positu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pono, ponere, posui, positus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
put/place/set; station/post (troops); pitch (camp); situate; set up; erect;; specify, put down; cite/quote; locate; depict; classify; assume/suppose; bury;; lay (foundation/keel); found (town), build; plant (trees); provide/serve;; put/lay down (load/arms), take off (clothes); shed (leaves); cut (nails);; esteem/value/count; impose; ordain; lend, put out, offer, wager; rid/drop;
abl. sg. - Entry →positus, positus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
situation, position; arrangement;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...Zodiacus dicitur, sitae locataeque sunt, ut ex earum positu species quaedam et simulacrum esse videatur tauri capitis, sicuti..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...positiva esse, sed naturalia. I. Nomina verbaque non positu fortuito, sed quadam vi et ratione naturae facta esse..."Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...syllabam brevem esse non patitur, sed reddit eam positu longam, proptereaque et numerus in versu et ratio..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...lucorum umbra ingentium, longis ambulacris et mollibus, aedium positu refrigeranti, lavacris nitidis et abundis et collucentibus totiusque villae..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...uidimus moueri iterumque componi. Quaedam uero parum aptata positu suo et a fabris neglegentius solutiusque composita terrae motus..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...mutare nondum fessum latus et alio atque alio positu uentilari: qualis ille homericus Achilles est, modo pronus, modo..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...erat huius opus lanam mollire trahendo nec positu variare comas; ubi fibula vestem, vitta coercuerat neglectos alba capillos..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Moesia attinebant, totidem apud Delmatiam locatis, quae positu regionis a tergo illis, ac si repentinum auxilium Italia posceret..."
