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ăquĭlo, ōnis, m. [perh. from aqua, as bringing wet weather, or aquilus, dark, as bringing lowering and stormy weather].

A.. Lit., the north wind; Gr. Boreas; plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Ov. M. 2, 132; 5, 285; 10, 77 al.; acc. to accurate nautical designation, north-one-third-east wind, between the septentrio and vulturnus, opp. to Auster Africanus or Libonotus, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119 sq.: horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

cum ille vento Aquilone venisset Lemnum,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5:

Aquilo frigidus,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

densus,

id. ib. 3, 196:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. A. 1, 102:

hiems aquilonibus asperat undas,

id. ib. 3, 285:

impotens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

clarus,

Verg. G. 1, 460:

Threïcius,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3:

ad aquilonem et ad austrum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 24; ib. Luc. 13, 29:

ad aquilonem et meridiem,

ib. Gen. 13, 14 et persaepe (in the Vulg. only in sing.).— Plur.:

Africum Decertantem aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 13:

Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet,

id. A. P. 64 al. persaepe.—

Meton. for the north:

spelunca conversa ad aquilonem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—

Ăquĭlo, ōnis, m.; in mythology, the husband of Orithyia and father of Calais and Zetes, who dwelt in a cave of Hæmus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 7, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 1; Val. Fl. 4, 432; Hyg. Fab. 14.

ăquĭlo, ōnis, m. [perh. from aqua, as bringing wet weather, or aquilus, dark, as bringing lowering and stormy weather].

A.. Lit., the north wind; Gr. Boreas; plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Ov. M. 2, 132; 5, 285; 10, 77 al.; acc. to accurate nautical designation, north-one-third-east wind, between the septentrio and vulturnus, opp. to Auster Africanus or Libonotus, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119 sq.: horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

cum ille vento Aquilone venisset Lemnum,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5:

Aquilo frigidus,

Verg. G. 2, 404:

densus,

id. ib. 3, 196:

stridens Aquilone procella,

id. A. 1, 102:

hiems aquilonibus asperat undas,

id. ib. 3, 285:

impotens,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 3:

clarus,

Verg. G. 1, 460:

Threïcius,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3:

ad aquilonem et ad austrum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 24; ib. Luc. 13, 29:

ad aquilonem et meridiem,

ib. Gen. 13, 14 et persaepe (in the Vulg. only in sing.).— Plur.:

Africum Decertantem aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 13:

Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet,

id. A. P. 64 al. persaepe.—

Meton. for the north:

spelunca conversa ad aquilonem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—

Ăquĭlo, ōnis, m.; in mythology, the husband of Orithyia and father of Calais and Zetes, who dwelt in a cave of Hæmus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 7, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 1; Val. Fl. 4, 432; Hyg. Fab. 14.

auster, tri, m. [Sanscr. ush-, to burn; the burning, hot wind], the south wind (opp. aquilo, the north wind).

Lit.:

auster fulmine pollens,

Lucr. 5, 745:

validus,

id. 1, 899; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15:

vehemens,

Cic. Att. 16, 7:

turbidus,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 4: nubilus. [p. 210] Prop. 3, 8, 56: umidus, bringing or producing rain, Verg. G. 1, 462; so,

pluvius,

Ov. M. 1, 66:

frigidus,

Verg. G. 4, 261, and Prop. 3, 22, 16: hibernus. Tib. 1, 1, 47; Vulg. Cant. 4, 16; ib. Luc. 12, 25 et saep.—

Meton., the south country, the south:

in aquilonis austrive partibus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22; so Varr. L. L. 9, § 25 Müll.; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 43; Vulg. Exod. 26, 16; ib. Matt. 12, 42.

auster = austerus, q. v.

cursus, ūs, m. [id.], a running ( on foot, on a horse, chariot, ship, etc.), a course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey, etc. (very freq.).

Lit.

Of living beings:

ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94:

ibi cursu, luctando... sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24; cf. id. Most. 1, 2, 73, and Hor. A. P. 412:

quique pedum cursu valet, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 67:

cursu superare canem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 51:

milites cursu exanimati,

Caes. B. G. 2, 23:

huc magno cursu intenderunt,

at full speed, id. ib. 3, 19:

magno cursu concitatus,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

cursu incitatus,

id. ib. 1, 79; 3, 46; Auct. B. Alex. 20; cf.:

in cursu esse,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1; cf. II. fin. infra:

strictis gladiis cursu in hostem feruntur,

advance at a run, Liv. 9, 13, 2:

effuso cursu,

id. 2, 50, 6:

eo cursu proripere, ut, etc.,

id. 24, 26, 12; 31, 21, 6:

eo cursu, Auct. B. Alex 30: eodem cursu contendere,

right onward, Caes. B. C. 2, 35; cf. id. B. G. 6, 67: citato cursu. Just. 11, 15, 2:

cursus in Graeciam per tuam provinciam,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 10:

quis umquam tam brevi tempore tot loca adire, tantos cursus conficere potuit?

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

(terrae) tuis non dicam cursibus, sed victoriis lustratae sunt,

id. ib. 2, 5:

agmen cursūs magis quam itineris modo ducit,

Curt. 5, 13, 5; 6, 1, 12; Just. 15, 3, 11; 11, 8, 2:

Miltiades cursum direxit, quo tendebat,

Nep. Milt. 1, 6; Vell. 2, 19, 4; 1, 4, 1:

Ulixi per mare,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:

iterare cursus relictos,

id. ib. 1, 34, 4:

Naxon, ait Liber, cursus advertite vestros,

Ov. M. 3, 636 et saep.; cf. B.: cursum per [p. 504] auras Derigere, Verg. A. 6, 194; so of flying, Ov. M. 2, 838; 4, 787 al.—

Cursum tenere (in a march or on shipboard), to hold one's course, to maintain a direct course:

equites cursum tenere atque insulam capere non potuerant,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:

Dionysius cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83; Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. 2. b. —

Of inanimate objects:

solis cursus lunaeque meatus Expediam,

Lucr. 5, 77; cf. id. 5, 772 al.:

lunae,

id. 5, 629; cf. id. 5, 630:

stellarum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint,

Lucr. 1, 1003:

si lacus emissus lapsu et cursu suo ad mare profluxisset,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100; so of the course or flow of a stream, Ov. M. 1, 282; 9, 18; Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85:

longarum navium,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8; cf. Cic. Mur. 15, 33; id. Off. 3, 12, 50 al.:

Aquilonis et Austri,

Lucr. 5, 688; cf. id. 6, 302:

menstrui,

Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 230:

quadripertiti venarum,

id. 16, 39, 76, § 195 et saep.—

Cursum tenere, as supra, 1. b.:

tanta tempestas subito coorta est, ut nulla earum (navium) cursum tenere posset,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28.—

Meton.

Cursum exspectare, to wait for a fair wind (lit. for a passage), Cic. Att. 5, 8, 1.—

(Abstr. pro concr.) Cursus publici, in the time of the emperors, posts or relays divided into stations, for the speedy transmission of information upon state affairs, Cod. Just. 12, 51; Cod. Th. 8, 5; Inscr. Orell. 3181; 3329; cf.

. equi publici,

Amm. 14, 6, 16:

vehicula publica,

id. 21, 13, 7:

cursus vehicularius,

Capitol. Ant. P. 12, 3:

vehicularis,

Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 4:

cursus fiscalis,

Spart. Had. 7; v. Suet. Aug. 49.—

Trop. (freq. in Cic. and Quint.), a course, progress, direction, way:

qui cursus rerum, qui exitus futurus sit,

Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 3; cf. Tac. H. 4, 34; id. Agr. 39:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 32, 117:

vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

reliquus vitae cursus,

id. Phil. 2, 19, 47:

totius vitae cursum videre,

id. Off. 1, 4, 11:

omnem vitae suae cursum conficere,

id. Cael. 17, 39:

in omni vitae cursu optimum visum est, ut, etc.,

Macr. S. 1, 2, 3:

temporum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 2:

tuorum honorum,

id. ib. 3, 11, 2; cf. Tac. H. 1, 48:

continuus proeliorum,

id. Agr. 27 al.:

cursus vocis per omnis sonos,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 227:

cursus verborum,

id. ib. 1, 35, 161; so of the motion or flow of discourse, etc., id. Part. Or. 15, 52; Quint. 8, prooem. § 27;

9, 4, 70: cursus hic et sonus rotundae volubilisque sententiae,

Gell. 11, 13, 4:

quem enim cursum industria mea tenere potuisset sine forensibus causis, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 11; cf. id. Or. 1, 4:

nos in eodem cursu fuimus a Sullā dictatore ad eosdem fere consules,

id. Brut. 96, 328; so,

esse in cursu,

to go on, continue, Ov. M. 13, 508; id. F. 6, 362.

exortus, a, um, Part., from exorior.

exortus, ūs, m. [exorior], a coming forth, rising:

solis,

Auct. Her. 3, 22, 36; Suet. Aug. 5; Plin. 12, 11, 23, § 40:

cum ab occasu solis ad exortus intenderent iter,

Liv. 21, 30, 4:

stellarum,

id. 2, 15, 12:

aequinoctiales,

Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 1:

Aquilonis,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 10:

aquae,

id. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

lucis,

Front. Strat. 2, 12, 1.

ĭn-horresco, 3, v. inch. n., to send forth sharp points, to rise erect, to bristle up.

Lit.:

gallinae inhorrescunt edito ovo excutiuntque sese,

Plin. 10, 41, 57, § 116: inhorrescit mare, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 411 Rib.): mobilibus veris inhorruit Adventus foliis ( poet. for folia inhorrescunt, varie agitantur auris vernis), Hor. C. 1, 23, 5, v. Orell. ad h. l.:

frigorum impatientia papiliones villis inhorrescunt,

Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77:

trifolium inhorrescere et folia contra tempestatem subrigere,

id. 18, 35, 89, § 365:

Atlas nemoribus inhorrescit,

Sol. 24.—

Transf., to tremble, shake, shiver.

With fever, Cels. 3, 12 med.:

frigida potio inutilis est iis qui facile inhorrescunt,

id. 1, 3.—With cold:

aër nivibus et glacie inhorrescit,

App. de Mund. p. 58, 33:

cum tristis hiems aquilonis inhorruit alis,

Ov. Ib. 199.—

To quake, shudder, with fear, horror, App. M. 5, p. 172, 22:

solitudo inhorrescit vacuis,

Tac. H. 3. 85; id. A. 11, 28.—Rarely with acc.:

adeo rebus accommodanda compositio, ut asperis asperos etiam numeros adhiberi oporteat, et cum dicente aeque audientem inhorrescere,

Quint. 9, 4, 126.— Transf., to shudder at:

severitatis vim,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.

rĭgĕo, ēre, v. n. [prob. kindr. with rhigeô, frigeo], to be stiff or numb; to stiffen (syn.: concresco, conglacio).

Lit. (class.).

With cold:

frigore,

Lucr. 3, 891; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69 (opp. uri calore):

gelu,

Liv. 21, 32; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 30; id. Pan. 82, 5:

prata rigent,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 3:

stagnum,

Col. 8, 17, 2:

corpora omnibus,

Liv. 21, 54; cf. poet.:

horridus December,

Mart. 7, 95.—

Of any physical stiffness:

gelido comae terrore rigebant,

stood on end, bristled up, Ov. M. 3, 100; so,

ora indurata,

id. ib. 14, 503:

ardua cervix (with horrent setae),

id. ib. 8, 284:

cerealia dona rigent,

i. e. are hardened into gold, id. ib. 11, 122:

vestes auroque ostroque,

are stiff, stand out, Verg. A. 11, 72; cf.:

terga boum plumbo insuto ferroque,

id. ib. 5, 405:

manicae ex auro,

Sil. 4, 155:

signa,

Lucr. 5, 1427.—

Poet., transf., to stand stiff or upright:

(pars summa scopuli) riget,

Ov. M. 4, 526; 6, 573:

late riget Tmolus,

id. ib. 11, 150:

sine frondibus arbos,

id. ib. 13, 691:

illitterati num minus nervi rigent?

Hor. Epod. 8, 17.—

Trop., to remain unmoved, inert (very rare):

feritas immota riget,

Mart. 5, 31, 5. —Hence, rĭgens, entis, P. a., stiff, inflexible, rigid, unbending (mostly post-class.).

Lit.:

secui madidas ungue rigente genas,

Ov. H. 5, 72:

lorica ex aere,

Verg. A. 8, 621:

aqua,

i. e. frozen, Mart. 14, 117:

pars mundi ipsis aquilonis conceptaculis rigentissima,

Sol. 15:

caput (with praedurum),

rigid, Quint. 11, 3, 69; cf. id. 2, 13, 9: interque rigentes (partes terrae), Tib. 4, 1, 165:

gelu flumina,

Plin. Pan. 82, 5.—

Trop., stubborn, inflexible, unyielding:

animus,

Sen. Hippol. 413; cf.:

vir tot malis,

id. Thyest. 304.

rūga, ae, f., a crease in the face, a wrinkle.

In gen. (class.; usu. in plur.).

Plur.:

non cani non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

vos populumque Romanum non consilio neque eloquentiā, sed rugis supercilioque decepit,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 15: nec pietas moram Rugis et instanti senectae Afferet, [p. 1604] Hor. C. 2, 14, 3:

vis tu remittere aliquid ex rugis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 2:

rugas in fronte contrahere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26:

rugis vetus Frontem senectus exaret,

Hor. Epod. 8, 4; cf.: frontem rugis arat, * Verg. A. 7, 417:

dum tarda senectus inducat rugas,

Tib. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 4, 13, 11:

sulcare cutem rugis,

Ov. M. 3, 276; 14, 96; 15, 232 et saep. al.—

Prov.: de rugis crimina multa cadunt,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 46.—

Sing. ( poet.):

faceret scissas languida ruga genas?

Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 6; 3 (4), 25, 12; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 34, id. A. A. 1, 240; Juv. 13, 215; 14, 325.—

Transf., a crease, fold, plait, wrinkle, corrugation, etc., of any kind (post-Aug.; cf.

rugo, I.): margaritae flavescunt senectā rugisque torpescunt,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109:

aquilonis afflatus poma deturpans rugis,

id. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 12, 7, 14, § 26; 17, 14, 24, § 107 al.; of the folds of garments, id. 35, 8, 34, § 56; Macr. S. 2, 9.—In sing.:

jam deciens redit in rugam,

Pers. 6, 79 Gildersleeve ad loc.:

vestes quoque diutius vinctas ruga consumet,

Petr. 102, 12.—

The female screw, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.

Rūga, ae, m. [1. ruga], a Roman surname, e. g. of Sp. Carvilius, whose divorce is said to have been the first in Rome, Gell. 4, 3, 2; 17, 21, 44; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4.

rūga, ae, f., a crease in the face, a wrinkle.

In gen. (class.; usu. in plur.).

Plur.:

non cani non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,

Cic. Sen. 18, 62:

vos populumque Romanum non consilio neque eloquentiā, sed rugis supercilioque decepit,

id. Red. in Sen. 7, 15: nec pietas moram Rugis et instanti senectae Afferet, [p. 1604] Hor. C. 2, 14, 3:

vis tu remittere aliquid ex rugis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 2:

rugas in fronte contrahere,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26:

rugis vetus Frontem senectus exaret,

Hor. Epod. 8, 4; cf.: frontem rugis arat, * Verg. A. 7, 417:

dum tarda senectus inducat rugas,

Tib. 2, 2, 20; Hor. C. 4, 13, 11:

sulcare cutem rugis,

Ov. M. 3, 276; 14, 96; 15, 232 et saep. al.—

Prov.: de rugis crimina multa cadunt,

Ov. Am. 1, 8, 46.—

Sing. ( poet.):

faceret scissas languida ruga genas?

Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 6; 3 (4), 25, 12; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 34, id. A. A. 1, 240; Juv. 13, 215; 14, 325.—

Transf., a crease, fold, plait, wrinkle, corrugation, etc., of any kind (post-Aug.; cf.

rugo, I.): margaritae flavescunt senectā rugisque torpescunt,

Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109:

aquilonis afflatus poma deturpans rugis,

id. 15, 16, 18, § 59; 12, 7, 14, § 26; 17, 14, 24, § 107 al.; of the folds of garments, id. 35, 8, 34, § 56; Macr. S. 2, 9.—In sing.:

jam deciens redit in rugam,

Pers. 6, 79 Gildersleeve ad loc.:

vestes quoque diutius vinctas ruga consumet,

Petr. 102, 12.—

The female screw, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.

Rūga, ae, m. [1. ruga], a Roman surname, e. g. of Sp. Carvilius, whose divorce is said to have been the first in Rome, Gell. 4, 3, 2; 17, 21, 44; Val. Max. 2, 1, 4.

sĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of sino.

sĭtus, ūs, m. [sino].

(Sino, 1. situs, A.; prop. a being laid or placed, a lying; hence, by meton.)

The manner of lying, the situation, local position, site of a thing (class. in sing. and plur.; mostly of localities; syn. positus).

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.).—

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. —

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.—

Soil (late Lat.):

quae loca pingui situ et cultu,

Amm. 24, 5, 3.—

Description (late Lat.):

cujus originem in Africae situ digessimus plene,

Amm. 29, 5, 18.—

Lit.

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. —

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.—

Trop.

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. —

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.