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1 سَاسَ الدَّوَابَّ ذ , aor. يَسُوسُ, (A, Mgh,) inf. n. سِيَاسَةٌ, (TA,) He managed, or tended, the beasts, (قَامَ عَلَيْهَا,) and trained them. (Mgh, TA.) [And سَاسَ المَالَ He managed, or tended, the camels or other property. See سَائِسٌ.] ― -b2- Hence, (Mgh,) سَاسَ الرَّعِيَّةَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (S, A, * Mgh, K, &c.,) (tropical:) He ruled, or governed, the subjects; presided over their affairs as a commander, or governor, or the like; (S, * Mgh;) he commanded and forbade them. (A, K.) And سَاسُوهُمْ, inf. n. سَوْسٌ, (tropical:) They were, or became, heads, chiefs, commanders, or the like, over them. (TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ مُجَرَّبٌ قَدْسَاسَ وَسِيسَ عَلَيْهِ (S, K) (tropical:) [Such a one is experienced: he has ruled and been ruled: or] he has commanded and been commanded: (S:) or he has taught and been taught; or has disciplined and been disciplined. (K.) ― -b3- سَاسَ الأَمْرَ, aor. as above, inf. n. سِيَاسَةٌ, (tropical:) He managed, conducted, ordered, or regulated, the affair; syn. دبّرهُ, (Msb,) and قَامَ بِهِ: (M, Msb, TA:) سِيَاسَةٌ signifies the managing a thing (قِيَامٌ عَلَى شَىْءٍ) in such a manner as to put it in a right, or proper, state. (TA.) [Used as a simple subst., the inf. n. may be rendered Management, rule, government, or governance.] -A2- سَاسَ, (S, M, A, K,) aor. يَسَاسُ, (S, M, K,) and يَسُوسُ, (Kr, M,) inf. n. سَوَسٌ, (M,) or سَوْسٌ; (Ibn- 'Abbád, K;) and سَوِسَ, aor. يَسْوَسُ; (K, TA; but the aor. is omitted in the CK;) or سَاسَ, aor. يَسُوسُ, inf. n. سَوْسٌ and سَاسٌ; and سَاسَ, aor. يَسْوَسُ, inf. n. سَوَسٌ; (Msb;) and سِيسَ; (Yoo, K;) and ↓ أَسَاسَ ; and ↓ سَوَّسَ ; (S, M, A, Msb, K; but the last is omitted in the TA;) and ↓ استاس ; and ↓ تسوّس ; (M, TA;) It (wheat, or other food, [&c.,]) had in it, or became attacked by, [the grub called] سُوس; [the grub called] سُوس fell upon it, or into it. (S, M, * A, * Msb, K, * TA.) One says also, سَاسَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ, aor. تَسَاسُ, inf. n. سِيَاسٌ; and ↓ اساست ; [The tree had in it, or became attacked by, the grub called سُوس.] (AHn, M, TA. *) And سَاسَتِ الشَّاْةُ, aor. تَسَاسُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. سَوْسٌ, (S, K,) or سَوَسٌ; (M;) and ↓ اساست , (S, M, K,) inf. n. اسَاسَةٌ; (TA;) The sheep, or goat, abounded with قمل. (AZ, S, M, K. [In a copy of the S and in one of the K, I find قُمل: in another of the S and another of the K, and in the CK, and in a copy of the M, قَمْل: the right reading apears to be قُمَّل; for this last word is said by some to be syn. with سُوس.]) You also say, when you are gradually perishing by reason of grief, (إِِذَا تَهَالَكْتَ غَمًّا,) عَظْمِى وَدَوَّدَ لَحْمِى ↓ سَوَّسَ (tropical:) [My bone has bred grubs, and so my flesh]. (A.) ― -b2- سَوِسَتِ الدَّابَّةُ, inf. n. سَوَسٌ, The beast was attacked by the disease termed سَوَسٌ [q. v. infrà]. (TK.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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