possideo

== Latin == === Etymology === From potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”). Compare typologically German besitzen (cognate via PIE, see there for more). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔsˈsɪ.de.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [posˈsiː.de.o] === Verb === possideō (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation to have, hold, own, possess Synonyms: habeo, obtineō, teneo to possess lands, have possessions to take control or possession of, seize, occupy Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, occupō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, capiō, apprehendō to occupy Synonyms: occupō, comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō to inhabit, abide Synonyms: cōnsīdō, iaceō, obsideō, habitō, resideō, subsīdō, incolō, colō, stabulō, vīvō, verso (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 (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to inherit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== 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.