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LNS

sessilis, sessile

sedeo

adjective (3^rd 2-termination)

Of or be longing to sitting, fit for sitting upon
low, dwarf

Abbreviations

sessilis, e, adj. sedeo. Of or be longing to sitting, fit for sitting upon (only in the poets and in post-Aug. prose): tergum (equi), Ov. M. 12, 401: obba, i. e. with a broad foot, Pers. 5, 148; so, pira minimo pe diculo, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.

—Hence, Transf., of plants, low, dwarf: genus lactucae, growing low, spreading, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125; Mart. 3, 47, 8 (for which: sedens lactuca, id. 10, 48, 9): folium (brassicae), Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140: malvae, Pall. Oct. 11, 3.