assideo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsideō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Latin assideo

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ sedeō (“sit; settle down”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.de.oː/, [äs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.de.o/, [äsˈsiːd̪eo]

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, no passive)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		assidēre			—			assidēns			—
future		assessūrum esse			—			assessūrus			—
perfect		assēdisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		assessūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		assidendī		assidendō		assidendum		assidendō		assessum		assessū

Derived terms

• assessiō
• assessor
• assessus
• assidelae
• assiduus

Related terms

• circumsedeō
• dēsideō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• possideō
• praesideō
• resideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: așeza
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: assidere (obsolete)
  • Neapolitan: assittà
• Northern Gallo-Romance;
  • Champaignat: assire
  • French: asseoir
• 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

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.