established by prescription

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

in-vĕtĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to render old, to give age or duration to a thing.

Lit.:

aquam,

Col. 12, 12:

allium, cepamque,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 115.— Pass., to become old, to acquire age or durability; to abide, endure (class. but rare):

non tam stabilis opinio permaneret,... nec una cum saeclis aetatibusque hominum inveterari posset,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5 B. and K. (al. inveterascere):

ad ea, quae inveterari volunt, nitro utuntur,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 111:

vina,

id. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Part. pass.: invĕtĕrātus, a, um.

Kept for a long time:

acetum,

Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

vinum,

id. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

jecur felis, inveteratum sale,

preserved in, id. 28, 16, 66, § 229; so,

fel vino,

id. 32, 7, 25, § 77 et saep.—

Inveterate, old, of long standing, rooted:

amicitia,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3:

dolor,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 35:

malum,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 31:

conglutinatio,

id. de Sen. 20:

licentia,

Nep. Eum. 8; Suet. Ner. 16:

litterae atque doctrinae,

Aug. C. D. 22, 6 init.:

codex,

hardened by age, Col. 4, 8, 4. —

Of diseases, sores, etc., deep-seated, chronic, inveterate:

scabritiae oculorum,

Plin. 24, 12, 31, § 121:

ulcus,

id. 29, 4, 18, § 65.— Hence, subst.: invĕtĕrāta, ōrum, n., chronic diseases:

vehementius contra inveterata pugnandum,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 1, 8.—

Trop.

Mid.:

inveterari,

to keep, last, endure, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53.— Esp., in law, part. pass.: inveteratus, established by prescription, customary:

mores sunt tacitus consensus populi, longa consuetudine inveteratus,

Ulp. Fragm. 1, 4.—

To cause to fail, bring to an end, abolish (eccl. Lat.):

notitiam veri Dei,

Lact. 2, 16 fin.

stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.

Lit. (so very rare;

not in Cic.): navis, quae manet in statione,

remains standing, stands still, does not move, Lucr. 4, 388; so,

manere in statione,

id. 4, 396; 5, 478; 5, 518:

in statione locata nubila,

id. 6, 193: varas In statione manus et pugnae membra paravi, in a firm posture (for fighting), Ov. M. 9, 34:

numquam id (sidus) stationem facere,

stands still, Plin. 2, 17, 15, § 77:

stationes matutinas facere,

id. 2, 15, 12, § 59:

solus immobilem stationis gradum retinens,

Val. Max. 3, 2, 23:

terrae,

Manil. 2, 70.—

Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—

Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Athenis statio mea nunc placet,

Cic. Att. 6, 9, 5:

quā positus fueris in statione, mane,

Ov. F. 2, 674; cf. id. ib. 5, 719:

principio sedes apibus statioque petenda,

Verg. G. 4, 8:

apricis statio gratissima mergis,

id. A. 5, 128:

equorum,

i. e. a stall, Pall. 1, 21, 2; so,

jumentorum,

Dig. 7, 1, 13 fin.:

plerique in stationibus sedent tempusque audiendis fabulis conterunt,

in public places, Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 2:

stationes circumeo,

id. ib. 2, 9, 5:

quod tabernas tris de domo suo circa forum civitatibus ad stationem locasset,

Suet. Ner. 37:

thermae, stationes, omne theatrum,

Juv. 11, 4; Gell. 13, 13, 1:

stationes municipiorum,

Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236:

si ad stationem vel tabernam ventum sit,

Dig. 47, 10, 15, § 7:

stationes hibernae,

winter-quarters, Amm. 14, 1, 1.—

Poet., of things, place, position:

pone recompositas in statione comas,

in their place, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 68; id. A. A. 3, 434:

permutata rerum statione, Petr. poët. 120, 99: umoris,

Pall. 1, 43.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., a post, station (v. custodiae, vigilia):

cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

ii, qui pro portis castrorum in statione erant... Cohortes quae in stationibus erant, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 32; 5, 15; 6, 37;

6, 38: in stationem succedere,

to relieve, id. ib. 4, 32:

stationem inire,

Tac. A. 13, 35:

relinquere,

Verg. A. 9, 222:

deserere,

Suet. Aug. 24:

habere,

Liv. 35, 29:

quique primi transierant, in statione erant, dum traicerent ceteri,

on guard, Curt. 7, 5, 18.— Transf.: suis vicibus capiebant bina (lumina Argi) quietem;

Cetera servabant atque in statione manebant,

kept at their posts, Ov. M. 1, 627; 2, 115.— Trop.:

de praesidio et statione vitae decedere,

Cic. Sen. 20, 73:

functo longissimā statione mortali,

Vell. 2, 131, 2:

imperii statione relictā,

Ov. Tr. 2, 219; Vell. 2, 124, 2; Tac. Or. 17; Suet. Claud. 38.—

Transf., like our post, watch, guard, for those who are stationed to watch, who stand guard, sentries, sentinels, outposts, pickets:

ut stationes dispositas haberent,

Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 7, 69 fin.:

ut minus intentae diurnae stationes ac nocturnae vigiliae essent,

Liv. 9, 24, 5; 25, 38, 16; cf. in sing.:

ad stationem Romanam in portā segniter agentem vigilias perveniunt,

id. 10, 32, 7:

dispositā statione per ripas Tiberis,

Suet. Tib. 72:

crebrae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

custodiae stationesque equitum,

id. ib. 1, 59:

statione militum assumptā,

i. e. body-guard, lifeguard, Suet. Tib. 24; so,

militum,

id. Ner. 21; 34; 47.—

Transf., in gen., a station, office, position, in government, etc. (post-class.):

in hac statione, i. e. the imperial office,

Spart. Ael. Verr. 4:

statio imperatoria,

Lampr. Comm. 1:

Augusta,

Capitol. Clod. Alb. 2: regia, Vulc. 7; Capitol. Verr. 8.—

Naut. t. t., an anchorage, roadstead, road, bay, inlet (syn. portus), Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 2:

quietam nactus stationem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6; 3, 8; 1, 56 fin.; Liv. 10, 2, 6; 28, 6, 9; 31, 33, 3; Verg. G. 4, 421; id. A. 2, 23 al.—

A place of residence, a post, station of the fiscal officers of a province; also, for the officers themselves, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 19; Cod. Just. 4, 31, 1; 10, 5, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3207; 4107.—

A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—

A religious meeting, assembly of the Christians:

die stationis, nocte vigiliae meminerimus,

Tert. Or. 29:

stationes in vesperam producere,

id. adv. Psych. 1; so id. ib. 10; id. ad Ux. 2, 4.