sedio

See also: sedi'o

Italian

Etymology

From sedere (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.djo/
• Rhymes: -ɛdjo
• Hyphenation: sè‧dio

Noun

sedio m (plural sedi) (archaic)

1. seat

   Synonym: seggio

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ne l’ordine che fanno i terzi sedi,
     siede Rachel di sotto da costei
     con Bëatrice, sì come tu vedi.

     Within that order which the third seats make is seated Rachel, lower than the other, with Beatrice, in manner as thou seest.

2. venue, residence

   Synonyms: residenza, sede

Related terms

• sedia (“chair”)

Further reading

• sedio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Desio, desio, desiò, dieso, diesò, esodi, siedo

Portuguese

Verb

sedio

1. first-person singular present indicative of sediar

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian assedio

Noun

sedio m (plural sedi)

1. nuisance, bother