possideo

From potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.oː/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈsi.de.o/, [posˈsiːd̪eo]

possideō (present infinitive possidēre, perfect active possēdī, supine possessum); second conjugation

1. to have, hold, own, possess

   Synonyms: habeo, obtineō, teneo

2. to possess lands, have possessions
3. to take control or possession of, seize, occupy

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, occupō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, capiō, apprehendō

4. to occupy

   Synonyms: occupō, comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō

5. to inhabit, abide

   Synonyms: cōnsīdō, iaceō, obsideō, habitō, resideō, subsīdō, incolō, colō, stabulō, vīvō, verso

6. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to acquire

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.18.15:

     Cor prūdēns possidēbit scientiam: et auris sapientium quaerit doctrīnam.

     A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

7. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) to inherit
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.11.29:

     Quī conturbat domum suam, possidēbit ventōs: et quī stultus est serviet sapientī.

     He that troubleth his own house, shall inherit the winds: and the fool shall serve the wise.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE

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• possīdō

• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to possess means, to be well off: rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esse