sessĭo, ōnis, f. [sedeo], a sitting (Ciceronian).
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.—
B Concr., a seat , sitting-place : sessiones gymnasiorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 20: Polemonis, id. Fin. 5, 1, 2.—
2 The seat of the body, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 50.—
II In partic.
A A sitting idly , a loitering , a tarrying in a place: sessio Capitolina, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 2: pigra sessio, Ap. Met. 4, 14, 4.—
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.—
C A sittingbath , sitz - bath , = ἐγκάθισμα, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 69.