positionum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →positio, positionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
position, place; framing (law); method of presenting (theme); downbeat;; arrangement/layout; placing (in quotes); planting (crops); lie (of land);; attitude, mental position, condition/state; [prima ~ => word base form];
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quibus plerumque rusticos superstitiosos avaros timidos secundum condicionem positionum effingimus; nam si mores ethe sunt, cum hos imitamur..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similia: quin aliquando etiam argumenta ex ipsis positionum uitiis ducimus. Sed haec suo quoque loco. Quamuis enim omne..."
