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Sēsia (Sessia), ae, f., a goddess that presides over sowing, Tert. Spect. 8 (perh. i. q. Seia).

Sessĭa, ae, v. Sesia.

sessĭbŭlum, i, n. [sedeo], a seat, chair (ante- and post-class.), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56; App. M. 1, p. 112, 30.
The same called sessĭbĭle, is, n., Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, p. 36 Mai.

sessĭlis, e, adj. [sedeo].

  1. I. Of or be longing to sitting, fit for sitting upon (only in the poets and in post-Aug. prose): tergum (equi), Ov. M. 12, 401: obba, i. e. with a broad foot, Pers. 5, 148; so, pira minimo pe diculo, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 56.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf., of plants, low, dwarf: genus lactucae, growing low, spreading, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125; Mart. 3, 47, 8 (for which: sedens lactuca, id. 10, 48, 9): folium (brassicae), Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 140: malvae, Pall. Oct. 11, 3.

* sessĭmōnĭum, ii, n. [sedeo], a sitting, session, assembly: deorum, the council of the gods, Vitr. 7 praef. fin.

sessĭo, ōnis, f. [sedeo], a sitting (Ciceronian).

  1. I. In gen.: status, incessus, sessio, accubitio, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; id. N. D. 1, 34, 94; plur.: sessiones quaedam, id. Fin. 5, 12, 35.
    1. B. Concr., a seat, sitting-place: sessiones gymnasiorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20: Polemonis, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2.
      1. 2. The seat of the body, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 50.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A sitting idly, a loitering, a tarrying in a place: sessio Capitolina, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2: pigra sessio, App. M. 4, p. 148 fin.
    2. B. A sitting, session (syn. consessus); for discussion: pomeridiana sessio, Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121; of a court: dies sessionum, Dig. 38, 15, 2, § 1.
    3. C. A sittingbath, sitz-bath, = ἐγκάθισμα, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 69.

sessĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to sit much or long (very rare): quam deam (Suadam) in Pericli labris scripsit Eupolis sessitavisse, * Cic. Brut. 15, 59: sessitandi regio, of the seat, of the posteriors, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 40.

* sessĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [sessio, II. B.], a little group, meeting, company, assembled for amusement: sessiunculas consectari, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 56.

sessor, ōris, m. [sedeo], one who sits in a place, a sitter (not ante-Aug. and very rare).

  1. I. In gen., a sitter in the theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 130.
      1. 2. A sitter upon a horse, a horseman, rider, Sen. Const. 12 fin.; Suet. Caes. 61; Veg. 2, 28, 34.
  2. * II. In partic., one who tarries or dwells in a place, an inhabitant, resident: sessores veteres urbis, Nep. Cim. 2, 5.

sessōrĭum, ii, n. [sedeo], a seat.

  1. I. A stool, chair, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11 med.
  2. * II. A place of residence, a dwelling, habitation: viperae hujus sessorium, Petr. 77, 4.

* sessus, ūs, m. [sedeo], a sitting: locum sessui impertiunt, App. Flor. p. 353, 36.