positus
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English
positus positus N M :: situation, position; arrangement
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏsĭtus: a, um, Part. and P. a., from pono.
pŏsĭtus: ūs, m. pono,
I a position, situation; disposition, order, arrangement (rare; ante-Aug.; perh. only once in Sallust): positu variare capillos, Ov. Med. Fac. 19; so id. M. 2, 412: ossium, Cels. 8, 1: siderum, Tac. A. 6, 21: insulae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 47 (p. 247 Gerl.): regionis, Tac. A. 4, 5; cf.: dubium positu Urbs, Ov. P. 4, 7, 23; and: Trinacris, a positu nomen adepta loci, id. F. 4, 420; plur., ways of arranging the hair, id. A. A. 3, 151.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pŏsĭtus, a, um, part. de pono.
(2) pŏsĭtŭs,¹³ ūs, m., position, situation, place : Sall. d. Don. Phorm. 1, 2, 47 ; Tac. Ann. 6, 21 || assiette [d’un lieu] : Ov. P. 4, 7, 23 || arrangement, ajustement : Ov. Ars 3, 151.
Latin > German (Georges)
positus, ūs, m. (pono), I) die Stellung, der Stand, die Lage, insulae, Sall. fr.: urbis, Ov.: aedium, Gell.: regionis, Tac.: siderum, Tac., stellarum, Gell.: ossium, Cels.: terra Trinacris a positu nomen adepta loci, Ov. – übtr., als gramm. t. t., die Stellung, Position (vgl. positio no. II, b), Gell. 4, 17, 8. – II) insbes. die Lage der Haare, die Frisur, Ov. met. 2, 412. Ov. medic. fac. 19: Plur. = Arten der Frisuren, Ov. art. am. 3, 151.
