I. 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,
II. 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.
