duabus sellis sedeo
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLiterally, “I sit on two saddles”. Compare the Icelandic bera kápuna á báðum öxlum (“to carry the coat on both shoulders”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /duˈaː.bus ˈsel.liːs ˈse.de.oː/, [d̪uˈäːbʊs̠ ˈs̠ɛlːʲiːs̠ ˈs̠ɛd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈa.bus ˈsel.lis ˈse.de.o/, [d̪uˈäːbus ˈsɛlːis ˈsɛːd̪eo]
Verb
editduābus sellīs sedeō (present infinitive duābus sellīs sedēre, perfect active duābus sellīs sēdī, supine duābus sellīs sessum); second conjugation
- to fall between two stools, keep in with both parties, to sit on two stools, to wear two hats, to ride two horses with one ass