seat (subs.) Copy link Outline I. That on which one sits1. sēdes, is, f.2. sĕdīle, is, n. (more limited in meaning than sedes, and denoting some kind of fixed bench or chair3. sella (a moveable seat or chair4. in pl. subsellia, orum (the benches on which senators sat in the senate-house, or those in front of the tribunal in the forum)5. so in a collect. manner, spectacula, orum, is used of the seats in a theatre or public show6. sessio (place for sitting downII. Position of a person sittingIII. Part of the body on which one sitsIV. Proper place or home of anything1. sēdes2. dŏmĭcĭlium (dwelling-placeV. Hereditary mansionVI. A right to sit in a legislative body expr. by circuml., to obtain a s. in parliament, *senatorem fieri, ad dignitatem senatoriam (or simply, ad senatum) pervenireVII. In riding • seat (subs.): I. That on which one sits: 1. sēdes, is, f.: they sat down on the s.s beneath the plane-tree, in iis s. quae erant sub platano consedisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, extr.: s. of honour, s. honoris (= sella curulis), id. Cat. 4, 1, 2: so of the senators' s.s, Liv. 5, 41, fin. 2. sĕdīle, is, n. (more limited in meaning than sedes, and denoting some kind of fixed bench or chair: chiefly poet.): grassy s. (or chair), gramineum s., Virg. Aen. 8, 176: he sits on the front s.s (of the knights), in primis s. sedet, Hor. Epod. 4, 15: Ov. 3. sella (a moveable seat or chair: not a fixture like sedile): the curule s. (chair), s. curulis, Cic. Verr. 5, 14, 36: cf. id. Div. 1, 52, 119, s. aurea (Caesaris dictatoris). See also chair, sedan, stool. 4. in pl. subsellia, orum (the benches on which senators sat in the senate-house, or those in front of the tribunal in the forum): specially, s. senatus, Cic. Ph. 5, 7, 18; but more freq. absol., the context serving to define, cf. id. Cat. 1, 7, 16 (istam partem subselliorum nudam reliquerunt): the accusers' part of the s.s, accusatorum s., id. R. Am. 6, 17. 5. so in a collect. manner, spectacula, orum, is used of the seats in a theatre or public show: Suet. Cal. 35 (e spectaculis detractus): Tac. 6. sessio (place for sitting down: infreq.): Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20. II. Position of a person sitting: perh. sēdes: or expr. by circuml.: he seated himself on the right of Adherbal, to prevent Jugurtha being in the middle, which is the s. of honour among the Numidians, dextera Adherbalem assedit, ne medius ex tribus, quod apud Numidas honori ducitur, Jugurtha foret, Sall. Jug. 11: the middle s. is the s. of honour, *sedentium medius locus honestissimus. Expr. to take one's s., by sedēre, assidĕre, considĕre: (v. to sit): but in Liv. 1, 18, med., we have sedem capere, appy. to avoid repetition of sedere or its comps. III. Part of the body on which one sits: sēdes: Plin. 23, 3, 37: also in pl.: it removes excrescences on the s., excrescentia in sedibus extrahit, id. 22, 21, 29, § 61. (More usu. ānus: v. fundament.) IV. Proper place or home of anything: 1. sēdes: (pleasure) disturbs the mind from its proper s. and position, mentem e sua s. et statu demovet, Cic. Par. 1, fin.: s. of war, s. belli, Liv. 4, 31, fin. Also pl.: in the very s. of luxury (Capua), in sedibus luxuriae, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: s. of power, s. imperii, cf. id. Rep. 2, 5. 2. dŏmĭcĭlium (dwelling-place: fig. settled abode): (Rome) the very s. of empire and glory, imperii et gloriae d., Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 105: the s. of the soul, domicilia (pl.) animi, Gell. 17, 15, init. Cf. Cic. Agr. l. c., in domicilio superbiae atque in sedibus luxuriae. V. Hereditary mansion: perh. dŏmĭcĭlium; or more precisely, *domicilium avitum (paternum), sedes avita (paterna): cf. Hor. Od. 1, 12, 43 (avitus cum lare fundus): id. Ep. 2, 2, 51 (paterni laris inops). Sometimes villa (country-house) may be near enough: cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 1, hujus [lacus] in littore plures villae meae: sometimes the neut. of a local adj. without subs.: e. g. Laurentinum meum, my Laurentine s., id. 2, 17, init.: Cic. Or domus may be used as gen. term: v. house, home. VI. A right to sit in a legislative body expr. by circuml., to obtain a s. in parliament, *senatorem fieri, ad dignitatem senatoriam (or simply, ad senatum) pervenire: v. senate, parliament, etc. VII. In riding: Phr.: to have a good s., in equo (bene) haerere: equo bene uti, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 24, 55.
seat (v.) Copy link • seat (v.): as v. reflect. to s. oneself: sĕdeo (to be seated); insĭdeo (to s. oneself on or upon); assīdo (to s. oneself by or next to): v. to sit; and comp. seat, subs. (II.). See also foll. art.
SEAT Copy link • SEAT 1. s. Place in which one sits or may sit, sessio: sedile (place in which one may sit): sedes (place in which one sits). To take the highest, lowest seat, supremum, ultimum, capere locum. That whereon one sits, sedes: sella. A raised seat, solium: seats in the circus, fori (plur.): seats of the senators, subsellia (plur.): to take one’s seat, sedem capere (Liv., 1, 18): seat of justice, tribunal. Place of abode, sedes: domicilium: habitatio: deversorium (an inn): cubile: lustrum (lair of a wild animal): latibulum: receptaculum (a hiding-place; the first especially of animals): refugium: perfugium; (The words are found in this connection and order.) portus et perfugium: portus et refugium: receptus tutus (a place of refuge). Seats of the gods, sedes, spatia immortalium: to change one’s seat, sedem alio transferre: seat of government, sedes, domicilium, imperii, regni: seat of war, locus belli gerendi (Cic.); sedes belli (Liv.): to change the seat of war, bellum (sedem belli) in alias terras transferre (Liv., 21, 21). Country-house, villa 2. v. sede locare, collocare, ponere. To seat one’s self, sedem capere, considere (PROP.): considere: residere (Cic.): subsidere (Verg.): sedem ac domicilium collocare aliquo loco (Cic., figuratively = to settle): to seat one’s self at table (after the manner of the ancients), accumbere: decumbere: recumbere; (according to our custom), ad mensam considere