posture Copy link Outline 1. stătus, ūs (strictly, in standing)2. hăbĭtus, ūs (in Cic. always of the permanent features of the body or mind)3. gestus, ūs • posture: 1. stătus, ūs (strictly, in standing): an unbecoming p., s. indecorus, Quint. 1, 11, 16: to change one's p. frequently, crebro commutare status, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 53: Cic. 2. hăbĭtus, ūs (in Cic. always of the permanent features of the body or mind): to imitate any one's movements, p. and gait, alicujus motum, h., incessum imitari, Suet. Cl. 4: Sen. 3. gestus, ūs: v. gesture. P. in sitting may be expr. by sessio, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129 (status, incessus, sessio, accubitio ... teneant illud decorum): or a verb may be used: he painted Lucius in a sitting p., Lucium sedentem pinxit, Plin.: most of the deities of the Egyptians are represented in a sitting p., *pleraeque Aegyptiorum deorum effigies sedentes [in soliis] ponuntur. See also gait. For posture of affairs, v. position, state.