assideo

as-sĭdĕo ( ads-, Fleck., Kayser, Rib., Merk., Halm, Weissenb.; both, K. and H.), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. n. [sedeo], to sit by or near a person or thing (syn. assido).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

qui apud carbones adsident,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 48:

in Tiburti forte adsedimus ego et Marcus filius,

Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224:

non adsidens et attente audiens,

id. Brut. 55, 200.—

B.

Esp.

1.

To sit, stand, or be at one's side, as attendant, aid, protector; absol. or with dat.:

cum lacrimans in carcere mater noctes diesque adsideret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43:

principes Macedoniae hujus (Plancii) periculo commoti huic adsident, pro hoc laborant,

id. Planc. 11 fin.:

cum Pompeius P. Lentulo consuli frequens adsideret,

id. Pis. 32, 80:

qui (nobilium adulescentes) ibi adsidebant,

Liv. 9, 46, 9:

Ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis Serpentium adlapsus timet,

Hor. Epod. 1, 19:

adsidens foribus,

Vulg. Sap. 6, 15; ib. 1 Macc. 11, 40; ib. Act. 26, 30.—Hence, in judic. lang., t. t., to aid, assist one in the office of judge, to be an assessor (cf. assessor):

rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus,

Tac. A. 2, 57; Dig. 1, 22, 2; 1, 22, 3; 1, 22, 6 al.—

2.

Of the sick, to attend upon, take care of:

adsidet aegrae,

Ov. H. 20, 137:

Adsidet una soror,

Prop. 5, 3, 41: si alius casus lecto te adflixit, habes qui Adsideat, fomenta paret, medicum roget, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 82; Plin. Ep. 7, 19:

adsidente amantissimā uxore,

Tac. Agr. 45:

adsidere valetudini,

id. ib. —

3.

To be busily, assiduously engaged about a thing:

litteris,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 19:

gubernaculis,

to attend to, to mind, id. Pan. 81 fin. —

II.

Transf.

A.

Of a place, to station one's self before; and more freq. in a hostile sense, to be encamped before, sit down before, besiege, blockade; constr. with dat. or acc.; also pass.:

adsidere sepultae urbis ruinis,

Tac. H. 3, 35:

prope moenia Romana adsidere,

Liv. 26, 22:

moenibus adsidet hostis,

Verg. Cir. 267; Liv. 23, 19; 21, 25; Curt. 4, 3; Tac. H. 2, 22 al.:

cum muros adsidet hostis,

Verg. A. 11, 304:

adsidendo castellum,

Tac. A. 6, 43:

arces,

Sil. 9, 623:

adsidebat oppugnabatque oppidum,

Gell. 7, 1, 8: Amisumque adsideri audiebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P. (IV. 8 Gerl.):

adsessos Capuae muros,

Sil. 12, 453.—

* B.

Poet., to be near one in qualities, i. e. to be like, to resemble (in prose, instead of it, accedo;

opp. dissideo, q. v.): parcus Adsidet insano,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14 (sedet stulto proximus eique simillimus est, Crucq.; cf. in Gr. engus einai tini.—Acc. to Schmid the figure is drawn from the sitting together of similar classes in the theatre).