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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ sīdō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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subsīdō (present infinitive subsīdere, perfect active subsēdī, supine subsessum); third conjugation

  1. to crouch, squat, sit down, set down, sink
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.457:
      iam levis oblīqua subsēdit Aquārius urna
      Aquarius crouches down, now lightened [of his burden], his water-jar tilted [emptied].
      Now unburdened, his water-jar emptied, Aquarius sets.

      (A skillful poet's word-play: Ovid's use of subsēdit can be understood as the mythological figure’s crouching stance as he pours out his water-jar, or the setting of the constellation beneath the horizon. See Aquarius (constellation).)
  2. to settle, subside
    Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, possideō, resideō, iaceō, cōnsīdō, colō, incolō, stabulō, vīvō, versō
  3. to crouch down on the watch, lie in wait, lie in ambush
  4. to run aground

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: ensulsiar
  • English: subside

References

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  • subsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subsido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subsido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to place oneself in ambush: subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)
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