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seggi

Seggi is the plural form of the Italian noun seggio, meaning seat or chair. More broadly, it also refers to a position or post within an organization or deliberative body. The term is used for both physical seating and figurative "seats" that one may hold in institutions such as a parliament, a council, a court, or an academic chair.

In political and electoral contexts, seggio denotes a seat in a governing body. Phrases such as occupare

Etymology traces seggio to Latin sedes, meaning seat or throne, connected to the verb sedere, to sit.

Seggi can also appear in contexts beyond politics, referring to any assigned seat at events, meet­ings, or

See also: sedia, sedere, sedile.

un
seggio
(to
hold
a
seat)
and
guadagnare
seggi
(to
win
seats)
are
common
in
discussions
of
elections
and
representation.
The
plural
seggi
is
often
used
when
describing
the
composition
of
a
body
or
the
outcome
of
an
election
in
terms
of
how
many
seats
each
party
or
faction
gains.
The
word
has
entered
Italian
with
a
meaning
extended
from
a
physical
seat
to
the
notion
of
an
official
position.
ceremonies.
In
such
uses,
the
emphasis
is
on
the
allocation
and
designation
of
a
specific
place
to
sit
rather
than
on
the
object
itself.