I.to sit by or near a person or thing (syn. assido).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “qui apud carbones adsident,” Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 48: “in Tiburti forte adsedimus ego et Marcus filius,” Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 224: “non adsidens et attente audiens,” id. Brut. 55, 200.—
B. Esp.
1. To sit, stand, or be at one's side, as attendant, aid, protector; absol. or with dat.: “cum lacrimans in carcere mater noctes diesque adsideret,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43: “principes Macedoniae hujus (Plancii) periculo commoti huic adsident, pro hoc laborant,” id. Planc. 11 fin.: “cum Pompeius P. Lentulo consuli frequens adsideret,” id. Pis. 32, 80: “qui (nobilium adulescentes) ibi adsidebant,” Liv. 9, 46, 9: “Ut assidens inplumibus pullis avis Serpentium adlapsus timet,” Hor. Epod. 1, 19: “adsidens foribus,” Vulg. Sap. 6, 15; ib. 1 Macc. 11, 40; ib. Act. 26, 30.—Hence, in judic. lang., t. t., to aid, assist one in the office of judge, to be an assessor (cf. assessor): “rarus in tribunali Caesaris Piso, et si quando adsideret, atrox ac dissentire manifestus,” Tac. A. 2, 57; Dig. 1, 22, 2; 1, 22, 3; 1, 22, 6 al.—
2. Of the sick, to attend upon, take care of: “adsidet aegrae,” Ov. H. 20, 137: “Adsidet una soror,” Prop. 5, 3, 41: si alius casus lecto te adflixit, habes qui Adsideat, fomenta paret, medicum roget, etc., Hor. S. 1, 1, 82; Plin. Ep. 7, 19: “adsidente amantissimā uxore,” Tac. Agr. 45: “adsidere valetudini,” id. ib. —
3. To be busily, assiduously engaged about a thing: “litteris,” Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 19: “gubernaculis,” to attend to, to mind, id. Pan. 81 fin.—
II. Transf.
A. Of a place, to station one's self before; and more freq. in a hostile sense, to be encamped before, sit down before, besiege, blockade; constr. with dat. or acc.; also pass.: “adsidere sepultae urbis ruinis,” Tac. H. 3, 35: “prope moenia Romana adsidere,” Liv. 26, 22: “moenibus adsidet hostis,” Verg. Cir. 267; Liv. 23, 19; 21, 25; Curt. 4, 3; Tac. H. 2, 22 al.: “cum muros adsidet hostis,” Verg. A. 11, 304: “adsidendo castellum,” Tac. A. 6, 43: “arces,” Sil. 9, 623: “adsidebat oppugnabatque oppidum,” Gell. 7, 1, 8: Amisumque adsideri audiebat, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 830 P. (IV. 8 Gerl.): “adsessos Capuae muros,” Sil. 12, 453.—*
B. Poet., to be near one in qualities, i. e. to be like, to resemble (in prose, instead of it, accedo; “opp. dissideo, q. v.): parcus Adsidet insano,” Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14 (sedet stulto proximus eique simillimus est, Crucq.; cf. in Gr. ἐγγὺς εἶναί τινι.—Acc. to Schmid the figure is drawn from the sitting together of similar classes in the theatre).
