Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary

STA-, a station, position, place : statu movere (hostīs), dislodge , L.— A standing, way of standing, posture, position, attitude, station, carriage, pose : Qui esset status (videre vellem), etc., what figure you cut , T.: in gestu status (oratoris erit) erectus: Dumque silens astat, status est voltusque diserti, O.: iis statibus in statuis ponendis uti, N.: decorum istud in corporis motu et statu cernitur.— Position, order, arrangement, state, condition : eodem statu caeli et stellarum nati, aspect : statum caeli notare, L.— Fig., of persons, standing, condition, state, position, situation, rank, status : hunc vitae statum usque ad senectutem obtinere: hunc bonorum statum odisse, the social position of the aristocracy : ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?: tueri meum statum, to maintain my character : Omnis Aristippum decuit color et status et res, H.: iste non dolendi status non vocatur voluptas: Flebilis ut noster status est, ita flebile carmen, O.: vitae statum commutatum ferre, N.: id suis rebus tali in statu saluti fore, Cu.—Abl. in phrases with verbs of removal, a position, place : vis, quae animum certo de statu demovet, from its balance : saepe adversarios de statu omni deiecimus, utterly confounded : mentem ex suā sede et statu demovere, unbalance : de statu suo declinare, i. e. become unsettled : de meo statu declinare, to abandon my position ; cf. demovendis statu suo sacris religionem facere, to excite scruples against profaning , etc., L.—Of communities, a condition, state, public order, organization, constitution : Siciliam ita perdidit ut ea restitui in antiquum statum nullo modo possit: rei p. status: tolerabilis civitatis: statum orbis terrae . . . redemi: eo tum statu res erat ut, etc., Cs.: statum civitatis ea victoria firmavit, i. e. commercial prosperity , L.: qui se moverit ad sollicitandum statum civitatis, internal peace , L.: a Maronitis certiora de statu civitatium scituros, i. e. the political relations , L.: numquam constitisse civitatis statum, the government had never been permanent : status civitatis in hoc uno iudicio (positus), the constitution : status enim rei p. maxime iudicatis rebus continetur, i. e. the existence of the republic : Tu civitatem quis deceat status Curas, what institutions , H.—In rhet., the controverted point, substance of dispute, method of inquiry .