standing (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Not sitting or walkingII. A s.-still1. instĭtio, ōnis, f.2. stătio, ōnis, f.III. Position, rank1. stătus, ūs, m.2. lŏcus3. ordo, ĭnis, m.4. condĭtio, onis, f. • standing (subs.): I. Not sitting or walking: stătus, ūs, m.: s., walking, sitting, s., incessus, sessio, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128. II. A s.-still: 1. instĭtio, ōnis, f.: the s.-still of the planets, errantium stellarum i., Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62. 2. stătio, ōnis, f.: Plin. 2, 17, 15. III. Position, rank: 1. stătus, ūs, m.: which things dragged me down from my old s., quae me convellerunt de pristino statu, Cic. Att. 8, 15. 2. lŏcus: to be of the s. of a knight, esse ex equestri l., Cic.: men of lower s., homines inferiore loco, id. Verr. 1, 48. 3. ordo, ĭnis, m.: the s. of a freedman, ordo libertini, Suet. Gramm. 18. 4. condĭtio, onis, f.: the s. of slaves, c. servorum, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41. Phr. writers of no great s., scriptores quibus nondum est insignis auctoritas, cf. Tac. A. 14, 16: I know what my s. is at this time, qui sim hoc tempore intelligo, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, extr.
STANDING Copy link • STANDING 1. participial adjective, stans. Standing upright, erectus: standing water [Vid: STAGNANT]: a standing camp, castra stativa, -orum, nominative plur.,: a standing army, (we may say) milites perpetui: a standing festival, festi dies anniversarii. 2. s. The act of standing, status, -ūs. A place where one stands, locus. Condition, circumstances, status: conditio. Rank, position, locus (position in civil relations): dignitas (station according to character, family, etc.): sors (the slate of life to which one has been called or born): genus; stirps (family, descent). ☞ Ordo never means rank or standing, but the whole number of persons of a certain rank or standing, a class. Age. Anybody of the same standing as another, aequalis alicui; as myself, sequalis meus.