sēdo — Lewis & Short
sēdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.sedeo.
I Act. (orig. to cause to sit, to seat; hence, of inanimate or abstract objects), to allay, settle, still, calm, assuage, appease, quiet, check, end, stop, stay, etc. (syn.:
mitigo, mulceo, lenio): cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam effrenatam insolentiā multitudinem,Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:
pulverem,Phaedr. 2, 5, 18:
curriculum,Cic. Arat. 125; cf.
vela,i. e. to furl, Prop. 3 (4) 21, 20:
flammam,id. 3 (4), 18, 5:
incendia,Ov. R. Am. 117.—Mid.:
sedatis fluctibus,having subsided, abated, lulled, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:
sedatis ventis,Ov. M. 15, 349; cf.:
tempestas sedatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 46.—Of hunger, thirst, etc.:
sitim,to slake, quench, Lucr. 2, 663; 4, 850; Ov. M. 3, 415; Phaedr. 4, 4, 1; Suet. Oth. 11 al.:
famem ac sitim,Plin. 11, 54, 119, § 284; cf.:
carne jejunia,Ov. M. 15, 83:
lassitudinem,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 75; Nep. Eum. 9, 6:
pestilentiam,Liv. 7, 3; Just. 20, 2, 8:
dolores aurium,Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133:
tumorem vulnerum,id. 30, 13, 39, § 114; 20, 20, 81, § 211:
scabiem, pruritum,id. 30, 13, 41, § 121 et saep.:
(populi impetus) aliquando incenditur, et saepe sedatur,Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24:
bellum intestinum ac domesticum,id. Cat. 2, 13, 28; so,
bellum,Nep. Dat. 8, 6:
pugnam,id. Cat. 3, 3, 6:
proelium,Liv. 34, 5:
seditionem,Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60; id. Att. 5, 14, 1:
tumultum,Caes. B. C. 3, 18; 3, 106 fin.; Liv. 3, 15 al.:
discordias,Cic. Phil. 1, 1, 1:
controversiam,id. Leg. 1, 21, 54:
contentionem,Liv. 39, 39:
invidiam et infamiam,Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:
sermunculum omnem aut restinxerit aut sedarit,id. Att. 13, 10, 2:
miserias,Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 107:
calamitatem, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 24: mala,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 46.—Of feelings, passions, appetites, etc.:
in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:
mentes (opp. excitare),id. ib. 1, 5, 17; cf.:
appetitus omnes,id. Off. 1, 29, 103:
illā tertiā parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, sedatā atque restinctā,id. Div. 1, 29, 61:
animos militum,Liv. 26, 21:
iram,Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 1:
cupidinem,id. Am. 2, 2, 210:
rabiem,Hor. Epod. 12, 9:
pavorem,Liv. 1, 16:
lamentationem,id. 25, 37:
fletus,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 31:
curas,Stat. Th. 12, 514:
vulnera mentis,Ov. P. 4, 11, 19 et saep.—Rarely with personal objects:
affert potionem et te sedatum it,Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 22:
ut vix a magistratibus juventus sedaretur,was quieted, brought to order, Liv. 21, 20:
tumultuantes deinde milites ipse sedavit,Just. 12, 15, 2.—*
II Neutr., to become quiet, to lull, subside: postquam tempestas sedavit, Auct. ap. Gell. 18, 12, 6 (cf. the mid.: sedatur tempestas, supra).—Hence, sēdātus, a, um, P. a., composed, moderate, calm, quiet, tranquil, sedate (class.):
alter (Herodotus) sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit, alter (Thucydides) incitatior fertur,Cic. Or. 12, 39:
in ipsis numeris sedatior,id. ib. 52, 176:
sedatissimā et depressissimā voce uti,Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24; cf.: Terenti, Latinā voce Menandrum sedatis vocibus effers, in gentle tones, Cic. poët. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. 5:
oderunt Sedatum celeres, agilem gnavumque remissi,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 90:
scribere sedatiore animo,Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7; cf.: olli sedato respondit corde Latinus. Verg. A. 12, 18:
amnes,id. ib. 9, 30:
sedato gradu in castra abeunt,Liv. 25, 37:
sedatius tempus,Cic. Clu. 37, 103.—Adv.: sēdātē, calmly, tranquilly, sedately, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 17; Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46; 2, 24, 58; id. Or. 27, 92. —Comp., Amm. 25, 1, 5.