place (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Spot or position occupied1. lŏcus, pl. -i and -a (the neut. form denotes places connected together, a region)2. sēdes, is, f. (natural or proper p. of)II. RoomIII. With the idea of substitutionIV. Official stationV. Denoting succession • place (subs.): I. Spot or position occupied: 1. lŏcus, pl. -i and -a (the neut. form denotes places connected together, a region): the Gauls who inhabited those p.s (or regions), Galli qui ea loca incolerent, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: at Rome in all p.s, Romae per omnes locos, Sall. Jug. 30: passim. 2. sēdes, is, f. (natural or proper p. of): to push mountains from their p.s, montes de sua s. moliri, Liv. 9, 3, init. (v. seat) also poet. = locus: Ov. M. 4, 78. Phr. in this p., hic (v. here) in that p., illic, istic, ibi (v. there): in what p., ubi (v. where). in the same p., ibidem, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 14: Virg.: in some p., alicubi, Cic. Att. 9, 10, ad fin.: in another p., alibi (v. elsewhere): in no p., nusquam (not nullibi, v. nowhere; and for the whole series, L. G. § 133) to this, that, what, the same, some, no p., huc, illuc (istuc, eo), quo, eodem, aliquo, nusquam (v. hither, thither, etc.; also L. G. § 133): from this, that, what, the same, some, p., hinc, illinc (istinc, inde), unde, indĭdem alicunde, etc. (v. hence, thence, etc.; and L. G. § 133): one to one p. and another to another, alius alio, Sall. Cat. 27: to station in different p.s, disponere, Caes. pass. (v. to station, arrange). II. Room: lŏcus: v. room. Phr.: to give p. to any one (as token of respect), alicui decedere, usu. with via, de via: v. to get out (fin.). In fig. sense, cēdo: v. to yield. III. With the idea of substitution: lŏcus. if I were in your p., si ego in isto siem l., Pl. Bac. 4, 8, 116 Cic. Esp. abl. loco = in p. of: v. instead (I. 2). In same sense, vĭce: ib. Phr.: to appoint a consul, censor, etc., in the p. of one deceased, consulem, censorem, in locum demortui sufficere, Liv. 5, 31. IV. Official station: v. office (II.). V. Denoting succession: Phr.: in the first p., prīmum, prīmo (v. first, adv.): in the next p., deinceps, proxĭmo, etc. (v. next, adv. II.): in the last p., postrēmo (v. lastly). Miscell. Phr.: to take p., fieri, accidere (v. to happen): to say something that is out of p., *aliquid parum in tempore (alieno tempore) dicere: it is of the greatest moment that everything be in p., *magnopere interest, ut omnia congruant et quasi in suo loco reperiantur that was quite out of p., *illud minime decebat.