supersedeo

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

supersideō

Etymology edit

From super- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈse.de.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈs̠ɛd̪eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.perˈse.de.o/, [superˈsɛːd̪eo]

Verb edit

supersedeō (present infinitive supersedēre, perfect active supersēdī, supine supersessum); second conjugation

to sit upon or above; preside over
to forbear, refrain, desist from; pass, omit
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.8:
  proelio supersedere statuit
  he decided to delay battle

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of supersedeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supersedeō	supersedēs	supersedet	supersedēmus	supersedētis	supersedent
	imperfect	supersedēbam	supersedēbās	supersedēbat	supersedēbāmus	supersedēbātis	supersedēbant
	future	supersedēbō	supersedēbis	supersedēbit	supersedēbimus	supersedēbitis	supersedēbunt
	perfect	supersēdī	supersēdistī	supersēdit	supersēdimus	supersēdistis	supersēdērunt, supersēdēre
	pluperfect	supersēderam	supersēderās	supersēderat	supersēderāmus	supersēderātis	supersēderant
	future perfect	supersēderō	supersēderis	supersēderit	supersēderimus	supersēderitis	supersēderint
passive	present	supersedeor	supersedēris, supersedēre	supersedētur	supersedēmur	supersedēminī	supersedentur
	imperfect	supersedēbar	supersedēbāris, supersedēbāre	supersedēbātur	supersedēbāmur	supersedēbāminī	supersedēbantur
	future	supersedēbor	supersedēberis, supersedēbere	supersedēbitur	supersedēbimur	supersedēbiminī	supersedēbuntur
	perfect	supersessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supersessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supersessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	supersedeam	supersedeās	supersedeat	supersedeāmus	supersedeātis	supersedeant
	imperfect	supersedērem	supersedērēs	supersedēret	supersedērēmus	supersedērētis	supersedērent
	perfect	supersēderim	supersēderīs	supersēderit	supersēderīmus	supersēderītis	supersēderint
	pluperfect	supersēdissem	supersēdissēs	supersēdisset	supersēdissēmus	supersēdissētis	supersēdissent
passive	present	supersedear	supersedeāris, supersedeāre	supersedeātur	supersedeāmur	supersedeāminī	supersedeantur
	imperfect	supersedērer	supersedērēris, supersedērēre	supersedērētur	supersedērēmur	supersedērēminī	supersedērentur
	perfect	supersessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supersessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	supersedē	—	—	supersedēte	—
active	future	—	supersedētō	supersedētō	—	supersedētōte	supersedentō
passive	present	—	supersedēre	—	—	supersedēminī	—
passive	future	—	supersedētor	supersedētor	—	—	supersedentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		supersedēre	supersēdisse	supersessūrum esse	supersedērī	supersessum esse	supersessum īrī
participles		supersedēns	—	supersessūrus	—	supersessus	supersedendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		supersedendī	supersedendō	supersedendum	supersedendō	supersessum	supersessū

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Middle French: superseder
- English: supersede
French: surseoir
Italian: soprassedere
Portuguese: sobresser
Spanish: sobreseer

References edit

“supersedeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“supersedeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
supersedeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- I avoid mentioning...; I prefer not to touch upon..: supersedeo oratione (not dicere)
- (ambiguous) to refrain from fighting: supersedere proelio