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|lshtext=<b>sĭtus</b>: a, um, Part. and P. a. of [[sino]].<br /><b>sĭtus</b>: ūs, m. [[sino]].<br /><b>I</b> (Sino, 1. [[situs]], A.; [[prop]]. a [[being]] laid or placed, a [[lying]]; [[hence]], by meton.)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[manner]] of [[lying]], the [[situation]], [[local]] [[position]], [[site]] of a [[thing]] ([[class]]. in sing. and plur.; [[mostly]] of localities; syn. [[positus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: terrae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: urbem Syracusas elegerat, cujus hic [[situs]] esse dicitur, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26: loci, id. Ac. 2, 19, 61: urbis, id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; Caes. B. G. 7, 68; 7, 36; Liv. 9, 24, 2: locorum, Curt. 3, 4, 11; 7, 6, 12: [[Messana]], quae situ moenibus portuque ornata est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 3; cf.: urbes naturali situ inexpugnabiles, Liv. 5, 6; Curt. 3, 4, 2: agri ([[with]] [[forma]]), Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4: Africae, Sall. J. 17, 1: castrorum, Caes. B. G. 5, 57; id. B. C. 3, 66: montis, Curt. 8, 10, 3: loca naturae situ invia, id. 7, 4, 4; opp. [[opus]]: turrem et situ et opere [[multum]] [[editum]], id. 3, 1, 7; 8, 10, 23; cf. Front. Strat. 3, 2, 1: [[figura]] situsque membrorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 61, 153; cf.: passeres a rhombis situ [[tantum]] corporum differunt, Plin. 9, 20, 36, § 72: Aquilonis, [[towards]] the [[north]], id. 16, 12, 23, § 59.—Poet.: exegi [[monumentum]] aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, i. e. the [[structure]] ([[prop]]. the [[manner]] of [[construction]]), Hor. C. 3, 30, 2 (cf. the Part. [[situs]], in Tac., = [[conditus]], built; v. [[sino]], P. a. A. 2. c.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: opportunissimi [[situs]] urbibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5; so, oppidorum, Caes. B. G. 3, 12: terrarum, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 252: locorum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 4: castrorum, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: [[situs]] partium corporis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122: revocare [[situs]] (foliorum), [[position]], [[arrangement]], Verg. A. 3, 451. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. (= [[regio]]), a [[quarter]] of the [[world]], [[region]] (Plinian): a meridiano situ ad [[septentriones]], Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; 2, 47, 48, § 127; 3, 12, 17, § 108; cf. Sill. ad Plin. 16, § 2.—Plur.: (pantherae) repleturae illos [[situs]], Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soil ([[late]] Lat.): quae loca pingui situ et cultu, Amm. 24, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description ([[late]] Lat.): cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus [[plene]], Amm. 29, 5, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rust, [[mould]], [[mustiness]], [[dust]], [[dirt]], etc., [[that]] a [[thing]] acquires from [[lying]] [[too]] [[long]] in one [[place]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: [[squalor]], [[sordes]]): corrumpor situ, Plaut. Truc. 5, 23; cf.: quae in usu sunt et manum [[cottidie]] tactumque patiuntur, [[numquam]] [[periculum]] [[situs]] adeunt, Sen. Ben. 3, 2, 2: tristia duri Militis in tenebris occupat [[arma]] [[situs]], Tib. 1, 10, 50: [[arma]] squalere situ ac rubigine, Quint. 10, 1, 30: [[immundo]] pallida [[mitra]] situ, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70: ne aut [[supellex]] vestisve condita situ dilabatur, Col. 12, 3, 5: per loca senta situ, Verg. A. 6, 462: [[araneosus]] [[situs]], Cat. 23, 3: [[immundus]], Ov. Am. 1, 12, 30; cf. id. ib. 1, 8, 52; id. Tr. 3, 10, 70: detergere situm ferro, Sil. 7, 534: deterso situ, Plin. [[Pan]]. 50: prata situ vetustatis obducta, Col. 2, 18, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filthiness of the [[body]]: genas situ liventes, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Com. Rel. p. 225 Rib.: situm [[inter]] oris et [[barba]], etc.): en ego victa situ, Verg. A. 7, 452; Ov. M. 7, 290; 7, 303; 8, 802; Luc. 6, 516; Plin. 21, 6, 17, § 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neglect, [[idleness]], [[absence]] of [[use]]: indigna est [[pigro]] [[forma]] perire situ, Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14: et segnem patiere situ durescere campum, Verg. G. 1, 72; Col. 2, 2, 6: [[gladius]] usu splendescit, situ rubiginat, App. Flor. 3, p. 351, 32. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[mind]], a rusting, moulding, a [[wasting]] [[away]], [[dulness]], [[inactivity]]: [[senectus]] victa situ, Verg. A. 7, 440: marcescere otio situque civitatem, Liv. 33, 45 fin.: situ obsitae justitia, [[aequitas]], Vell. 2, 126, 2: quae ([[mens]]) in hujusmodi secretis languescit et quendam [[velut]] in [[opaco]] situm ducit, Quint. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. 12, 5, 2: ne pereant turpi pectora nostra situ, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2: depellere situm [[curis]], Stat. S. 5, 3, 34: flebis in [[aeterno]] surda jacere situ (carmina), i. e. [[oblivion]], Prop. 1, 7, 18: (verba) priscis memorata Catonibus Nunc [[situs]] [[informis]] premit et deserta [[vetustas]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118; cf.: verborum [[situs]], Sen. Ep. 58, 3: nec [[umquam]] passure situm, Stat. Th. 3, 100: [[passus]] est leges istas situ [[atque]] [[senio]] emori, Gell. 20, 1, 10.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>sĭtus</b>,⁹ a, um ([[sino]]),<br /><b>1</b> placé, posé : in ore sita [[lingua]] [[est]] Cic. Nat. 2, 149, la langue [[est]] placée dans la bouche, cf. Div. 1, 30 &#124;&#124; établi : [[juxta]] siti Sall. H. 4, 61, 17, les voisins, cf. Tac. Ann. 12, 10 ; [[gens]] in convallibus sita Plin. 7, 28, nation établie dans les vallées<br /><b>2</b> situé : [[locus]] in media [[insula]] [[situs]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 106, lieu [[sis]] au milieu de l’île<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. des morts] placé dans la tombe, enseveli : [[hic]] [[est]] [[ille]] [[situs]] Enn. d. Cic. Leg. 2, 57, c’[[est]] ici qu’il repose, cf. Leg. 2, 56 &#124;&#124; [d’où les épitaphes] [[hic]] [[situs]] [[est]], ci-gît ; [[hic]] siti sunt, ici reposent<br /><b>4</b> bâti, élevé, dressé : Tac. Ann. 3, 38 ; 6, 41, etc.<br /><b>5</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> [[aliquid]] situm [[est]] in [[aliquo]] Cic. Mur. 83, qqch. repose sur qqn, dépend de qqn, [[est]] en son pouvoir ; [[quantum]] [[est]] situm in [[nobis]] Cic. Arch. 1, autant qu’il dépend de nous ; [[est]] situm in [[nobis]], ut Cic. Fin. 1, 57, il dépend de nous de ; quæ sunt in casu sita Cic. Off. 1, 115, les biens qui relèvent de la fortune ; <b> b)</b> in [[officio]] colendo sita vitæ [[est]] [[honestas]] [[omnis]] Cic. Off. 1, 4, c’[[est]] dans la pratique du devoir que consiste toute l’honnêteté, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 25.<br />(2) <b>sĭtŭs</b>,¹⁰ ūs, m. ([[sino]]),<br /><b>1</b> position, situation [d’une ville, d’un camp, etc.] : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26 ; Rep. 2, 22 ; Cæs. G. 5, 57, 3, etc. &#124;&#124; place, disposition des membres dans le corps humain : Cic. Nat. 2, 153 ; Tusc. 1, 41 &#124;&#124; pl., [[situs]] oppidorum Cæs. G. 3, 12, 1, l’assiette des places fortes ; castrorum [[situs]] cognoscere Cæs. G. 7, 83, 2, apprendre la position des camps &#124;&#124; [d’où] région, contrée : Plin. 2, 245 ; 3, 108, etc.<br /><b>2</b> situation prolongée [d’où] : <b> a)</b> état d’abandon, de délaissement, jachère [en parl. de champs] : Virg. G. 1, 72 ; <b> b)</b> moisissure, rouille, pourriture, détérioration : [[arma]] situ squalent Quint. 10, 1, 30, les armes sont toutes [[sales]] de moisissure, de rouille ; [[mens]] [[velut]] in [[opaco]] situm ducit Quint. 1, 2, 18, l’esprit, comme un objet à l’ombre, se rouille ; verborum [[situs]] Sen. Ep. 58, 5, rouille des mots = mots surannés, tombés en désuétude, cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118 ; <b> c)</b> saleté corporelle, malpropreté : [poet.] Cic. Tusc. 3, 26 ; Ov. M. 8, 802, etc. ; <b> d)</b> inaction, oisiveté : Liv. 33, 45, 7 ; Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[situs]]<sup>1</sup>, a, um, s. [[sino]].<br />'''(2)''' [[situs]]<sup>2</sup>, ūs, m. ([[sino]]), I) die [[Lage]], [[Stellung]], 1) eig.: a) übh.: [[urbis]], Caes. u. Cic.: loci, Cic.: locorum, Curt.: membrorum, Cic. – Plur., [[situs]] oppidorum, castrorum, Caes.: locorum, Cic. u. Solin.: terrarum, Cic.: urbium, Sen. rhet.: gentium, Örtlichkeiten, Ortsverhältnisse, Tac. – b) [[als]] philos. t.t., die [[Kategorie]] κεισθαι, Augustin. de categ. 12. Mart. Cap. 4. § 340 u. 363381. – 2) meton.: a) die [[Stellung]] = der [[Bau]], exegi [[monumentum]]... regali situ pyramidum altius, [[als]] der Königsbau der P., Hor. carm. 3, 30, 2. – b) die [[Lage]] = die [[Weltgegend]], [[Gegend]], [[meridianus]], Plin.: Plur., (pantherae) repleturae illos [[situs]], Plin. 27, 7. – II) insbes., das [[lange]] [[Liegen]] an einem Orte, A) eig. u. meton.: 1) [[ein]].: [[gladius]] situ roviginat, Nichtgebrauch, Apul.: situ durescere campum, [[Ruhe]], Verg. – 2) meton.: a) der [[Mangel]] an [[Wartung]], cessat [[terra]] situ, Ov.: so [[auch]] [[loca]] senta situ, Verg. – b) der [[durch]] langes [[Liegen]] erzeugte [[Schimmel]], [[Rost]], [[Schmutz]], occupat [[arma]] [[situs]], Tibull.: canescunt tecta situ, Ov.: [[ferrum]] situ carpitur, Sen. rhet.: [[crocum]], [[quod]] redolet situm, Plin.: v. Schmutze, v. der Unsauberkeit [[des]] Körpers, Poëta [[bei]] Cic., Ov. u.a. – B) übtr., das geistige Verrosten, Vermodern, Verwesen, Hinwelken, Hinschwinden, a) im allg.: [[senectus]] victa situ, Ov.: ne pereant pectora situ, [[Untätigkeit]], Ov.: [[velut]] situm ducere, [[sich]] [[gewissermaßen]] verliegen, Quint.: marcescere otii situ, Liv.: situ secreti consumi, in der [[Einsamkeit]] [[verrosten]], Quint. – b) v. Dingen, die in [[Vergessenheit]], aus der [[Gewohnheit]] [[kommen]], in [[aeterno]] iacēre situ, [[Vergessenheit]], Prop.: [[passus]] est leges situ [[atque]] [[senio]] emori, [[als]] vermodert u. [[veraltet]] [[außer]] [[Kraft]] zu [[treten]] Gell.: [[quantum]] [[apud]] Ennium et Accium verborum [[situs]] occupaverit = [[quot]] verba [[vetustas]] et [[oblivio]] deleverit, Sen.: sepultae ac situ obsitae [[iustitia]], [[aequitas]], [[industria]] civitati redditae, die gleichs. zu Grabe getragene und vermoderte G. usw., Vell. – / Nom. Plur. situus, Plin. 7, 153 Detl. (vgl. Detlefsen in symbol. philol. Bonn. p. 712 sqq.).
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=situs sita, situm ADJ :: laid up, stored; positioned, situated; centered (on)<br />situs situs situs N M :: situation, position, site; structure; neglect, disuse, stagnation; mould
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