consido

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈsiː.doː/, [kõːˈs̠iːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsi.do/, [konˈsiːd̪o]

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, Virgil, Aeneid 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.

   Conjugation of cōnsīdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsīdō	cōnsīdis	cōnsīdit	cōnsīdimus	cōnsīditis	cōnsīdunt
	imperfect	cōnsīdēbam	cōnsīdēbās	cōnsīdēbat	cōnsīdēbāmus	cōnsīdēbātis	cōnsīdēbant
	future	cōnsīdam	cōnsīdēs	cōnsīdet	cōnsīdēmus	cōnsīdētis	cōnsīdent
	perfect	cōnsēdī, cōnsīdī	cōnsēdistī, cōnsīdistī	cōnsēdit, cōnsīdit	cōnsēdimus, cōnsīdimus	cōnsēdistis, cōnsīdistis	cōnsēdērunt, cōnsēdēre, cōnsīdērunt, cōnsīdēre
	pluperfect	cōnsēderam, cōnsīderam	cōnsēderās, cōnsīderās	cōnsēderat, cōnsīderat	cōnsēderāmus, cōnsīderāmus	cōnsēderātis, cōnsīderātis	cōnsēderant, cōnsīderant
	future perfect	cōnsēderō, cōnsīderō	cōnsēderis, cōnsīderis	cōnsēderit, cōnsīderit	cōnsēderimus, cōnsīderimus	cōnsēderitis, cōnsīderitis	cōnsēderint, cōnsīderint
passive	present	cōnsīdor	cōnsīderis, cōnsīdere	cōnsīditur	cōnsīdimur	cōnsīdiminī	cōnsīduntur
	imperfect	cōnsīdēbar	cōnsīdēbāris, cōnsīdēbāre	cōnsīdēbātur	cōnsīdēbāmur	cōnsīdēbāminī	cōnsīdēbantur
	future	cōnsīdar	cōnsīdēris, cōnsīdēre	cōnsīdētur	cōnsīdēmur	cōnsīdēminī	cōnsīdentur
	perfect	cōnsessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnsīdam	cōnsīdās	cōnsīdat	cōnsīdāmus	cōnsīdātis	cōnsīdant
imperfect	cōnsīderem	cōnsīderēs	cōnsīderet	cōnsīderēmus	cōnsīderētis	cōnsīderent
perfect	cōnsēderim, cōnsīderim	cōnsēderīs, cōnsīderīs	cōnsēderit, cōnsīderit	cōnsēderīmus, cōnsīderīmus	cōnsēderītis, cōnsīderītis	cōnsēderint, cōnsīderint
pluperfect	cōnsēdissem, cōnsīdissem	cōnsēdissēs, cōnsīdissēs	cōnsēdisset, cōnsīdisset	cōnsēdissēmus, cōnsīdissēmus	cōnsēdissētis, cōnsīdissētis	cōnsēdissent, cōnsīdissent
passive	present	cōnsīdar	cōnsīdāris, cōnsīdāre	cōnsīdātur	cōnsīdāmur	cōnsīdāminī	cōnsīdantur
imperfect	cōnsīderer	cōnsīderēris, cōnsīderēre	cōnsīderētur	cōnsīderēmur	cōnsīderēminī	cōnsīderentur
perfect	cōnsessus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	cōnsessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnsīde	—	—	cōnsīdite	—
	future	—	cōnsīditō	cōnsīditō	—	cōnsīditōte	cōnsīduntō
passive	present	—	cōnsīdere	—	—	cōnsīdiminī	—
	future	—	cōnsīditor	cōnsīditor	—	—	cōnsīduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnsīdere	cōnsēdisse, cōnsīdisse	cōnsessūrum esse	cōnsīdī	cōnsessum esse	cōnsessum īrī
participles		cōnsīdēns	—	cōnsessūrus	—	cōnsessus	cōnsīdendus, cōnsīdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnsīdendī	cōnsīdendō	cōnsīdendum	cōnsīdendō	cōnsessum	cōnsessū

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)