sessus

Latin

Etymology

sedeō (“to sit”) +‎ -tus (“action noun suffix”). Only once attested in Apuleius, but continued by most Romance varieties.

Noun

sessus m (genitive sessūs); fourth declension

  1. a sit, sitting

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sessus sessūs
genitive sessūs sessuum
dative sessuī sessibus
accusative sessum sessūs
ablative sessū sessibus
vocative sessus sessūs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Insular Romance:
    • ⇒ Sardinian: assessu
  • Balkano-Romance:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *sessicāre

References

  • “sessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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