SIT Copy link • SITPROP., sedere. To sit long, persedere: to sit at or near anything, assidere alicui rei (Cic.): to sit on a horse, in equo sedere (Cic.); insidere (Liv.); haerere (C, to sit firmly): to sit at table, accubare, accumbere in convivio (in the Roman sense): to sit still, quietum sedere; se non movere loco: to sit in the Senate, or on a bench (of magistrates), sedere: sedem or locum habere in senatu, in judicio. Figuratively, sedere, haerere (to be at rest, or to remain long in a place): to sit closely at or long over anything, occupatum esse aliqua re; assidue, studiose tractare aliquid: to sit before a place (of besiegers), ad urbem sedere: to sit upon eggs, iucubare ovis or ova; fovere ova: to sit apart, in different places, non una sedere (Vid: Cic., Mil., 20, 54. ☞ Dissidere is not found in this sense). To sit out a play, *fabulam ad finem usque spectare.