possido

Latin > English

possido possidere, -, - V :: seize, hold, be master of; possess, take/hold possession of, occupy; inherit

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

possīdo: sēdi, sessum, 3, v. a. causat. of possideo, q. v..
I Lit., to take possession of, to possess one's self of (class.; cf.: habeo, occupo, potior): bona alicujus sine testamento, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: regnum, Auct. B. Alex. 34.—Of inanim. subjects (poet. and in post-class. prose): aër omne possidat inane, Lucr. 1, 386: circumfluus humor Ultima possedit, took possession of, Ov. M. 1, 31: ignis cuncta possedit, Just. 2, 1, 14.—
II Trop., to take possession of, possess itself of, to occupy (class.): brevi tempore totum hominem, totamque ejus praeturam possederat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158.<>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

possīdō,¹² sēdī, sessum, ĕre (sido), tr.,
1 prendre possession de, se rendre maître de : bona alicujus Cic. de Or. 2, 283, prendre possession des biens de qqn
2 s’emparer de : agros armis Cæs. G. 4, 7, 3, s’emparer de territoires par les armes || [fig.] Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 158 ; Lucr. 1, 386.

{{Georges |georg=pos-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, ere (v. potis od. pote u. sīdo), etw. in Besitz nehmen, von etw. Besitz ergreifen, sich in [[Besitz einer Sache setzen, einer Sache sich bemächtigen (vgl. Kraner Caes. b. G. 4, 7, 4; Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 21), I) eig.: aër omne necesse est possidat inane, Lucr.: umor ultima possedit, Ov.: illam (navem) aegrotus possedit, Cornif. rhet.: ne essent loca munita, quae hostes possiderent, Nep.: bona sine testamento possederat, Cic.: eos (agros) tenere, quos armis possederint, Caes.: ut fecundissimum hoc solum vosque ipsos possiderent, Tac.: quaestores in bona eius publice possidenda missi sunt, um zu beschlagnahmen, Liv. epit.: agros Scipionum virtute possessos, Cic.: possessa Achaia, Tac. – II) übtr.: brevi tempore totum hominem totamque eius praeturam, Cic. Verr. 3, 158. }}