possideo

Latin

Etymology

From potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.oː/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.o/, [posˈsiːd̪eo]

Verb

possideō (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation

1. to have, hold, own, possess

   Synonyms: habeo, obtineō, teneo

2. to possess lands, have possessions
3. to take control or possession of, seize, occupy

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, occupō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, capiō, apprehendō

4. to occupy

   Synonyms: occupō, comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō

5. to inhabit, abide

   Synonyms: cōnsīdō, iaceō, obsideō, habitō, resideō, subsīdō, incolō, colō, stabulō, vīvō, verso

6. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to acquire

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.18.15:

     Cor prūdēns possidēbit scientiam: et auris sapientium quaerit doctrīnam.

     A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

7. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to inherit
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.11.29:

     Quī conturbat domum suam, possidēbit ventōs: et quī stultus est serviet sapientī.

     He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE

Conjugation

Conjugation of possideō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	possideō	possidēs	possidet	possidēmus	possidētis	possident
	imperfect	possidēbam	possidēbās	possidēbat	possidēbāmus	possidēbātis	possidēbant
	future	possidēbō	possidēbis	possidēbit	possidēbimus	possidēbitis	possidēbunt
	perfect	possēdī	possēdistī	possēdit	possēdimus	possēdistis	possēdērunt, possēdēre
	pluperfect	possēderam	possēderās	possēderat	possēderāmus	possēderātis	possēderant
	future perfect	possēderō	possēderis	possēderit	possēderimus	possēderitis	possēderint
passive	present	possideor	possidēris, possidēre	possidētur	possidēmur	possidēminī	possidentur
	imperfect	possidēbar	possidēbāris, possidēbāre	possidēbātur	possidēbāmur	possidēbāminī	possidēbantur
	future	possidēbor	possidēberis, possidēbere	possidēbitur	possidēbimur	possidēbiminī	possidēbuntur
	perfect	possessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	possessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	possessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	possideam	possideās	possideat	possideāmus	possideātis	possideant
	imperfect	possidērem	possidērēs	possidēret	possidērēmus	possidērētis	possidērent
	perfect	possēderim	possēderīs	possēderit	possēderīmus	possēderītis	possēderint
	pluperfect	possēdissem	possēdissēs	possēdisset	possēdissēmus	possēdissētis	possēdissent
passive	present	possidear	possideāris, possideāre	possideātur	possideāmur	possideāminī	possideantur
	imperfect	possidērer	possidērēris, possidērēre	possidērētur	possidērēmur	possidērēminī	possidērentur
	perfect	possessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	possessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	possidē	—	—	possidēte	—
	future	—	possidētō	possidētō	—	possidētōte	possidentō
passive	present	—	possidēre	—	—	possidēminī	—
	future	—	possidētor	possidētor	—	—	possidentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		possidēre	possēdisse	possessūrum esse	possidērī	possessum esse	possessum īrī
participles		possidēns	—	possessūrus	—	possessus	possidendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		possidendī	possidendō	possidendum	possidendō	possessum	possessū

Derived terms

• possessiō
• possessīvus
• possessor
• possessus
• possidēns

Related terms

• assideō
• circumsedeō
• dēsideō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• praesideō
• resideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

Descendants

• Asturian: poseyer
• Catalan: posseir
• English: possess
• Esperanto: posedi
• Old French: posseeir, posseoir
  • French: posseoir (archaic, dialectal)
  • Bourguignon: posséir
• → French: posséder
• Ido: posedar
• Interlingua: posseder
• Italian: possedere
• Occitan: possedir
• Papiamentu: poseé
• Portuguese: possuir
• Romanian: poseda
• Sicilian: pussèdiri
• Spanish: poseer

See also

• possīdō

References

• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse