(verb) : dē-sĭdĕo, sēdi, 2, sedeo
* To remain or continue sitting, to sit long; and with the accessory idea of inactivity, to sit idle, to remain inactive (rare; not in Cic.).
* In gen.: tam diu Ibi desidere neque redire filium,Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 4; id. Ps. 4, 4, 7: frustra ibi totum desedi diem,Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 2: aquila ramis,Phaedr. 2, 4, 21; cf.: amoenioribus locis,Quint. 5, 8, 1: apud Nicomedem,Suet. Caes. 2: in aliquo spectaculo,Sen. Ep. 7: in discrimine sociorum,Suet. Caes. 4.
* In partic., to go to stool, Cels. 2, 7; 2, 12 fin.; 4, 18.

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