desideo
From LSJ
Εὐνοῦχος ἄλλο θηρίον τῶν ἐν βίῳ → Eunuchus, alia vitam spurcans bestia → Ein weitres Lebensungetüm ist der Eunuch
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sĭdĕo: sēdi, 2, v. n. sedeo,
I 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.).
I 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.—
II In partic., to go to stool, Cels. 2, 7; 2, 12 fin.; 4, 18.
