I.a putting or setting under. *
I. In gen.: “ovorum,” Col. 8, 5, 9.—
II. In partic., a putting in the place of another, substitution (of a child): “pueri, Plaut. Capt. grex 3: puellae,” id. Cist. 1, 3, 4: “suppositionem facere,” id. ib. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 2, 4, 83.