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kept at their posts

  • 1 statio

    stătĭo, ōnis, f. [sto], a standing, a standing still.
    I.
    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.—
    * B.
    Trop., that which is established by custom or prescription, a transl. of the Gr. thematismos, Vitr. 1, 2, 5.—
    II.
    Transf., in concr., a place where persons or things stay or abide, a station, post, an abode, residence.
    A.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    A post-station, post-house, Inscr. Murat. 1015; Morcell. Stil. Inscr. Lat. 1, p. 421.—
    6.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > statio

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