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impōno , pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (arch. forms of the
I.perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: “imposisse,id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the part. perf. impostus, a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. in-pono, to place, put, set, or lay into, upon or in a place (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with aliquid in aliquam rem or alicui rei; rarely in aliqua re or absol.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4: “hunc in collum,id. Pers. 4, 6, 10: “aliquem in rogum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.: “in ignem imposita'st: fletur,Ter. And. 1, 1, 102: “omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.: “milites eo (i. e. in equos),id. ib. 1, 42, 5: “aliquid in foco Lari,Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16: “coronam auream litteris,Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.: “collegae diadema,id. Phil. 5, 12: “operi incohato fastigium,id. Off. 3, 7, 33: “pondera nobis,Lucr. 5, 543: “serta delubris et farra cultris,Juv. 12, 84: “clitellas bovi,Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3: “juvenes rogis,Verg. G. 4, 477: “artus mensis,Ov. M. 1, 230: “aliquid mensis,id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321: “frontibus ancillarum vittas,Juv. 12, 118: “ali quem mannis,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77: “aliquem jumento,Gell. 20, 1, 11: “Pelion Olympo,Hor. C. 3, 4, 52: “arces montibus impositae,id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12: “impositum saxis Anxur,id. S. 1, 5, 26: “celeri raptos per inania vento Imposuit caelo,placed them in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507: “(Romulum) ablatum terris caelo,id. ib. 14, 811: “hoc metuens molemque et montes insuper altos Imposuit,Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.: “pedem super cervicem jacentis,Curt. 9, 7 fin.: “haec super imposuit liquidum aethera,Ov. M. 1, 67: “ei jus est in infinito supra suum aedificium imponere,to build, Dig. 8, 2, 24: “pontibus praesidiisque impositis,Tac. A. 2, 11: “pons lapideus flumini impositus,Curt. 5, 1, 29: “quidvis oneris impone, impera,Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29: “nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam,Hor. C. 3, 4, 76: “diadema imposuit,Quint. 9, 3, 61: “pars togae, quae postea imponitur,id. 11, 3, 140. —
B. In partic.
3. Of animals, to put the male to the female: “asinum equae,Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. part., Juv. 6, 334.
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to put or lay upon, to impose; to throw or inflict upon; to put, set, or give to: “culpam omnem in med inponito,Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus amicitia me paulatim in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1: “ne magnum onus observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem,Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1: “onus alicui,id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.: “plus militi laboris,id. Mur. 18, 38: “graviores labores sibi,Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2: “illi illud negotium,Cic. Sest. 28, 60: “vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc.,id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2: “si mihi imposuisset aliquid,Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4: “ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis,id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35: “mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138: “rei publicae vulnera,id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so, “vulnus rei publicae,id. Att. 1, 16, 7: “plagam mortiferam rei publicae,id. Sest. 19, 44: “quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20: “injuriam sine ignominia alicui,id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3: “servitus fundo illi imposita,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3: “servitutem civibus,Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2: “belli invidiam consuli,id. C. 43, 1: “leges civitati per vim imposuit,Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15: “leges alicui,id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.: “saevas imponite leges, ut, etc.,Juv. 7, 229: “nimis duras leges huic aetati,Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256: “huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis,assign, give, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197: “nomen alicui,Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.: “imponens cognata vocabula rebus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 280: “finem imponere volumini,Quint. 9, 4, 146: “finem spei,Liv. 5, 4, 10: “clausulam disputationi,Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: quasi perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the last touch to, Quint. prooem. § 4:“ summam manum operi,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4: “extremam manum bello,Verg. A. 7, 573: “manum supremam bellis,Ov. R. Am. 114: “modum alicui,Liv. 4, 24, 7: “modum dolori,Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16: “modum divortiis,Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.: “imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,Juv. 6, 444 (453).—
B. In partic.
2. To lay or impose upon, as a burden, tax, etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande vectigal. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10: “vectigal fructibus,id. Font. 5, 10: “stipendium victis,Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5: “tributa genti,Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.: “tributum in capita singula,Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1: “frumentum,Cic. Att. 15, 10: “nulla onera nova,Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin.
3. Alicui, to impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick (= frustror, fallo, fraudo, circumvenio): “Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: “si mihi imposuisset aliquid,id. Att. 15, 26, 4: populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55: “praefectis Antigoni imposuit,Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3: “facile est barbato inponere regi,Juv. 4, 103: “falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit,Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.: “utcumque imponi vel dormienti posset,Petr. 102.
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