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|lshtext=<b>stătŭa</b>: ae, f. [[statuo]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[image]], [[statue]] (syn.: [[signum]], [[effigies]], [[imago]]) ([[commonly]] made of [[metal]], Quint. 2, 21, 10); [[rarely]] of the gods: statuae deorum, [[Cato]] ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.; Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 47; Sen. Q. N. 2, 42, 1.—But freq. and [[class]]. of men: statuam [[dare]] auream Solidam faciundam, Plaut. Curc. 3, 80: statuae et imagines, non animorum simulacra sed corporum, Cic. Arch. 12, 30: [[statua]] istius [[persimilis]], id. Pis. 38, 93: [[statua]] equestris inaurata, id. Phil. 5, 15, 41; cf. id. ib. 9, 7, 16; id. Sest. 38, 83; id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48: ea [[statua]], quae ad [[Opis]] per te posita in excelso est, id. Att. 6, 1, 17: si quaeret Pater urbium Subscribi statuis, Hor. C. 3, 24, 28.—As a [[designation]] of immovability, [[taciturnity]], etc.: ex hac statuā [[volo]] Erogitare, etc., Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 31; id. Ps. 4, 1, 7; cf.: statuā taciturnius [[exit]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 83: [[iste]] statuā pallidior, Cat. 80, 4: statuarum ritu patiemur pannos et vincula? Petr. 102, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[pillar]]: marmorea, Vop. Aur. 37, 2: salis, Sedul. Pasch. 1, 106.
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