sessilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sessĭlis, e, adj. [sedeo].

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,

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.

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