possideo
Latin
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From potis (“able”) + sedeō (“to sit”). Compare typologically German besitzen (cognate via PIE, see there for more).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔsˈsɪ.de.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [posˈsiː.de.o]
Verb
[edit]possideō (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation
- to have, hold, own, possess
- 189 BCE, CIL 1.614:[1]
- agrum oppidumqu. | quod ea tempestate posedisent | item possidere habereque | iousit. dum poplus senatusque | Romanus vellet
- he ordered that the land and the town which at that time they had possessed, they should continue to possess and hold so long as the Roman people and Senate are willing
- agrum oppidumqu. | quod ea tempestate posedisent | item possidere habereque | iousit. dum poplus senatusque | Romanus vellet
- to possess lands, have possessions
- to take control or possession of, seize, occupy
- Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, occupō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, capiō, apprehendō
- to occupy
- Synonyms: occupō, comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō
- to inhabit, abide
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to acquire
- Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
- Antonym: āmittō
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.18.15:
- Cor prūdēns possidēbit scientiam: et auris sapientium quaerit doctrīnam.
- A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
- Cor prūdēns possidēbit scientiam: et auris sapientium quaerit doctrīnam.
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to inherit
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.11.29:
- Quī conturbat domum suam, possidēbit ventōs: et quī stultus est serviet sapientī.
- He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE
- He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
- Quī conturbat domum suam, possidēbit ventōs: et quī stultus est serviet sapientī.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of possideō (second conjugation)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Warmington, E. H. (1940), Remains of Old Latin (Loeb Classical Library)[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, pages 254-255
- “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “possideo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
- (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse
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