Subsido, subsidis, pen. pro. præteritum & supinum mutuatur sedeo, subsédi, subsessum, subsidere. pen. cor. Virg.To fall downe: to sinke downe: to descend to the bottome: to sitte and hide himselfe in a place.Flumina subsiduot.Ouid.The riuers sinke.Iussit subsidere valles.Ouid.Dorso recto, planoque, vel etiam subsidente, &c. Col. With a saddle backe.Vndæ subsidunt.Virg.Poplite subsidens.Virg.Mare subsidet.Ouid.Venti subsidunt. Propert. Windes cease or be alaped.Vrbes subsident, terræq; dehiscÊt. Luca. Tities shal sink, &c.Subsidere & Consurgere. contraria. Liu. Subsidere masculo dicitur fœmina in coitu. Horat. Subsiderein loco aliquo.To stay or rest in a place. Cui opponitur prosicisci. Cic.Impetus dicendisubsidit. Quinti. The vehemencie of pleading stinteth.Mulierum menses subsidunt. Pli. Womens termes stay and come not so abundantly as they were wont.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.I.Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.). A.Lit.1. In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.: subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt, Liv. 28, 2: partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit, id. 1, 14; cf.: poplite subsidens, Verg. A. 12, 492: alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes, Liv. 44, 5: subsedit in illā Ante fores ara, Ov. M. 9, 297.—b. Of things, to sink, settle, subside: sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa, Lucr. 5, 493: valles, Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19: limus mundi ut faex, Lucr. 5, 497; cf.: faeces in fundis vasorum, Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26: in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc., Plin. 28, 6, 19, 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344: undae,
, Ov. M. 10, 284: multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,
are sunk
, Lucr. 6, 590: terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes, Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—2. In partic. a. Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay: si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36: subsedi in ipsā viā, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1: in Siciliā, id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo ... quae in castris subsederat, Caes. B. G. 6, 36: quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae, Suet. Vit. 1 fin.: in oppido Reatino, id. Vesp. 1: commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri, Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—(b). Of things: in Nilo navicula subsedit,
ran aground
, Liv. Epit. 112.—b.To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush: cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?Cic. Mil. 19, 51: si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit, id. ib. 19, 49: partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit, Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—c. Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male (poet. and very rare): maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae), Lucr. 4, 1198: juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis, Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—B.Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare): in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi, Quint. 3, 8, 60: nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox), id. 11, 3, 24: vitia subsidunt, Sen. Ep. 94, 69: formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt, id. ib. 13, 12.—2.To settle down: hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat, i. e.
is held back
, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—II.Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one (poet. and in post-class. prose): devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter, Verg. A. 11, 268: leonem, Sil. 13, 221: copiosos homines, Amm. 28, 4, 22: insontem, id. 16, 8, 3: serpens foramen,
