LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

positus

positus m (genitive positūs)
Classical[ˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔː.s̬i.tus]

Meaning

  1. masculinea position
    Quom praedixero positum insulaeAfter I will have notified about the position of the island86 BCE – c. 35 BCE, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Histories 2.1
  2. masculinea situation, disposition, order, arrangement

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeposituspositūs
genitivepositūsposituum
dativeposituīpositibus
accusativepositumpositūs
ablativepositūpositibus
vocativeposituspositūs

pŏsĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from pono.
pŏsĭtus, ūs, m. pono,
I. a position, situation; disposition, order, arrangement (rare; ante-Aug.; perh. only once in Sallust): positu variare capillos, Ov. Med. Fac. 19; so id. M. 2, 412: ossium, Cels. 8, 1: siderum, Tac. A. 6, 21: insulae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 47 (p. 247 Gerl.): regionis, Tac. A. 4, 5; cf.: dubium positu Urbs, Ov. P. 4, 7, 23; and: Trinacris, a positu nomen adepta loci, id. F. 4, 420; plur., ways of arranging the hair, id. A. A. 3, 151.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  4. Proto-Italic*po
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  6. Latinpositus

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin positus From pōnō + -tus (forming action nouns).

In English words that came into English from positus

  • positionpositiō
  • positpositus
  • suppositionsuppositio
  • compositivecompositivus

Quick answers

What does positus mean in Latin?
positus, a noun, means “a position; a situation, disposition, order, arrangement”.
What is the genitive of positus?
The genitive singular is positūs. positus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce positus?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔː.s̬i.tus].
Where does positus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó → Proto-Italic *po → Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- → Latin positus.
Which English words come from positus?
English words that go back to Latin positus include posit, position, supposition and compositive.