic. Leg 3, 3, 7:

regnum Vangio ac Sido inter se partivere,

Tac. A. 12, 30.— Pass.:

pes enim, qui adhibetur ad numeros, partitur in tria, ut necesse sit partem pedis aequalem esse, etc.,

Cic. Or. 56, 188.—

Form partĭor, ītus, īri:

genus universum in species certas partietur ac dividet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117; id. Rosc. Com. 17, 53:

id ipsum in ea, quae decuit membra partitus est,

id. Univ. 7:

pupillis bona erepta cum eo partitus est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

suum cum Scipione honorem partitur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

id opus inter se Petreius atque Afranius partiuntur,

id. ib. 1, 73 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, and Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

(praedam) socios partitur in omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 194:

partiri limite campum,

id. G. 1, 126:

tecum lucellum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 82:

lintres,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 61: qui numquam partitur amicum, solus habet. Juv. 3, 121.—

In a dub. form:

dulcemque in ambos caritatem partiens,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 13; so,

pensa inter virgines partientem,

Just. 1, 3, 2.—The forms partiturus, Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 3, and partiendum, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22, are to be attributed, on account of the other examples of this word in Cic. and Cæs. (v. supra), to partior.—

Part. perf.: partītus, a, um, in pass. signif., shared, parted, divided, distributed:

(animi natura) partita per artus,

Lucr. 3, 710:

divisio in sex partita,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4:

membra partita ac distributa,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

Caesar partitis copiis cum C. Fabio legato,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; cf.:

partito exercitu,

id. ib. 6, 33;

7, 24, 5: regionibus partitum imperium,

Liv. 27, 7; Ov. A. A. 3, 593:

carcere partitos equos,

parted, separated by the barriers, id. F. 4, 680.—Hence, partītō, adverb. abl., distributively: dividere, Reg. tit. 24, 25.—

Transf.

To cause to share or participate in any thing = participare: eandem me in suspitionem sceleris partivit pater, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 25 (Trag. v. 368 Vahl.).—

Inter se, to agree among themselves:

vos inter vos partite,

Plaut. Am. 4, 4 (5), 1.—Hence, * adv.: partītē, with proper divisions, methodically:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 99.

partĭo, ōnis, f. [pario], a bearing, bringing forth young (ante-and post-class.):

horresco misera, mentio quoties fit partionis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 92; Afran. ap. Non. 217, 31:

mulieris,

Gell. 3, 16, 9; 12, 1, 20.— Of hens, a laying of eggs:

hae (gallinae) ad partiones sunt aptiores,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4.

partĭo, ĭi or īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., and partĭor, partītus ( inf. dep. partirier, Aus. Epigr. 139, 8), 4, v. dep. [pars], to share, part; to divide, distribute (Cic., Cæs., and Quint. use the verb. finit. almost exclusively in the dep. form; v. infra; but the part. perf. was employed by them also in a pass. sense; syn.: communico, participo).

Lit.

Form partĭo, īre: tu partem laudis caperes, tu gaudia mecum Partisses, Lucil. ap. Non. 475, 23:

aeternabilem divitiam partissent,

Att. ib. 475, 24:

praedam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 5:

bona sua inter aliquos,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 113: bona testamento, Afran. ap. Non. 475, 21:

(sol) aetheris oras Partit,

Lucr. 5, 684:

consules designati provincias inter se partiverant,

Sall. J. 43, 1; Cic. Leg 3, 3, 7:

regnum Vangio ac Sido inter se partivere,

Tac. A. 12, 30.— Pass.:

pes enim, qui adhibetur ad numeros, partitur in tria, ut necesse sit partem pedis aequalem esse, etc.,

Cic. Or. 56, 188.—

Form partĭor, ītus, īri:

genus universum in species certas partietur ac dividet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117; id. Rosc. Com. 17, 53:

id ipsum in ea, quae decuit membra partitus est,

id. Univ. 7:

pupillis bona erepta cum eo partitus est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

suum cum Scipione honorem partitur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

id opus inter se Petreius atque Afranius partiuntur,

id. ib. 1, 73 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, and Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

(praedam) socios partitur in omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 194:

partiri limite campum,

id. G. 1, 126:

tecum lucellum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 82:

lintres,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 61: qui numquam partitur amicum, solus habet. Juv. 3, 121.—

In a dub. form:

dulcemque in ambos caritatem partiens,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 13; so,

pensa inter virgines partientem,

Just. 1, 3, 2.—The forms partiturus, Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 3, and partiendum, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22, are to be attributed, on account of the other examples of this word in Cic. and Cæs. (v. supra), to partior.—

Part. perf.: partītus, a, um, in pass. signif., shared, parted, divided, distributed:

(animi natura) partita per artus,

Lucr. 3, 710:

divisio in sex partita,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4:

membra partita ac distributa,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

Caesar partitis copiis cum C. Fabio legato,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; cf.:

partito exercitu,

id. ib. 6, 33;

7, 24, 5: regionibus partitum imperium,

Liv. 27, 7; Ov. A. A. 3, 593:

carcere partitos equos,

parted, separated by the barriers, id. F. 4, 680.—Hence, partītō, adverb. abl., distributively: dividere, Reg. tit. 24, 25.—

Transf.

To cause to share or participate in any thing = participare: eandem me in suspitionem sceleris partivit pater, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 25 (Trag. v. 368 Vahl.).—

Inter se, to agree among themselves:

vos inter vos partite,

Plaut. Am. 4, 4 (5), 1.—Hence, * adv.: partītē, with proper divisions, methodically:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 99.

partĭo, ōnis, f. [pario], a bearing, bringing forth young (ante-and post-class.):

horresco misera, mentio quoties fit partionis,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 92; Afran. ap. Non. 217, 31:

mulieris,

Gell. 3, 16, 9; 12, 1, 20.— Of hens, a laying of eggs:

hae (gallinae) ad partiones sunt aptiores,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 4.

partĭo, ĭi or īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., and partĭor, partītus ( inf. dep. partirier, Aus. Epigr. 139, 8), 4, v. dep. [pars], to share, part; to divide, distribute (Cic., Cæs., and Quint. use the verb. finit. almost exclusively in the dep. form; v. infra; but the part. perf. was employed by them also in a pass. sense; syn.: communico, participo).

Lit.

Form partĭo, īre: tu partem laudis caperes, tu gaudia mecum Partisses, Lucil. ap. Non. 475, 23:

aeternabilem divitiam partissent,

Att. ib. 475, 24:

praedam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 5:

bona sua inter aliquos,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 113: bona testamento, Afran. ap. Non. 475, 21:

(sol) aetheris oras Partit,

Lucr. 5, 684:

consules designati provincias inter se partiverant,

Sall. J. 43, 1; Cic. Leg 3, 3, 7:

regnum Vangio ac Sido inter se partivere,

Tac. A. 12, 30.— Pass.:

pes enim, qui adhibetur ad numeros, partitur in tria, ut necesse sit partem pedis aequalem esse, etc.,

Cic. Or. 56, 188.—

Form partĭor, ītus, īri:

genus universum in species certas partietur ac dividet,

Cic. Or. 33, 117; id. Rosc. Com. 17, 53:

id ipsum in ea, quae decuit membra partitus est,

id. Univ. 7:

pupillis bona erepta cum eo partitus est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37:

suum cum Scipione honorem partitur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82:

id opus inter se Petreius atque Afranius partiuntur,

id. ib. 1, 73 fin.; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, and Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

(praedam) socios partitur in omnes,

Verg. A. 1, 194:

partiri limite campum,

id. G. 1, 126:

tecum lucellum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 82:

lintres,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 61: qui numquam partitur amicum, solus habet. Juv. 3, 121.—

In a dub. form:

dulcemque in ambos caritatem partiens,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 13; so,

pensa inter virgines partientem,

Just. 1, 3, 2.—The forms partiturus, Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 3, and partiendum, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22, are to be attributed, on account of the other examples of this word in Cic. and Cæs. (v. supra), to partior.—

Part. perf.: partītus, a, um, in pass. signif., shared, parted, divided, distributed:

(animi natura) partita per artus,

Lucr. 3, 710:

divisio in sex partita,

Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4:

membra partita ac distributa,

Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

Caesar partitis copiis cum C. Fabio legato,

Caes. B. G. 6, 6; cf.:

partito exercitu,

id. ib. 6, 33;

7, 24, 5: regionibus partitum imperium,

Liv. 27, 7; Ov. A. A. 3, 593:

carcere partitos equos,

parted, separated by the barriers, id. F. 4, 680.—Hence, partītō, adverb. abl., distributively: dividere, Reg. tit. 24, 25.—

Transf.

To cause to share or participate in any thing = participare: eandem me in suspitionem sceleris partivit pater, Enn. ap. Non. 475, 25 (Trag. v. 368 Vahl.).—

Inter se, to agree among themselves:

vos inter vos partite,

Plaut. Am. 4, 4 (5), 1.—Hence, * adv.: partītē, with proper divisions, methodically:

dicere,

Cic. Or. 28, 99.

rĕ-sīdo, sēdi (in some MSS. also rĕsīdi), 3, v. n., to sit down, to settle anywhere (class.).

Lit.:

residamus, si placet,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 9 Madv. N. cr.:

in ripă inambulantes, tum vero residentes,

id. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

(aves) plurimum volant... cetera genera residunt et insistunt,

Plin. 10, 39, 55, § 114:

mediis residunt Aedibus,

Verg. A. 8, 467:

Siculis arvis,

id. ib. 5, 702:

residunt In partem, quae peste caret,

id. ib. 9, 539: loci amoenitate captos in iisdem terris cum virgine resedisse, Just. 13, 7, 8. — Poet.:

jam jam residunt cruribus asperae Pelles,

settle, gather, Hor. C. 2, 20, 9. — In perf.:

consessu exstructo resedit,

Verg. A. 5, 290. —

Transf., of things, to settle or sink down, to sink, subside (cf. consido and decido):

si montes resedissent,

Cic. Pis. 33, 82:

(Nilus) residit iisdem quibus accrevit modis (opp. crescit),

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 57; Ov. M. 15, 272; cf.:

maria in se ipsa residant (opp. tumescant),

Verg. G. 2, 480; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 67:

residentibus flammis,

Tac. A. 13, 57.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to sink or settle down, to abate, grow calm, subside:

cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus,

Verg. A. 7, 27:

sex mihi surgat opus numeris (i. e. in the hexameter), m quinque residat (i. e. in the pentameter),

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 27 (cf. Coleridge's "falling in melody back"):

(poëma) apte et varie nunc attollebatur, nunc residebat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 2:

si contrarius ventus resedisset,

id. ib. 6, 16, 12:

cum tumor animi resedisset,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; cf.: Marcelli impetus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 2:

impetus animorum ardorque,

Liv. 26, 18, 10:

ardor,

Ov. M. 7, 76; cf.:

sed propera ne vela cadant auraeque residant,

id. A. A. 1, 373:

irae,

Liv. 2, 29:

terror,

id. 35, 38:

bellum,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 30; Verg. A. 9, 643:

clandestinis nunciis Allobrogas sollicitat, quorum mentes nondum ab superiore bello resedisse sperabat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 64, 7:

longiore certamine sensim residere Samnitium animos,

Liv. 10, 28:

ardorem eum, qui resederat, excitare rursus,

id. 26, 19:

tumida ex ira corda,

Verg. A. 6, 407.

Sīdŏnĭus, i, m., a proper name; so, C. Sollius Sidonius Apollinaris, a Christian writer in the middle of the fifth century, whose Carmina and Epistolae are still extant; v. Bähr, Röm. Lit. § 291.

Sīdō̆nĭus, a, um, v. Sidon, A.

sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

Liv. 28, 2:

partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

id. 1, 14; cf.:

poplite subsidens,

Verg. A. 12, 492:

alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

Liv. 44, 5:

subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

Ov. M. 9, 297.—

Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

Lucr. 5, 493:

valles,

Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

limus mundi ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

faeces in fundis vasorum,

Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

undae,

subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

hence, transf., venti,

Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—

In partic.

Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

subsedi in ipsā viā,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

in Siciliā,

id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

in oppido Reatino,

id. Vesp. 1:

commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—

Of things:

in Nilo navicula subsedit,

ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—

To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

id. ib. 19, 49:

partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—

Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

Lucr. 4, 1198:

juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—

Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

Quint. 3, 8, 60:

nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

id. 11, 3, 24:

vitia subsidunt,

Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

id. ib. 13, 12.—

To settle down:

hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—

Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

Verg. A. 11, 268:

leonem,

Sil. 13, 221:

copiosos homines,

Amm. 28, 4, 22:

insontem,

id. 16, 8, 3:

serpens foramen,

to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).