_spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem_[1] (_solem_),
_ad meridiem, in septentriones_—to lie to the east, west, south, north.
_spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones_—to be situate to the
north-west.
_Germania quae_ or _Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem
vergit_—eastern, western Germany.
_est a septentrionibus collis_—a hill lies to the north.
_situs loci_—the situation of a place.
_natura loci_—the natural position of a place.
_opportunitas loci_ (B. G. 3. 14)—the advantageous situation of a place.
_opportuno loco situm_ or _positum esse_—to be favourably situated.
_urbs situ ad aspectum praeclara est_—the city is very beautifully
situated.
_oppidum mari adiacet_—the town lies near the sea.
_villa tangit viam_—the country-house stands near the road.
_oppidum colli impositum est_—the town stands on rising ground.
_oppidum monti subiectum est_—the town lies at the foot of a mountain.
_promunturium in mare procurrit_—a promontory juts out into the sea.
_paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit_—a peninsula projects into the
sea.
_promunturium superare_—to double a cape.
_urbs in sinu sita est_—the city is situate on a bay.
[1] "The east" and "the west" = _orientis, occidentis (solis) terrae,
partes, regiones, gentes_. The adjectives _orientalis, occidentalis_
are not used in good Latin. The north, i.e. northern countries, is
represented by _terrae septentrionibus subiectae_; the south by _terra
australis_.