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Latin
Etymology
re- + sedeō (“sit, be situated”).
Pronunciation
Verb
resideō (present infinitive residēre, perfect active resēdī, supine resessum); second conjugation
- to reside, abide, tarry, linger
- Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, cōnsīdō, possideō, subsīdō, stabulō, iaceō, incolō, colō, vīvō, versō
- to remain sitting
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.505–506:
- Tum foribus dīvae, mediā testūdine templī,
saepta armīs, soliōque altē subnīxa resēdit.- Then, doorway of the goddess , in the middle beneath the vault of the temple, surrounded by armed guards, and supported by the lofty throne, remained seated.
- to sit up
- (figuratively) to be idle, inactive
- Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, cessō, iaceō, sileō, conquiēscō
- to remain behind, be left behind
Usage notes
Intransitive with very few exceptions, e.g. Cicero, De Legibus, 2.22.55: “denicales, quae a nece appellatae sunt, quia residentur mortuis” (“the denicales , which are named from nex , because they are spent in idleness for the dead”).
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References
- “resideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “resideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- resideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.