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sedem

sedem is a Latin form of sedes, meaning “seat, chair; home, dwelling place; site, position”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

It can also be a form of sedo, “settle, calm, allay; check, stop”.

Found 208 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.185: teque, Latona et Apollo et Diana, quorum iste Deli non fanum, sed, ut hominum opinio et religio fert, sedem antiquam divinumque domicilium nocturno latrocinio atque impetu compilavit; etiam te, Apollo, quem iste Chio …

All forms of sedes (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.