English

Noun

situs ‎(plural situses)

1. The position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant.
2. The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged.
3. (law) The location of a property as used for taxation or other legal purposes.

Related terms

• in situ
• site
• situate
• situation
• situational

Anagrams

• suits

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sinō ‎(“put, lay, set down; usually let, suffer, permit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tus/

Participle

situs m ‎(feminine sita, neuter situm); first/second declension

1. permitted, allowed, suffered, having been permitted
2. put, laid or set down, having been set down
3. (by extension) placed, set, lying, situated, positioned
4. (by extension, of the dead) lying, laid, buried, interred
5. (by extension) built, founded
6. (figuratively) placed, situated, present, ready
7. (figuratively) dependent upon

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

situs m ‎(genitive sitūs); fourth declension

1. The manner of lying; the situation, position or site of something.
2. A quarter of the world, region.
3. Rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt; soil.
4. Filthiness of the body.
5. (Late Latin) description
6. (figuratively) Neglect, idleness, absence of use.
7. (figuratively, of the mind) A rusting, moulding or wasting away, dullness, inactivity.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

References

• situs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• situs in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “situs”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the situation of a place: situs loci
    
  • to be favourably situated: opportuno loco situm or positum esse
    
  • the city is very beautifully situated: urbs situ ad aspectum praeclara est
    
  • the city is situate on a bay: urbs in sinu sita est
    
  • here lies..: hic situs est...
    
  • to depend upon a thing: positum, situm esse in aliqua re
    
  • to be in a person's power: in manu, in potestate alicuius situm, positum esse
    
  • to give a brief exposition of the geography of Africa: Africae situm paucis exponere
    
  • (ambiguous) to suffer agonies of thirst: siti cruciari, premi
    
• situs in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• site in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911