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|lshtext=<b>sub-sīdo</b>: sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a.<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[sit]] [[down]], [[crouch]] [[down]], [[squat]]; to [[set]] one's [[self]] [[down]], [[settle]] [[down]], [[sink]] [[down]] ([[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: agite [[nunc]], subsidite omnes, [[quasi]] solent [[triarii]], Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.: subsidunt [[Hispani]] [[adversus]] emissa [[tela]] ab hoste, [[inde]] ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt, Liv. 28, 2: partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit, id. 1, 14; cf.: poplite subsidens, Verg. A. 12, 492: alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes, Liv. 44, 5: subsedit in illā Ante fores ara, Ov. M. 9, 297.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things, to [[sink]], [[settle]], [[subside]]: sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: [[neque]] [[enim]] poterant subsidere saxa, Lucr. 5, 493: [[valles]], Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19: [[limus]] mundi ut [[faex]], Lucr. 5, 497; cf.: faeces in fundis vasorum, Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26: in urinā [[quod]] subsidit, si [[album]] est, etc., Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: [[aqua]] subsidit, settles, becomes [[clear]], Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, [[fall]], [[subside]] (opp. surgit [[humus]]), Ov. M. 1, 344: undae, [[subside]], [[abate]], Verg. A. 5, 820; [[hence]], transf., venti, Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.—Poet.: [[extremus]] galeāque imā subsidit [[Acestes]], [[remains]] at the [[bottom]], Verg. A. 5, 498: [[ebur]] posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque, gives [[way]], yields, Ov. M. 10, 284: multae per [[mare]] [[pessum]] Subsedere suis [[pariter]] cum civibus urbes, are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590: terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes, Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, [[sink]], [[like]] the heavier [[weight]] on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of things: in Nilo [[navicula]] subsedit, ran [[aground]], Liv. Epit. 112.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[settle]] [[down]]: [[hinc]] accidit ut [[aetas]] jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat, i. e. is held [[back]], Quint. 2, 1, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]]).