cōn-sīdō sēdī (rarely sīdī; cōnsīderant, L., Ta.), sessus, ere, to sit down, take seats, be seated, settle: positis sedibus, L.: considunt armati, Ta.: in pratulo propter statuam: in arā, N.: examen in arbore, L.: ante focos, O.: mensis, at the tables, V.: tergo tauri, O.: in novam urbem, enter and settle, Cu.: ibi considitur: triarii sub vexillis considebant, L.

—In assemblies, to take place, take a seat, sit, hold sessions, be in session: in theatro: in loco consecrato, hold court, Cs.: quo die, iudices, consedistis: senior iudex consedit, O.

— To encamp, pitch a camp, take post, station oneself: ad confluentīs in ripis, L.: sub radicibus montium, S.: trans flumen, Cs.: prope Cirtam haud longe a mari, S.: ubi vallis spem praesidi offerebat, Cs.: cum cohorte in insidiis, L.: ad insidias, L.

—To settle, take up an abode, stay, make a home: in Ubiorum finibus, Cs.: trans Rhenum, Ta.: in hortis (volucres), build, H.: Ausonio portu, find a home, V.: Cretae (locat.), V.

—To settle, sink down, sink in, give way, subside, fall in: terra ingentibus cavernis consedit, L.: (Alpes) iam licet considant!: in ignīs Ilium, V.: neque consederat ignis, O.

— Fig., to settle, sink, be buried: iustitia cuius in mente consedit: consedit utriusque nomen in quaesturā, sank out of notice: Consedisse urbem luctu, sunk in grief, V.: praesentia satis consederant, i. e. quiet was assured, Ta.

—To abate, subside, diminish, be appeased, die out: ardor animi cum consedit: terror ab necopinato visu, L.

—Of discourse, to conclude, end: varie distincteque.