consido

consido

Latin

Etymology

    From con- (together) + sīdō (sit down).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnsīdō (present infinitive cōnsīdere, perfect active cōnsēdī or cōnsīdī, supine cōnsessum); third conjugation

    1. to sit down, be seated
    2. to settle, settle down, establish residence (with enduring commitment)
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.572:
        Vultis et hīs mēcum pariter cōnsīdere rēgnīs?
        And are you willing to settle in this realm, with me, [and to be treated] equally?
    3. to sit (as a judge)
    4. to lodge
      Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, possideō, iaceō, resideō, subsīdō, stabulō, incolō, colō, vīvō, versō

    Conjugation

    • Perfect forms like consīdī are rare but attested Classically.

    References

    • consido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • consido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • consido”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • his enthusiasm has abated, cooled down: ardor animi resēdit, consedit
      • to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: considere alicubi (Att. 5. 14. 1)
      • to occupy the foot of a hill: considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)