seat
seat
subs.
Something to sit on: Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ (rare P.), θᾶκος, ὁ (Plat. also but rare P.). V. θά̄κημα, τὸ.
Chair: Ar. and P. δίφρος, ὁ.
Seat of state: P. and V. θρόνος, ὁ.
Seats in the theatre reserved for Senators: Ar. βουλευτῐκόν, τό.
Allot seats in a theatre: P. θέαν κατανέμειν (Dem. 234).
Front seat: Ar. and P. προεδρία, ἡ .
Bench: P. and V. βάθρον, τό.
Seat for rowers: V. ζῠγά, τά, σέλμᾰτα, τά, ἑδώλια, τά.
Place, position: P. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ.
About the seat of the liver: P. περὶ τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕδραν (Plat. Tim. 67b).
Abode: Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ, V. ἀ̆ναστροφή, ἡ, ἤθη, τά. ἑδώλια, τά ; see dwelling, house.
Seat of worship: V. ἕδη, τά (also Plat. but rare P.); see also temple.
Seat of the oracle: P. and V. μαντεῖον, τό, or pl., V. χρηστήριον, τό, or pl.
subs.
Something to sit on: Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ (rare P.), θᾶκος, ὁ (Plat. also but rare P.). V. θά̄κημα, τὸ.
Chair: Ar. and P. δίφρος, ὁ.
Seat of state: P. and V. θρόνος, ὁ.
Seats in the theatre reserved for Senators: Ar. βουλευτῐκόν, τό.
Allot seats in a theatre: P. θέαν κατανέμειν (Dem. 234).
Front seat: Ar. and P. προεδρία, ἡ .
Bench: P. and V. βάθρον, τό.
Seat for rowers: V. ζῠγά, τά, σέλμᾰτα, τά, ἑδώλια, τά.
Place, position: P. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ.
About the seat of the liver: P. περὶ τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕδραν (Plat. Tim. 67b).
Abode: Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ, V. ἀ̆ναστροφή, ἡ, ἤθη, τά. ἑδώλια, τά ; see dwelling, house.
Seat of worship: V. ἕδη, τά (also Plat. but rare P.); see also temple.
Seat of the oracle: P. and V. μαντεῖον, τό, or pl., V. χρηστήριον, τό, or pl.
seat
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰθίζειν, V. ἵζειν, ἱδρύ̄ειν, ἐξιδρύ̄ειν.
Seat on the throne: P. εἰς τὸν θρόνον ἐγκαθίζειν (τινά) (Plat. Rep. 553c).
Seat beside one: P. συμπαρακαθίζεσθαι (τινά).
Seat at meals: Ar. and P. κᾰτακλί̄νειν (acc.).
Hold, have room for: P. and V. χωρεῖν (acc.).
Be seated: see sit.
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰθίζειν, V. ἵζειν, ἱδρύ̄ειν, ἐξιδρύ̄ειν.
Seat on the throne: P. εἰς τὸν θρόνον ἐγκαθίζειν (τινά) (Plat. Rep. 553c).
Seat beside one: P. συμπαρακαθίζεσθαι (τινά).
Seat at meals: Ar. and P. κᾰτακλί̄νειν (acc.).
Hold, have room for: P. and V. χωρεῖν (acc.).
Be seated: see sit.
SEAT
s. Place in which one sits or may sit sessio: sedile (place in which one may sit): sedes (place in which one sits). To take the highest lowest seat supremum ultimum capere locum.
That whereon one sits sedes: sella. A raised seat solium: seats in the circus fori (plur.): seats of the senators subsellia (plur.): to take one’s seat sedem capere (Liv. 1 18): seat of justice tribunal.
Place of abode sedes: domicilium: habitatio: deversorium (an inn): cubile: lustrum (lair of a wild animal): latibulum: receptaculum (a hiding-place; the first especially of animals): refugium: perfugium; (The words are found in this connection and order.) portus et perfugium: portus et refugium: receptus tutus (a place of refuge). Seats of the gods sedes spatia immortalium: to change one’s seat sedem alio transferre: seat of government sedes domicilium imperii regni: seat of war locus belli gerendi (Cic.); sedes belli (Liv.): to change the seat of war bellum (sedem belli) in alias terras transferre (Liv. 21 21).
Country-house villa
s. Place in which one sits or may sit sessio: sedile (place in which one may sit): sedes (place in which one sits). To take the highest lowest seat supremum ultimum capere locum.
That whereon one sits sedes: sella. A raised seat solium: seats in the circus fori (plur.): seats of the senators subsellia (plur.): to take one’s seat sedem capere (Liv. 1 18): seat of justice tribunal.
Place of abode sedes: domicilium: habitatio: deversorium (an inn): cubile: lustrum (lair of a wild animal): latibulum: receptaculum (a hiding-place; the first especially of animals): refugium: perfugium; (The words are found in this connection and order.) portus et perfugium: portus et refugium: receptus tutus (a place of refuge). Seats of the gods sedes spatia immortalium: to change one’s seat sedem alio transferre: seat of government sedes domicilium imperii regni: seat of war locus belli gerendi (Cic.); sedes belli (Liv.): to change the seat of war bellum (sedem belli) in alias terras transferre (Liv. 21 21).
Country-house villa
v. sede locare collocare ponere. To seat one’s self sedem capere considere (PROP.): considere: residere (Cic.): subsidere (Verg.): sedem ac domicilium collocare aliquo loco (Cic. figuratively = to settle): to seat one’s self at table (after the manner of the ancients) accumbere: decumbere: recumbere; (according to our custom) ad mensam considere
seat (subs.):
I. That on which one sits:
1. sēdes, is, f.: they sat down on the s.s beneath the plane-tree, in iis s. quae erant sub platano consedisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, extr.: s. of honour, s. honoris (= sella curulis), id. Cat. 4, 1, 2: so of the senators' s.s, Liv. 5, 41, fin.
2. sĕdīle, is, n. (more limited in meaning than sedes, and denoting some kind of fixed bench or chair: chiefly poet.): grassy s. (or chair), gramineum s., Virg. Aen. 8, 176: he sits on the front s.s (of the knights), in primis s. sedet, Hor. Epod. 4, 15: Ov.
3. sella (a moveable seat or chair: not a fixture like sedile): the curule s. (chair), s. curulis, Cic. Verr. 5, 14, 36: cf. id. Div. 1, 52, 119, s. aurea (Caesaris dictatoris). See alsoCHAIR , SEDAN , STOOL .
4. in pl. subsellia, orum (the benches on which senators sat in the senate-house, or those in front of the tribunal in the forum): specially, s. senatus, Cic. Ph. 5, 7, 18; but more freq. absol., the context serving to define, cf. id. Cat. 1, 7, 16 (istam partem subselliorum nudam reliquerunt): the accusers' part of the s.s, accusatorum s., id. R. Am. 6, 17.
5. so in a collect. manner, spectacula, orum, is used of the seats in a theatre or public show: Suet. Cal. 35 (e spectaculis detractus): Tac.
6. sessio (place for sitting down: infreq.): Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.
II. Position of a person sitting: perh. sēdes: or expr. by circuml.: he seated himself on the right of Adherbal, to prevent Jugurtha being in the middle, which is the s. of honour among the Numidians, dextera Adherbalem assedit, ne medius ex tribus, quod apud Numidas honori ducitur, Jugurtha foret, Sall. Jug. 11: the middle s. is the s. of honour, *sedentium medius locus honestissimus. Expr. to take one's s., by sedēre, assidĕre, considĕre: (v.TO SIT ): but in Liv. 1, 18, med., we have sedem capere, appy. to avoid repetition of sedere or its comps.
III. Part of the body on which one sits: sēdes: Plin. 23, 3, 37: also in pl.: it removes excrescences on the s., excrescentia in sedibus extrahit, id. 22, 21, 29, § 61. (More usu. ānus: v.FUNDAMENT .)
IV. Proper place or home of anything:
1. sēdes: (pleasure) disturbs the mind from its proper s. and position, mentem e sua s. et statu demovet, Cic. Par. 1, fin.: s. of war, s. belli, Liv. 4, 31, fin. Also pl.: in the very s. of luxury (Capua), in sedibus luxuriae, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: s. of power, s. imperii, cf. id. Rep. 2, 5.
2. dŏmĭcĭlium (dwelling-place: fig. settled abode): (Rome) the very s. of empire and glory, imperii et gloriae d., Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 105: the s. of the soul, domicilia (pl.) animi, Gell. 17, 15, init. Cf. Cic. Agr. l. c., in domicilio superbiae atque in sedibus luxuriae.
V. Hereditary mansion: perh. dŏmĭcĭlium; or more precisely, *domicilium avitum (paternum), sedes avita (paterna): cf. Hor. Od. 1, 12, 43 (avitus cum lare fundus): id. Ep. 2, 2, 51 (paterni laris inops). Sometimes villa (country-house) may be near enough: cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 1, hujus [lacus] in littore plures villae meae: sometimes the neut. of a local adj. without subs.: e. g. Laurentinum meum, my Laurentine s., id. 2, 17, init.: Cic. Or domus may be used as gen. term: v.HOUSE , HOME .
VI. A right to sit in a legislative body expr. by circuml., to obtain a s. in parliament, *senatorem fieri, ad dignitatem senatoriam (or simply, ad senatum) pervenire: v.SENATE , PARLIAMENT , etc.
VII. In riding: Phr.: to have a good s., in equo (bene) haerere: equo bene uti, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 24, 55.
I. That on which one sits:
1. sēdes, is, f.: they sat down on the s.s beneath the plane-tree, in iis s. quae erant sub platano consedisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, extr.: s. of honour, s. honoris (= sella curulis), id. Cat. 4, 1, 2: so of the senators' s.s, Liv. 5, 41, fin.
2. sĕdīle, is, n. (more limited in meaning than sedes, and denoting some kind of fixed bench or chair: chiefly poet.): grassy s. (
3. sella (a moveable seat or chair: not a fixture like sedile): the curule s. (chair), s. curulis, Cic. Verr. 5, 14, 36: cf. id. Div. 1, 52, 119, s. aurea (Caesaris dictatoris). See also
4. in pl. subsellia, orum (the benches on which senators sat in the senate-house, or those in front of the tribunal in the forum): specially, s. senatus, Cic. Ph. 5, 7, 18; but more freq. absol., the context serving to define, cf. id. Cat. 1, 7, 16 (istam partem subselliorum nudam reliquerunt): the accusers' part of the s.s, accusatorum s., id. R. Am. 6, 17.
5. so in a collect. manner, spectacula, orum, is used of the seats in a theatre or public show: Suet. Cal. 35 (e spectaculis detractus): Tac.
6. sessio (place for sitting down: infreq.): Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20.
II. Position of a person sitting: perh. sēdes: or expr. by circuml.: he seated himself on the right of Adherbal, to prevent Jugurtha being in the middle, which is the s. of honour among the Numidians, dextera Adherbalem assedit, ne medius ex tribus, quod apud Numidas honori ducitur, Jugurtha foret, Sall. Jug. 11: the middle s. is the s. of honour, *sedentium medius locus honestissimus. Expr. to take one's s., by sedēre, assidĕre, considĕre: (v.
III. Part of the body on which one sits: sēdes: Plin. 23, 3, 37: also in pl.: it removes excrescences on the s., excrescentia in sedibus extrahit, id. 22, 21, 29, § 61. (More usu. ānus: v.
IV. Proper place or home of anything:
1. sēdes: (pleasure) disturbs the mind from its proper s. and position, mentem e sua s. et statu demovet, Cic. Par. 1, fin.: s. of war, s. belli, Liv. 4, 31, fin. Also pl.: in the very s. of luxury (Capua), in sedibus luxuriae, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97: s. of power, s. imperii, cf. id. Rep. 2, 5.
2. dŏmĭcĭlium (dwelling-place: fig. settled abode): (Rome) the very s. of empire and glory, imperii et gloriae d., Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 105: the s. of the soul, domicilia (pl.) animi, Gell. 17, 15, init. Cf. Cic. Agr. l. c., in domicilio superbiae atque in sedibus luxuriae.
V. Hereditary mansion: perh. dŏmĭcĭlium; or more precisely, *domicilium avitum (paternum), sedes avita (paterna): cf. Hor. Od. 1, 12, 43 (avitus cum lare fundus): id. Ep. 2, 2, 51 (paterni laris inops). Sometimes villa (country-house) may be near enough: cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 1, hujus [lacus] in littore plures villae meae: sometimes the neut. of a local adj. without subs.: e. g. Laurentinum meum, my Laurentine s., id. 2, 17, init.: Cic. Or domus may be used as gen. term: v.
VI. A right to sit in a legislative body expr. by circuml., to obtain a s. in parliament, *senatorem fieri, ad dignitatem senatoriam (or simply, ad senatum) pervenire: v.
VII. In riding: Phr.: to have a good s., in equo (bene) haerere: equo bene uti, Cic. Deiot. 10, 28: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 24, 55.
seat (v.): as v. reflect. to s. oneself: sĕdeo (to be seated); insĭdeo (to s. oneself on or upon); assīdo (to s. oneself by or next to): v. TO SIT ; and comp. SEAT , subs. (II.). See also foll. art.