assideo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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, active only)
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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives assidēre assēdisse assessūrum esse — — —
participles assidēns — assessūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
assidendī assidendō assidendum assidendō assessum assessū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: așeza
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: assidere (obsolete)
    • Neapolitan: assittà
  • Northern Gallo-Romance;
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: asseure
    • Occitan:
      Gascon: asseder, assedre, asseser, asseider
      Languedocien: asseire
      Vivaro-Alpine: asseire
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Latin: assessus
    • Medieval Latin: assessare
      • Old French: assesser
        • → Middle English: assessen

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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