statua

stătŭa, ae, f. [statuo], an image, statue (syn.:

signum, effigies, imago) (commonly made of metal,

Quint. 2, 21, 10 ); rarely of the gods: statuae deorum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.; Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 47; Sen. Q. N. 2, 42, 1.—But freq. and class. of men:

statuam dare auream Solidam faciundam,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 80:

statuae et imagines, non animorum simulacra sed corporum,

Cic. Arch. 12, 30:

statua istius persimilis,

id. Pis. 38, 93:

statua equestris inaurata,

id. Phil. 5, 15, 41; cf. id. ib. 9, 7, 16; id. Sest. 38, 83; id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48:

ea statua, quae ad Opis per te posita in excelso est,

id. Att. 6, 1, 17:

si quaeret Pater urbium Subscribi statuis,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 28.—As a designation of immovability, taciturnity, etc.:

ex hac statuā volo Erogitare, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 31; id. Ps. 4, 1, 7; cf.:

statuā taciturnius exit,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 83:

iste statuā pallidior,

Cat. 80, 4:

statuarum ritu patiemur pannos et vincula?

Petr. 102, 12.—

II.

A pillar:

marmorea,

Vop. Aur. 37, 2:

salis,

Sedul. Pasch. 1, 106.