I.to remain or continue sitting, to sit long; and with the accessory idea of inactivity, to sit idle, to remain inactive (rare; not in Cic.).
I. In gen.: “tam diu Ibi desidere neque redire filium,” Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 4; id. Ps. 4, 4, 7: “frustra ibi totum desedi diem,” Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 2: “aquila ramis,” Phaedr. 2, 4, 21; cf.: “amoenioribus locis,” Quint. 5, 8, 1: “apud Nicomedem,” Suet. Caes. 2: “in aliquo spectaculo,” Sen. Ep. 7: “in discrimine sociorum,” Suet. Caes. 4.—
II. In partic., to go to stool, Cels. 2, 7; 2, 12 fin.; 4, 18.