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(verb) : sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), and
* A.
* Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
* Lit.
* Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one (poet. and in post-class. prose): devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,Verg. A. 11, 268: leonem,Sil. 13, 221: copiosos homines,Amm. 28, 4, 22: insontem,id. 16, 8, 3: serpens foramen,to watch,id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).
* Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare): in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,Quint. 3, 8, 60: nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),id. 11, 3, 24: vitia subsidunt,Sen. Ep. 94, 69: formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,id. ib. 13, 12.
* In partic.
* Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay: si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36: subsedi in ipsā viā,Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1: in Siciliā,id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo ... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36: quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,Suet. Vit. 1 fin.: in oppido Reatino,id. Vesp. 1: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.
* Of things: in Nilo navicula subsedit,ran aground,Liv. Epit. 112.
* To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush: cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?Cic. Mil. 19, 51: si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,id. ib. 19, 49: partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.
* Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male (poet. and very rare): maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),Lucr. 4, 1198: juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,Hor. Epod. 16, 31.
* To settle down: hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,i. e. is held back,Quint. 2, 1, 3.
* A.
* Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).
* Lit.
* Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one (poet. and in post-class. prose): devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,Verg. A. 11, 268: leonem,Sil. 13, 221: copiosos homines,Amm. 28, 4, 22: insontem,id. 16, 8, 3: serpens foramen,to watch,id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).
* Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare): in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,Quint. 3, 8, 60: nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),id. 11, 3, 24: vitia subsidunt,Sen. Ep. 94, 69: formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,id. ib. 13, 12.
* In partic.
* Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay: si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36: subsedi in ipsā viā,Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1: in Siciliā,id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo ... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36: quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,Suet. Vit. 1 fin.: in oppido Reatino,id. Vesp. 1: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.
* Of things: in Nilo navicula subsedit,ran aground,Liv. Epit. 112.
* To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush: cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?Cic. Mil. 19, 51: si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,id. ib. 19, 49: partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.
* Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male (poet. and very rare): maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),Lucr. 4, 1198: juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,Hor. Epod. 16, 31.
* To settle down: hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,i. e. is held back,Quint. 2, 1, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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