situs
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.tus/, [ˈs̠ɪt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.tus/, [ˈsiːt̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of sinō (“put, lay, set down; usually let, suffer, permit”).
Participle
situs (feminine sita, neuter situm); first/second-declension participle
- permitted, allowed, suffered, having been permitted
- put, laid or set down, having been set down
- (by extension) placed, set, lying, situated, positioned, sited
- (by extension, of the dead) lying, laid, buried, interred
- (by extension) built, founded
- (figuratively) placed, situated, present, ready
- (figuratively) dependent upon
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | situs | sita | situm | sitī | sitae | sita | |
| Genitive | sitī | sitae | sitī | sitōrum | sitārum | sitōrum | |
| Dative | sitō | sitō | sitīs | ||||
| Accusative | situm | sitam | situm | sitōs | sitās | sita | |
| Ablative | sitō | sitā | sitō | sitīs | |||
| Vocative | site | sita | situm | sitī | sitae | sita | |
Noun
situs m (genitive sitūs); fourth declension
- The manner of lying; the situation, position or site of something.
- A quarter of the world, region.
- (Late Latin) description
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | situs | sitūs |
| Genitive | sitūs | situum |
| Dative | situī | sitibus |
| Accusative | situm | sitūs |
| Ablative | sitū | sitibus |
| Vocative | situs | sitūs |
Etymology 2
According to de Vaan, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰi-téw-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”).[1]
Noun
situs m (genitive sitūs); fourth declension
- Decay, rust, mould, mustiness, dust, dirt; soil.
- Filthiness of the body.
- (figuratively) Neglect, idleness, absence of use.
- (figuratively, of the mind) A rusting, moulding or wasting away, dullness, inactivity.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | situs | sitūs |
| Genitive | sitūs | situum |
| Dative | situī | sitibus |
| Accusative | situm | sitūs |
| Ablative | sitū | sitibus |
| Vocative | situs | sitūs |