sessus

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Latin

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Etymology

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sedeō (“to sit”) +‎ -tus (“action noun suffix”). Only once attested in Apuleius, but continued by most Romance varieties.

Noun

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sessus m (genitive sessūs); fourth declension

  1. a sit, sitting

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sessus sessūs
genitive sessūs sessuum
dative sessuī sessibus
accusative sessum sessūs
ablative sessū sessibus
vocative sessus sessūs

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: ses
  • >? Galician: cenzo
  • Old French: ses (perh. crossed with sēdēs)
  • Old Italian: sesso
  • Aromanian: shes
  • Romanian: șes
  • Portuguese: sesso
  • ⇒ Sardinian: assessu
  • Spanish: sieso

References

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  • “sessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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