stand at

stand at: Phr. to s. at a disadvantage: perh. *impari fortuna uti: to s. at an advantage: perh. *meliore loco esse, meliore fortuna uti: to s. at ease, perh. *quiescere (consistere), sub armis, in acie: to s. at nothing, *nihil periculi detrectare: nihil non conari: coelum ac mare miscere, Liv. 4, 3: cf. Juv. 2, 25, 6, 282: to s. at a distance, procul hinc stare, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 1.