sit Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To be in a sitting postureII. To be on session, as a court1. sĕdeo, 22. expr. by hăbēri (to be held)III. To sit idly, be inactiveIV. To incubateV. To fit; as of dressB. Trans. • sit: A. Intrans.: I. To be in a sitting posture: sĕdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2: my loins ache with s.ing, lumbi sedendo dolent, Pl. Men. 5, 3, 1: with in and abl. denoting the seat: to s. in the front s.s, in primis sedilibus s., Hor. Epod. 4, 16; on a throne, in solio, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69. Also, esp. in the poets, without prep., e. g. solio s., Ov. Often with ref. to magisterial function: to s. on the tribunal (seat of judgment), pro (rather than in) tribunali s., Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 9 (in tribunali sedere, of other persons occupying the tribunal, as the assessors, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, init.). Comps.: (1). assĭdeo, 2 (to s. by; esp. in order to attend to or nurse): either absol., as Tac. Agr. 45 (assidente amantissima uxore). or with dat., as Ov. H. 20 (19), 137, ille ... assidet aegrae: Cic. (2). insĭdeo, 2 (oftener in secondary senses, as to be situated on, be seated or rooted in: also lit. in the poets): to s. upon a couch, toro ins., Ov. H. 20 (19), 134: to s. (be mounted) on a horse, equo i., Liv. 7, 6, med. (3). [*consĭdeo], consēdi, ssum, 2 (to take a seat; sit down: the perfect and other tenses are usu. referred to consīdo): v. to sit down. (4). rĕsĭdeo, 2 (to s. back, in an easy position: infreq. in this sense): Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr. (5). persĕdeo, 2 (to continue long sitting: rare): Lucr.: Liv. II. To be on session, as a court: 1. sĕdeo, 2: Cic. Clu. 38, init.: Liv. Also consideo (at all events in p. tenses): Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19, quo die primum judices citati in hunc reum consedistis, the first day you sat on this case. 2. expr. by hăbēri (to be held): while the courts were sitting, quum conventus haberentur: v. to hold. III. To sit idly, be inactive: sĕdeo, 2: to s. with folded hands, compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere, Liv. 7, 13. Strengthened: we sit idly at home, sedemus desides domi, id. 3, 68, med. Comp. dēsĭdeo, 2: to s. idly in delightful scenery, amoenioribus locis d., Quint. 5, 8, 1: Ter. IV. To incubate: incŭbo, ui, ĭtum, 1 (with dat.): Col.: Plin. V. To fit; as of dress: sĕdeo, 2: Quint. 11, 3, 140 (pars togae ... ita sedet melius et continetur). B. Trans.: Phr.: to s. a horse, in equo [bene] haerere, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28.