possideo

Latin

Etymology

From potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.oː/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.o/, [posˈsiːd̪eo]

Verb

possideō (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation

1. to have, hold, own, possess

   Synonyms: habeo, obtineō, teneo

2. to possess lands, have possessions
3. to take control or possession of, seize, occupy

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, occupō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, capiō, apprehendō

4. to occupy

   Synonyms: occupō, comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō

5. to inhabit, abide

   Synonyms: cōnsīdō, iaceō, obsideō, habitō, resideō, subsīdō, incolō, colō, stabulō, vīvō, verso

6. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to acquire

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.18.15:

     Cor prūdēns possidēbit scientiam: et auris sapientium quaerit doctrīnam.

     A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

7. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to inherit
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.11.29:

     Quī conturbat domum suam, possidēbit ventōs: et quī stultus est serviet sapientī.

     He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE

Conjugation

   Conjugation of possideō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	possideō		possidēs		possidet		possidēmus		possidētis		possident
	imperfect	possidēbam		possidēbās		possidēbat		possidēbāmus		possidēbātis		possidēbant
	future	possidēbō		possidēbis		possidēbit		possidēbimus		possidēbitis		possidēbunt
	perfect	possēdī		possēdistī		possēdit		possēdimus		possēdistis		possēdērunt, possēdēre
	pluperfect	possēderam		possēderās		possēderat		possēderāmus		possēderātis		possēderant
	future perfect	possēderō		possēderis		possēderit		possēderimus		possēderitis		possēderint
passive	present	possideor		possidēris, possidēre		possidētur		possidēmur		possidēminī		possidentur
	imperfect	possidēbar		possidēbāris, possidēbāre		possidēbātur		possidēbāmur		possidēbāminī		possidēbantur
	future	possidēbor		possidēberis, possidēbere		possidēbitur		possidēbimur		possidēbiminī		possidēbuntur
	perfect	possessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	possessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	possessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	possideam		possideās		possideat		possideāmus		possideātis		possideant
	imperfect	possidērem		possidērēs		possidēret		possidērēmus		possidērētis		possidērent
	perfect	possēderim		possēderīs		possēderit		possēderīmus		possēderītis		possēderint
	pluperfect	possēdissem		possēdissēs		possēdisset		possēdissēmus		possēdissētis		possēdissent
passive	present	possidear		possideāris, possideāre		possideātur		possideāmur		possideāminī		possideantur
	imperfect	possidērer		possidērēris, possidērēre		possidērētur		possidērēmur		possidērēminī		possidērentur
	perfect	possessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	possessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		possidē		—		—		possidēte		—
	future	—		possidētō		possidētō		—		possidētōte		possidentō
passive	present	—		possidēre		—		—		possidēminī		—
	future	—		possidētor		possidētor		—		—		possidentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		possidēre			possidērī			possidēns			—
future		possessūrum esse			possessum īrī			possessūrus			possidendus
perfect		possēdisse			possessum esse			—			possessus
future perfect		—			possessum fore			—			—
perfect potential		possessūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		possidendī		possidendō		possidendum		possidendō		possessum		possessū

Derived terms

• possessiō
• possessīvus
• possessor
• possessus
• possidēns

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Asturian: poseyer
• Catalan: posseir
• English: possess
• Esperanto: posedi
• Old French: posseeir, posseoir
  • French: posseoir (archaic, dialectal)
  • Bourguignon: posséir
• → French: posséder
• Galician: posuír
• Ido: posedar
• Interlingua: posseder
• Italian: possedere
• Occitan: possedir
• Papiamentu: poseé
• Portuguese: possuir
• Romanian: poseda
• Sicilian: pussèdiri
• Spanish: poseer

See also

• possīdō

References

• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse