desideo
νύκτα οὖν ἡμέραν ποιούμενος → without delay, as soon as possible, as fast as possible, making the night day, making night into day, turning night into day
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsĭdĕō,¹³ sēdī, ēre, intr., rester assis ou séjourner de manière inactive : Pl. Bacch. 238 ; Ter. Hec. 800 ; amœnioribus locis Quint. 5, 8, 1, séjourner dans de plus agréables lieux ; in aliquo spectaculo Sen. Ep. 7, 2, s’arrêter dans des spectacles
