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sessio

sessio, a sitting

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.

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