statu

statu is a Latin form of sto, meaning “stand, stand still”.

It can also be a form of status, “position, posture; condition, state; standing”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 251 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.12.9: Eo tum statu res erat, ut longe principes haberentur Aedui, secundum locum dignitatis Remi obtinerent.

Cicero, De Republica 2.41: Statu esse optimo constitutam rem publicam, quae ex tribus generibus illis, regali et optumati et populari, confusa modice nec puniendo inritet animum inmanem ac ferum.

All forms of sto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.