noun

pŏsĭtĭo

gen. pŏsĭtōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a putting; placing; setting

a putting, placing, setting (post-Aug.; in Cic. Fl. 26, 62, possessione is the correct reading).

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Lit.: calicis positio, Front. Aquaed. 36: surculi, Col. 3, 17: linearum, id. 3, 3 fin.: brassicae, id. 11, 3, 24.—

a position; a posture; situation by extension ••

Transf., a position of the body or of places, a posture, situation: corporis nostri positio, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 7: caeli locique, Col. 3, 4, 1: loci, Quint. 3, 7, 26: pro situ et positione locorum, id. 3, 21, 9: Italiae procurrentis, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201: uniuscujusque stellarum forma et positio, Gell. 14, 1.—

figuratively

A placing; use

A placing, use of a word: μετωνυμία est nominis pro nomine positio, Quint. 8, 6, 23; 1, 5, 51.—

affirmation •

In partic., affirmation: paupertas non per positionem sed per detractionem dicitur, Sen. Ep. 87, 39.—

by extension

a proposition; theme; subject

In rhet., a proposition, theme, subject, argument, Quint. 2, 10, 15; 7, 4, 40.—

an ending; termination

In gram., an ending, termination, Quint. 1, 5, 60; so id. 1, 5, 65; 1, 6, 10; 12; 22.—

In prosody.

A downward beat; of the voice •

A downward beat, in marking time: a sublatione ad positionem, Quint. 9, 4, 48; so id. 9, 4, 55; Mart. Cap. 9, § 981; so of the voice (opp. elevatio), Isid. 1, 16, 21.—

the place of a short vowel before two consonants; position

Positio syllabae, the place of a short vowel before two consonants, by which the syllable becomes long, position, Quint. 1, 5, 28; 9, 4, 86; Diom. p. 423 P. et saep.—

A state of mind; mood •

A state of mind, mood: in quācumque positione mentis sim, Sen. Ep. 64, 3.—

circumstances

Positiones, circumstances of a thing, Quint. 7, 4, 40.

Perseus ID: n37175 Key: positio