assideo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈsɪ.de.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈsiː.d̪e.o]
Verb
assideō (present infinitive assidēre, perfect active assēdī, supine assessum); second conjugation, no passive
- to sit by or near someone or something
- to be or stand by one's side
- (of the sick) to take care of, attend upon or to
- (figuratively) to station oneself before, be encamped before or sit down before (something); besiege, blockade
- Synonyms: circumveniō, circumdō, obsideō, claudō, obstruō
- (figuratively, with dative) to be like, resemble
Conjugation
Conjugation of assideō (second conjugation, no passive)
Derived terms
Related 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:
- Spanish: asear
- ⇒ Latin: assessus
- Medieval Latin: assessare
- Old French: assesser
- → Middle English: assessen
- English: assess
- → Middle English: assessen
- Old French: assesser
- Medieval Latin: assessare
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.