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
    • c. 13161321, 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], 2nd 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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

sedio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sediar

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian assedio

Noun

sedio m (plural sedi)

  1. nuisance, bother
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