con-sīdo, sēdi (also -sīdi, Enn. ap. Gell. 4, 7, v. Sat., v. 14 Vahl.; Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.; Gell. 5, 4, 1; cf. Wagner ad Verg. E. 7, 1; Neue, Formenl. II. p. 501), sessum, 3
* V. n., to sit down (esp. of a multitude), take a seat, be seated, to settle (freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with in and abl., sub and abl., ante, the simple abl., or absol.
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* In assemblies of the people, courts of justice, theatres, etc., to take one's place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, to be in session: cum in theatro imperiti homines consederant,Cic. Fl. 7, 16; so of senators,Suet. Aug. 35.—Of judges: quo die primum judices, citati in hunc reum consedistis,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19; Liv. 26, 48, 9; Ov. M. 11, 157; 12, 627: ad jus dicendum,Liv. 34, 61, 15: introductum in tabernaculum (Persea) adversus advocatos in consilium considere jussit,id. 45, 7, 5; Suet. Calig. 38: in orchestrā,id. Aug. 44: inter patres,Tac. A. 13, 54.
* Milit. t. t., to encamp, pitch a camp, take post somewhere; with in and abl.: quo in loco Germani consederant,Caes. B. G. 1, 49; so Sall. J. 49, 1; Liv. 4, 17, 12; 10, 4, 11.—With sub: sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 21; Sall. C. 57, 3: trans flumen,Caes. B. G. 2, 16: contra eum duūm milium spatio,id. ib. 3, 17: nuntiant Jugurtham circiter duūm milium intervallo ante eos consedisse,Sall. J. 106, 5: prope Cirtam haud longe a mari,id. ib. 21, 2: inter virgulta,id. ib. 49, 5: superioribus locis,id. ib. 51, 3: ubi cuique vallis abdita spem praesidii aut salutis aliquam offerebat, consederat,Caes. B. G. 6, 34; cf. Curt. 7, 7, 31: haud procul,id. 4, 12, 4.
* To settle down for a long time or permanently, to take up one's abode, to establish one's self: qui etiam dubitem, an hic Antii considam,Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2: antequam aliquo loco consedero, neque longas a me neque semper meā manu litteras exspectabis,id. ib. 5, 14, 1: Belgas propter loci fertilitatem ibi consedisse,Caes. B. G. 2, 4: in Ubiorum finibus,id. ib. 4, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 31: vultis et his mecum pariter considere regnis?Verg. A. 1, 572: terrā,id. ib. 4, 349.—With in and acc.: in novam urbem,Curt. 7, 4, 23.
* Of inanim. objects, esp. of places, to settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, etc.: in Veliterno agro terra ingentibus cavernis consedit arboresque in profundum haustae,Liv. 30, 38, 8; cf.: terra in ingentem sinum consedit,id. 30, 2, 12: (Alpes) jam licet considant!may now sink down,Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34: omne mihi visum considere in ignis Ilium,to sink down,Verg. A. 2, 624; 9, 145; cf.: Ilium ardebat, neque adhuc consederat ignis,Ov. M. 13, 408: in cinerem,Stat. Th. 3, 185: cum omnia sacra profanaque in ignem considerent,Tac. H. 3, 33 fin.: quā mitescentia Alpium juga considunt, sink, i. e. are lower, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147: patiemur picem considere, et cum siderit, aquam eliquabimus,Col. 12, 24, 2: donec consideret pulvis,Curt. 5, 13, 12: cum in cacuminibus montium nubes consident,Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356: tumidi considunt fluctus,Sil. 17, 291.
* In gen.: multa bona in pectore consident,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 24; Cic. Univ. 2: justitia cujus in mente consedit,id. Fin. 1, 16, 50; id. Har. Resp. 12, 24.— Poet.: totam videmus Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk or immersed in grief, Verg. A. 11, 350 (in luctum esse demersum, Serv.).
* In partic.
* (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To settle down permanently, sink: in otio,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2: hoc totum (genus dicendi) in eā mediocritate consedit,id. Or. 27, 96: antequam ego incipio secedere et in aliā parte considere,i. e. change the subject,Sen. Ep. 117, 4.
* (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To lose force, abate, subside, diminish; to be appeased, quieted, to cease: ardor animi cum consedit, omnis illa vis et quasi flamma oratoris exstinguitur,Cic. Brut. 24, 93: consederit furor,id. Ac. 2, 27, 88: ferocia ab re bene gestā,Liv. 42, 62, 3: primus terror ab necopinato visu,id. 33, 7, 5: bella,Sil. 16, 218: quia praesentia satis consederant,Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.: consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā,i. e. has since that time ceased,Cic. Mur. 8, 18.—*
* Of discourse, to sink; to conclude, end: eorum verborum junctio nascatur a proceris numeris ac liberis... sed varie distincteque considat,Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191.

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