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stătŭa, ae, f. [statuo],
- I. 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.
‡ stătŭālis, is, m. [statua], = STATVARIVS, a sculptor, Inscr. Murat. 937, 1.
stătŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [statua], of or belonging to statues (post-Aug.): ars, the art of making statues, statuary, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 36, 5, 4, § 37: temperatura (aeris), id. 34, 9, 20, § 97.
As substt.
- 1. stătŭ-ārĭa, ae, f., the art of statuary, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 156; 36, 5, 4, § 15 (= ars fingendi).
- 2. stătŭārĭus, ii, m., a maker of statues, a statuary (syn. sculptor), Quint. 2, 21, 1; Sen. Ep. 88, 15; Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 54.