sed

Etymology 1

From stream editor.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• DES, Des, EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, dEs, des-, eds, eds.

Noun

sed m

1. sitting position

Etymology

From Latin sed

Conjunction

sed

1. but

Etymology

From Esperanto sed, from Latin sed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sed/

Conjunction

sed

1. (archaic) but

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćata, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Compare Persian صد‎ (sad), Pashto سل‎ (səl), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (sata), Sanskrit शत (śatá), Hindi सौ (sau).

Numeral

sed

1. (cardinal) hundred, 100, C

Alternative forms

• set

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swét / *swéd, ablative case of *swé (whence se, suus); and originally the same as the inseparable preposition sē- (properly, “by itself”, “apart”, hence, “but”, “only”, etc.). Confer with the semantics of English "only (that)..." (= "but...").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sed/, [sɛd]

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Conjunction

sed

1. but
   • c. ad 65, Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, CVI.

     non vitæ sed scholæ discimvs

     We learn our lessons, not for life, but for the lecture-room.

   • 1522, Martin Luther, Invocavit Sermons

     Non vi, sed verbo

     Not by force but by the word [i.e., of God]

   • 1804 Jun 12, Oberdeutsche Allgemeine Litteraturzeitung, No. 70, p. 1119

     Non scholæ sed vitæ discendum est!

     We must learn not for school but for life!

References

• sed in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sed in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sed in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed redeat, unde aberravit oratio
    
  • but to return from the digression we have been making: sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
    
  • in short; to be brief: ne multa, quid plura? sed quid opus est plura?
    
  • more of this another time: sed de hoc alias pluribus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: atque or sed haec (quidem) hactenus
    
  • so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
    
  • but that takes us too far: sed lābor longius
    
  • but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
  • but enough: sed manum de tabula!
    

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): sijȇd

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sědъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêːd/

Adjective

sȇd (definite sȇdī, comparative sediji, Cyrillic spelling се̑д)

1. grey (usually of hair)
2. grey-haired

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seð/
• Rhymes: -eð

Etymology 1

From Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”). Cognate with Portuguese sede.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• des

Etymology

From Old Swedish siþer, from Old Norse siðr, from Proto-Germanic *siduz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

sed c

1. a (society-wide) custom, a traditional habit