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|lshtext=<b>assĭdŭus</b>: (ads-, perh. [[only]] by [[confusion]] of 1. [[assiduus]] [[with]] 2. [[assiduus]]), i, m. as-do; cf. [[infra]], Gell. 16, 10, 15,<br /><b>I</b> a tributepayer; a [[name]] given by [[Servius]] [[Tullius]] to the citizens of the [[upper]] and [[more]] [[wealthy]] classes, in opp. to proletarii, citizens of the lowest classes, [[who]] [[benefit]] the [[state]] [[only]] by [[their]] [[progeny]] ([[proles]]).<br /> Lit.: cum locupletes assiduos ([[Servius]]) appellāsset ab aere dando, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—So in the Twelve Tables: adsiduo [[vindex]] adsiduus esto. Proletario jam civi, cui [[quis]] volet [[vindex]] esto, Gell. 16, 10, 5; cf. Dirks. Transl. 154 sq.: [[locuples]] [[enim]] est [[assiduus]], ut ait L. [[Aelius]], appellatus ab aere dando, Cic. Top. 2, 10; Varr. ap. Non. p. 67, 25: quibus erant pecuniae [[satis]] locupletes, assiduos; contrarios proletarios, id. ib.: assiduum ab aere dando, Quint. 5, 10, 55: adsiduus in Duodecim Tabulis pro [[locuplete]] [[dictus]], ab assibus, id est aere dando, Gell. 16, 10, 15: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, [[quam]] [[frequenter]] agit, [[quasi]] consedisse videatur. [[Alii]] assiduum locupletem, [[quasi]] multorum assium [[dictum]] putārunt. [[Alii]] eum, qui sumptu [[proprio]] militabat, ab asse dando vocatum existimārunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.: ditiores qui asses dabant, assidui dicti sunt, [[Charis]]. p. 58 P.; cf. [[vindex]] ap. Cassiod. Orth. p. 2318 P.: [[assiduus]] dicebatur [[apud]] antiquos, qui assibus ad aerarii expensam conferendis erat, Isid. Orig. 10, 17; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, pp. 496-502.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., a [[rich]] [[person]]: noctīsque diesque adsiduo [[satis]] superque est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 14.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., adject. of a [[first]]-[[rate]], classical [[writer]]: [[classicus]] adsiduusque [[aliquis]] [[scriptor]], non [[proletarius]], Gell. 19, 8, 15 (cf. on the [[other]] [[hand]]: Proletario sermone [[nunc]] [[quidem]] utere, [[common]] [[talk]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 157).<br /><b>assĭdŭus</b>: (ads-, Ritschl, Lachm., Fleck., B. and K., Rib., Weissenb., Jahn; [[ass]]-, Merk., Halm, K. and H.), a, um, adj. from [[assideo]], as [[continuus]] from [[contineo]], etc.:<br /><b>I</b> Itaque qui adest, adsiduus (est), Varr. L. L. 7, § 99; [[but]] [[more]] [[correctly]]: adsiduus dicitur, qui in eā re, [[quam]] [[frequenter]] agit, [[quasi]] consedisse videatur, to [[have]] sat [[down]] to it, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Constantly [[present]] [[somewhere]], attending to, [[busy]] or [[occupied]] [[with]] [[something]] (cf. [[deses]], [[idle]], from [[desideo]]): cum hic [[filius]] adsiduus in praediis esset, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7; id. Att. 4, 8, b, § 3: fuit adsiduus [[mecum]] praetore me, id. Cael. 4, 10; Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Vulg. Eccli. 9, 4; 37, 15: [[semper]] boni adsiduique domini (i. e. qui [[frequenter]] adest in praediis) referta [[cella]] vinariā, oleariā, etc., Cic. Sen. 16, 56: suos liberos agricolas adsiduos esse cupiunt, id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: [[flagitator]], id. Brut. 5, 18: his [[potius]] tradam adsiduis uno opere eandem incudem diem noctemque tundentibus, id. de Or. 2, 39, 162: Elevat adsiduos [[copia]] longa viros, Prop. 3, 31, 44: [[campus]], Assiduis pulsatus equis, Ov. M. 6, 219: adsiduus in oculis hominum fuerat, Liv. 35, 10: [[hostis]], adsiduus [[magis]] [[quam]] [[gravis]], id. 2, 48: [[canes]] adsiduiores, Varr. R. R. 2, 9: [[circa]] scholas adsiduus, Suet. Tib. 11: (patrimonia) majora fiunt Incude adsiduā semperque ardente [[camino]], by the [[busy]] [[anvil]], Juv. 14, 118: Retibus adsiduis [[penitus]] scrutante macello Proxima, id. 5, 95: Quem cavat adsiduis sudibus, id. 6, 248: in mandatis illius [[maxime]] adsiduus esto, Vulg. Eccli. 6, 37; 12, 3.—So of the [[constant]] [[attendance]] of candidates for [[office]], Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37 (cf. these passages in [[their]] [[connection]]).—Hence [[sarcastically]] of parasites: urbani adsidui cives, quos scurras vocant, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165.—<br /><b>II</b> With the [[prominent]] [[idea]] of [[continuance]] in [[time]], [[continual]], [[unremitting]], [[incessant]], [[perpetual]], [[constant]] ([[very]] freq. [[both]] in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[foro]] operam adsiduam [[dare]], Plaut. As. 2, 4, 22: ludis adsiduas operas [[dare]], Lucr. 4, 974: [[pars]] terraï perusta solibus adsiduis, id. 5, 252: imbres, id. 5, 341; Cic. Att. 13, 16: [[motus]], Lucr. 1, 995, and 4, 392; 2, 97: [[repulsus]], id. 4, 106: [[casus]], id. 5, 205: [[frequentia]], Cic. Planc. 8 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 37: [[febricula]], Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21 fin.: adsidua ac [[diligens]] [[scriptura]], Cic. Or. 1, 33, 150: [[recordatio]], id. Fin. 1, 12, 41: deorum adsidua insidens [[cura]], Liv. 1, 21: [[deprecatio]] justi adsidua, Vulg. Jac. 5, 16: (portae) adsiduus [[custos]], Liv. 34, 9: longa temporum [[quies]] et continuum populi [[otium]] et assidua senatūs [[tranquillitas]], etc., Tac. Or. 38: sterilitates, Suet. Claud. 18: [[quantum]] (nominis) [[Octavius]] abstulit udo Caedibus adsiduis gladio, Juv. 8, 243: barbarorum [[incursus]], Suet. Vesp. 8: vasa [[aurea]] adsiduissimi usūs, id. Aug. 71: [[ignis]], Tib. 1, 1, 6: [[aqua]], Prop. 2, 1, 68; 2, 19, 31; 3, 11, 56 al.: libidines, id. 2, 16, 14: Hic ver adsiduum [[atque]] alienis mensibus [[aestas]], Verg. G. 2, 149: [[nubes]], Ov. M. 1, 66: [[gemitus]], id. ib. 2, 486 et saep.: Non feret assiduas potiori te [[dare]] noctes, * Hor. Epod. 15, 13.—Sometimes said [[with]] a [[degree]] of [[impatience]], [[constant]], [[everlasting]], [[eternal]]: [[lapsus]] Tectorum adsiduos, Juv. 3, 8: [[obvius]] adsiduo [[Syrophoenix]] [[udus]] amomo, [[with]] his [[everlasting]] [[perfume]], id. 8, 159 Jahn: adsiduo ruptae lectore columnae, id. 1, 13.—Hence adv., [[continually]], [[constantly]], [[without]] [[intermission]].<br /><b>I</b> Form as-sĭdŭō (ads-): operam [[dare]] alicui, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37: edere, id. Mil. 1, 1, 50: perpotare, id. Most. 4, 2, 60: esse cum [[aliquo]], id. Truc. 2, 4, 68: quaerere aliquid, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16: adesse, Dig. 40, 4, 44.—Far [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Form assĭdŭē (ads-): ubi [[sum]] adsidue, [[scio]], Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 20: in [[ore]] indisciplinatorum adsidue erit, Vulg. Eccli. 20, 26: Adsidue veniebat, Verg. E. 2, 4: homines nobiles adsidue unā scribere, Ter. Ad. prol. 16: adsidue cantare, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74: [[alia]], quae suis locis dicentur adsidue, Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 3: Cum [[assidue]] minores parentibus [[liberi]] essent, Quint. 6, 3, 67: agere aliquid, Ter. Heaut. prol. 29: ut oculis adsidue videmus, Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 104: audire aliquid, id. Mil. 34, 93: [[frequenter]] et adsidue consequi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 4, 56, 69: laudare aliquid, Vulg. Eccli. 51, 15: interrogari, ib. ib. 23, 11: litteris uti, Cic. Fam. 5, 15: convivari, Suet. Aug. 74: frequentare aedem, id. ib. 91: gestare aliquem ornatum, id. Calig. 52: DEFLERE ALIQVEM, Inscr. Grut. 950, 8: adsidue [[recens]], Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 277.— Comp not [[found]].—* Sup. assĭdŭissimē (ads-): Adsiduissime [[mecum]] fuit [[Dionysius]], Cic. Brut. 91, 316: [[salientes]] (aquae) adsiduissime [[interdiu]] et [[noctu]], Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 2, p. 252; for the [[comparison]] of the adj. and adv. (as in [[arduus]], [[exiguus]], [[egregius]], [[industrius]], [[perpetuus]], etc.), v. Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.