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|lshtext=<b>as-sīdo</b>: (ads-, Ritschl, Fleck., B. and K., Dietsch; [[ass]]-, Roth), sēdi, no<br /><b>I</b> [[sup]]., 3, v. n., to [[sit]] [[down]], [[seat]] one's [[self]] [[somewhere]], [[sit]] (syn. [[assideo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Absol.: Adsido; accurrunt servi; soccos detrahunt, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 72: adsidamus, si videtur, Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 14: Assidentem (Caesarem) conspirati specie officii circumsteterunt, Suet. Caes. 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With an [[adjunct]] of [[place]]: in sellā [[apud]] magistrum adsideres, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 28: hic, id. Stich. 1, 2, 35: hic in arā, id. Rud. 3, 3, 26: eo [[mulier]] adsidat, [[Cato]], R. R. 157, 11: ut aves videre possint, ubi adsidant, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 3: [[super]] aspidem, Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59: [[aquila]] in culmine domūs assedit, Suet. Tib. 14: [[humi]] assidens, id. Ner. 53 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> With acc. (cf. [[assideo]], II. A.): [[Hiempsal]] dextrā Adherbalem adsedit, Sall. J. 11, 3: se utrumque adsidere jussit, Aur. Vict. Caes. 10.—Of an [[orator]] [[who]] sits [[down]] [[after]] he has [[finished]] his [[speech]]: Peroravit [[aliquando]], adsedit; surrexi ego, he sat [[down]], took his [[seat]], Cic. Rosc. Am. 22: [[subito]] adsedit, cum sibi venenis ereptam memoriam diceret, id. Or. 37, 129: Set ubi adsedit, [[Catilina]] etc., Sall. C. 31, 7; 53, 1.
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