Syphax is standing near the ship.
stat -> third person singular of sto, stare, stavi, status. It means stand.
Syphax -> a name.
navem -> accusative singular of navis, meaning ship.
Is this out of the Cambridge Latin book? That's a very good textbook.
Stat means stand in latin.
Sic stat.
Sic stat.
Thus it stands = Sic stat
STAT comes from Latin word 'statum' which means 'immediately'. In medical terminology, STAT is used for 'immediate' or 'urgent'.
itaque stat -- or 'thus, he/she/it stands'
Thus it stands = Sic stat
In this context, STAT stands for URGENT, EXPEDITED, so it means a blood lab performed urgently. STAT is an abbreviation of the Latin word "statim," meaning immediately.
From the Latin refering to the status of the government (c.1290).
Sic 'Sic' means simply 'thus.' If you really want 'Thus it stands,' that's 'Sic stat.'
> there by In Latin, "sic stat," or even simply "sic." By the way, in editing, the word "stet," which means "let it stand" in Latin, indicates that a word or section marked for deletion should stay in as originally written.
Abbreviation of Latin word Statim meaning immediately.