English → Latin
“situate” in Latin
pōnōto place; to put; to lay; to ordain; to appoint; to make (something); to set up; to pitch (camp)sinōto let; to permit; to allow; to put; to lay; to set downcomparōto prepare, get ready, provide, furnish; to compare, match, place together, couple, form into pairsafficiōto cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow; to treat, manage, handle; to influence, have an effiaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline; to be sick, lie ill; to linger, stop, tarry, remainattingōto come in contact with, touch; to assault; strike, attack; to touch, tastecontingōto touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with; to reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet w
The English word situate itself goes back to Latin situs, through situātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
situate
Having a certain position, positus: situs. To be situate, jacere (general term, of countries and places, of natural or artificial localities; especially of those in low positions): situm esse, positum esse (the former of both natural and artificial localities; Vid: Cic., Verr., 4, 48, 106; the latter only of artificial localities, and especially the more elevated): to be situate at or near a place, aliquem locum adjacere; aliquem locum tangere, attingere, contingere (general terms); alicui loco applicatum, appositum esse (of artificial localities): to be situate in a place, in aliquo loco jacere, situm esse, positum esse: to be situate over against a place, e regione or ex adverso alicujus loci jacere, situm esse: to be situate toward a place, jacere, situm esse ad aliquem locum versus (general term); prospicere aliquem locum; prospectum dare ad aliquem locum (to have a prospect toward): to be situate round about a place, circa aliquem locum in orbem situm esse; aliquem locum ambire (both, e.g., of islands): to be situate under a place, alicui loco subjacere; jacere sub aliquo loco: to be situate above, etc., jacere supra, etc.: to be situate before or in front of a place, jacere, situm esse ante aliquem locum.
In certain circumstances, comparatus: affectus: or by circumlocution with res: Vid: CIRCUMSTANCE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for situate?
- The usual Latin words for “situate” are pōnō, sinō, comparō; also afficiō, iaceō, attingō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.