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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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