sit down Copy link Outline I. To take one's seat1. consīdo, sēdi, ssum, 32. rĕsīdo, 3; and rĕsĭdeo, 23. assīdo, sēdi, 3II. Milit. t. t.; to sit down before a place for the sake of laying siege to it • sit down: I. To take one's seat: 1. consīdo, sēdi, ssum, 3: let us s. down here in the shade, considamus hic in umbra, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7: used of a single person no less than of a number: Virg. E. 7, 1. Pass. impers.: they come to the wood and s. down, venitur ad silvam et considitur, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 18. 2. rĕsīdo, 3; and rĕsĭdeo, 2: they s. down in the middle of the house, mediis residunt aedibus, Virg. Aen. 8, 467: let us s. down [at our ease], resideamus, Cic. Fin. 3, 2, extr. See also to settle, alight. 3. assīdo, sēdi, 3: let us s. down, if you please, assidamus si videtur, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 14: to s. down upon a viper, super aspidem a., id. Fin. 2, 18, fin. (N.B.--According to the ancient custom of reclining at meals, the verbs recumbo, discumbo, are used of taking place at table: v. to recline.) II. Milit. t. t.; to sit down before a place for the sake of laying siege to it: circumsĕdeo, obsĭdeo, 2: v. to besiege, invest.