From con- (“together”) + sīdō (“sit down”).
cōnsīdō (present infinitive cōnsīdere, perfect active cōnsēdī or cōnsīdī, supine cōnsessum); third conjugation
- to sit down, be seated
- 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?
- to sit (as a judge)
- to lodge
- Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, possideō, iaceō, resideō, subsīdō, stabulō, incolō, colō, vīvō, versō
- Perfect forms like consīdī are rare but attested Classically.
Conjugation of cōnsīdō (third conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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cōnsīdō
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cōnsīdis
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cōnsīdit
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cōnsīdimus
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cōnsīditis
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cōnsīdunt
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imperfect
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cōnsīdēbam
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cōnsīdēbās
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cōnsīdēbat
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cōnsīdēbāmus
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cōnsīdēbātis
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cōnsīdēbant
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future
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cōnsīdam
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cōnsīdēs
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cōnsīdet
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cōnsīdēmus
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cōnsīdētis
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cōnsīdent
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perfect
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cōnsēdī, cōnsīdī
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cōnsēdistī, cōnsīdistī
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cōnsēdit, cōnsīdit
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cōnsēdimus, cōnsīdimus
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cōnsēdistis, cōnsīdistis
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cōnsēdērunt, cōnsēdēre, cōnsīdērunt, cōnsīdēre
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pluperfect
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cōnsēderam, cōnsīderam
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cōnsēderās, cōnsīderās
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cōnsēderat, cōnsīderat
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cōnsēderāmus, cōnsīderāmus
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cōnsēderātis, cōnsīderātis
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cōnsēderant, cōnsīderant
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future perfect
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cōnsēderō, cōnsīderō
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cōnsēderis, cōnsīderis
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cōnsēderit, cōnsīderit
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cōnsēderimus, cōnsīderimus
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cōnsēderitis, cōnsīderitis
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cōnsēderint, cōnsīderint
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passive
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present
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cōnsīdor
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cōnsīderis, cōnsīdere
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cōnsīditur
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cōnsīdimur
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cōnsīdiminī
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cōnsīduntur
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imperfect
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cōnsīdēbar
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cōnsīdēbāris, cōnsīdēbāre
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cōnsīdēbātur
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cōnsīdēbāmur
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cōnsīdēbāminī
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cōnsīdēbantur
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future
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cōnsīdar
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cōnsīdēris, cōnsīdēre
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cōnsīdētur
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cōnsīdēmur
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cōnsīdēminī
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cōnsīdentur
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perfect
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cōnsessus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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cōnsessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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cōnsessus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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cōnsīdam
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cōnsīdās
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cōnsīdat
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cōnsīdāmus
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cōnsīdātis
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cōnsīdant
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imperfect
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cōnsīderem
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cōnsīderēs
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cōnsīderet
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cōnsīderēmus
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cōnsīderētis
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cōnsīderent
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perfect
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cōnsēderim, cōnsīderim
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cōnsēderīs, cōnsīderīs
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cōnsēderit, cōnsīderit
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cōnsēderīmus, cōnsīderīmus
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cōnsēderītis, cōnsīderītis
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cōnsēderint, cōnsīderint
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pluperfect
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cōnsēdissem, cōnsīdissem
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cōnsēdissēs, cōnsīdissēs
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cōnsēdisset, cōnsīdisset
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cōnsēdissēmus, cōnsīdissēmus
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cōnsēdissētis, cōnsīdissētis
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cōnsēdissent, cōnsīdissent
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passive
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present
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cōnsīdar
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cōnsīdāris, cōnsīdāre
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cōnsīdātur
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cōnsīdāmur
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cōnsīdāminī
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cōnsīdantur
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imperfect
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cōnsīderer
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cōnsīderēris, cōnsīderēre
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cōnsīderētur
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cōnsīderēmur
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cōnsīderēminī
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cōnsīderentur
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perfect
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cōnsessus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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cōnsessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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cōnsīde
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—
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—
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cōnsīdite
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—
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future
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—
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cōnsīditō
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cōnsīditō
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—
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cōnsīditōte
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cōnsīduntō
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passive
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present
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—
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cōnsīdere
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—
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—
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cōnsīdiminī
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—
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future
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—
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cōnsīditor
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cōnsīditor
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—
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—
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cōnsīduntor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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cōnsīdere
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cōnsēdisse, cōnsīdisse
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cōnsessūrum esse
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cōnsīdī
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cōnsessum esse
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cōnsessum īrī
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participles
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cōnsīdēns
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—
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cōnsessūrus
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—
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cōnsessus
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cōnsīdendus, cōnsīdundus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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cōnsīdendī
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cōnsīdendō
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cōnsīdendum
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cōnsīdendō
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cōnsessum
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cōnsessū
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- “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)