supersedeo
Latin
Alternative forms
- supersideō
Etymology
From super- + sedeō (“sit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈse.de.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈs̠ɛd̪eoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.perˈse.de.o/, [superˈsɛːd̪eo]
Verb
supersedeō (present infinitive supersedēre, perfect active supersēdī, supine supersessum); second conjugation
- I sit upon or above; preside over
- I forbear, refrain, desist from; pass, omit
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.8:
- proelio supersedere statuit
- he decided to delay battle
- proelio supersedere statuit
Conjugation
| Conjugation of supersedeō (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | supersedeō | supersedēs | supersedet | supersedēmus | supersedētis | supersedent |
| imperfect | supersedēbam | supersedēbās | supersedēbat | supersedēbāmus | supersedēbātis | supersedēbant | |
| future | supersedēbō | supersedēbis | supersedēbit | supersedēbimus | supersedēbitis | supersedēbunt | |
| perfect | supersēdī | supersēdistī | supersēdit | supersēdimus | supersēdistis | supersēdērunt, supersēdēre | |
| pluperfect | supersēderam | supersēderās | supersēderat | supersēderāmus | supersēderātis | supersēderant | |
| future perfect | supersēderō | supersēderis | supersēderit | supersēderimus | supersēderitis | supersēderint | |
| passive | present | supersedeor | supersedēris, supersedēre | supersedētur | supersedēmur | supersedēminī | supersedentur |
| imperfect | supersedēbar | supersedēbāris, supersedēbāre | supersedēbātur | supersedēbāmur | supersedēbāminī | supersedēbantur | |
| future | supersedēbor | supersedēberis, supersedēbere | supersedēbitur | supersedēbimur | supersedēbiminī | supersedēbuntur | |
| perfect | supersessus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | supersessus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | supersessus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | supersedeam | supersedeās | supersedeat | supersedeāmus | supersedeātis | supersedeant |
| imperfect | supersedērem | supersedērēs | supersedēret | supersedērēmus | supersedērētis | supersedērent | |
| perfect | supersēderim | supersēderīs | supersēderit | supersēderīmus | supersēderītis | supersēderint | |
| pluperfect | supersēdissem | supersēdissēs | supersēdisset | supersēdissēmus | supersēdissētis | supersēdissent | |
| passive | present | supersedear | supersedeāris, supersedeāre | supersedeātur | supersedeāmur | supersedeāminī | supersedeantur |
| imperfect | supersedērer | supersedērēris, supersedērēre | supersedērētur | supersedērēmur | supersedērēminī | supersedērentur | |
| perfect | supersessus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | supersessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | supersedē | — | — | supersedēte | — |
| future | — | supersedētō | supersedētō | — | supersedētōte | supersedentō | |
| passive | present | — | supersedēre | — | — | supersedēminī | — |
| future | — | supersedētor | supersedētor | — | — | supersedentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | supersedēre | supersēdisse | supersessūrum esse | supersedērī | supersessum esse | supersessum īrī | |
| participles | supersedēns | — | supersessūrus | — | supersessus | supersedendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| supersedendī | supersedendō | supersedendum | supersedendō | supersessum | supersessū | ||
Related terms
- assideō
- circumsedeō
- dēsideō
- dissideō
- īnsideō
- obsideō
- persedeō
- possideō
- praesideō
- resideō
- sedeō
Descendants
- Middle French: superseder
- English: supersede
- French: surseoir
- Italian: soprassedere
- Portuguese: sobresser
- Spanish: sobreseer
References
- “supersedeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “supersedeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- supersedeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: supersedeo oratione (not dicere)
- (ambiguous) to refrain from fighting: supersedere proelio
- I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: supersedeo oratione (not dicere)