I. Act. (orig. to cause to sit, to seat; hence, of inanimate or abstract objects), to allay, settle, still, calm, assuage, appease, quiet, check, end, stop, stay, etc. (syn.: “mitigo, mulceo, lenio): cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam effrenatam insolentiā multitudinem,” Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65: “pulverem,” Phaedr. 2, 5, 18: “curriculum,” Cic. Arat. 125; cf. “vela,” i. e. to furl, Prop. 3 (4) 21, 20: “flammam,” id. 3 (4), 18, 5: “incendia,” Ov. R. Am. 117.—Mid.: “sedatis fluctibus,” having subsided, abated, lulled, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: “sedatis ventis,” Ov. M. 15, 349; cf.: “tempestas sedatur,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46.—Of hunger, thirst, etc.: “sitim,” to slake, quench, Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; Ov. M. 3, 415; Phaedr. 4, 4, 1; Suet. Oth. 11 al.: “famem ac sitim,” Plin. 11, 54, 119, § 284; cf.: “carne jejunia,” Ov. M. 15, 83: “lassitudinem,” Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 75; Nep. Eum. 9, 6: “pestilentiam,” Liv. 7, 3; Just. 20, 2, 8: “dolores aurium,” Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133: “tumorem vulnerum,” id. 30, 13, 39, § 114; 20, 20, 81, § 211: “scabiem, pruritum,” id. 30, 13, 41, § 121 et saep.: “(populi impetus) aliquando incenditur, et saepe sedatur,” Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24: “bellum intestinum ac domesticum,” id. Cat. 2, 13, 28; so, “bellum,” Nep. Dat. 8, 6: “pugnam,” id. Cat. 3, 3, 6: “proelium,” Liv. 34, 5: “seditionem,” Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60; id. Att. 5, 14, 1: “tumultum,” Caes. B. C. 3, 18; 3, 106 fin.; Liv. 3, 15 al.: “discordias,” Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1: “controversiam,” id. Leg. 1, 21, 54: “contentionem,” Liv. 39, 39: “invidiam et infamiam,” Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.: “sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,” id. Att. 13, 10, 2: “miserias,” Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 107: “calamitatem, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 24: mala,” Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46.—Of feelings, passions, appetites, etc.: “in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,” Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202: “mentes (opp. excitare),” id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.: “appetitus omnes,” id. Off. 1, 29, 103: “illā tertiā parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, sedatā atque restinctā,” id. Div. 1, 29, 61: “animos militum,” Liv. 26, 21: “iram,” Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 1: “cupidinem,” id. Am. 2, 2, 210: “rabiem,” Hor. Epod. 12, 9: “pavorem,” Liv. 1, 16: “lamentationem,” id. 25, 37: “fletus,” Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 31: “curas,” Stat. Th. 12, 514: “vulnera mentis,” Ov. P. 4, 11, 19 et saep.—Rarely with personal objects: “affert potionem et te sedatum it,” Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 22: “ut vix a magistratibus juventus sedaretur,” was quieted, brought to order, Liv. 21, 20: “tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit,” Just. 12, 15, 2.—*
II. Neutr., to become quiet, to lull, subside: postquam tempestas sedavit, Auct. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 6 (cf. the mid.: sedatur tempestas, supra).—Hence, sēdātus , a, um, P. a., composed, moderate, calm, quiet, tranquil, sedate (class.): “alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,” Cic. Or. 12, 39: “in ipsis numeris sedatior,” id. ib. 52, 176: “sedatissimā et depressissimā voce uti,” Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf.: Terenti, Latinā voce Menandrum sedatis vocibus effers, in gentle tones, Cic. poët. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5: “oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,” Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90: “scribere sedatiore animo,” Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; cf.: olli sedato respondit corde Latinus. Verg. A. 12, 18: “amnes,” id. ib. 9, 30: “sedato gradu in castra abeunt,” Liv. 25, 37: “sedatius tempus,” Cic. Clu. 37, 103.—Adv.: sēdātē , calmly, tranquilly, sedately, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 17; Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46; 2, 24, 58; id. Or. 27, 92. —Comp., Amm. 25, 1, 5.
