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col-lŏco (conl- ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.
(α). With in and abl.: “istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67: “in rostris collocati,Cic. Sest. 38, 83: “aliquem in cubili,id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: “in navi,id. Planc. 41, 97: “in custodiā,id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25: “in solitudine,id. Lael. 23, 87: “uno quidque in loco,id. de Or. 1, 35, 163: “Herculem in concilio caelestium,id. Off. 3, 5, 25: “legiones in cervicibus nostris,id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74: “legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf.: “exercitum in hibernis,id. ib. 3, 29 fin.: “me in gremio Veneris,Cat. 66, 56: “pedem grabati In collo sibi,id. 10, 23: “insidias bipertito in silvis,Caes. B. G. 5, 32: “quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,id. ib. 3, 20: “juvenem in latebris,Verg. G. 4, 424 al.: “tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61: “supremo In monte saxum,Hor. Epod. 17, 68: “corpus in vestibulo,Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23: “praesidia in litore,Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names; “of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,Suet. Aug. 49: “singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,id. Claud. 25: “se Athenis collocavit,established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place: “occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9: “ubi iste castra collocarat,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —
(β). With in and acc.: “in tabernam vasa et servos,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27: “me in arborem,id. Aul. 4, 8, 6: “eam in lectum,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.): “exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,Sall. J. 61, 2; cf. “supra,Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra: “maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,Cels. 8, 7.—
(γ). With simple abl.: “oculos pennis,Ov. M. 1, 723.—
(δ). With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § “63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27: “cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,Sall. J. 51, 3: “legiones propius Armeniam,Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.: “ipse propior montem suos conlocat,Sall. J. 49, 1: “obsides super se,Suet. Aug. 43: “singulas infra se,id. Calig. 24: “juxta se,id. Ner. 13: “circa se,id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54: “lecticam pro tribunali,id. Aug. 33.—(ε) Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33: “tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161: “columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: “lecticae collocabantur,id. Phil. 5, 6, 18: “signum Jovis,id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: “sedes ac domicilium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6: “postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.: “constituere impedimenta,id. 44, 36, 6): “chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,Ov. M. 2, 734: “collocat hasta sues,lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10: “reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,Sall. C. 59, 2; so, “ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.: “vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),Cat. 61, 184.—
B. Esp.
2. Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.: “rem herilem,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2: “in provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.: “pecunias in emptiones praediorum,Dig. 17, 1, 2: “pecunias graviore faenore,Suet. Aug. 39: “curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: “nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,id. ib. 5, 15: “duas patrimonii partes in solo,Suet. Tib. 48; cf.: “duas faenoris partes in agris,Tac. A. 6, 17: “pecuniam idoneis nominibus,Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,
3. (Like the Gr. προτιθέναι.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum: “aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—
II. Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).
A. In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.
(β). With in and acc.: “in otium se,Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10: “homines quattuor In soporem,to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—
(δ). With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—(ε) Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.: “rem militarem,Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3: “aedilitas recte collocata,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37: “tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12: “vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin.—In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.: “ut apte collocentur (verba),Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4; “9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin.
B. Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56: “bene,id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.: “ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,id. Off. 2, 12, 42.
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