pōnō posuī (posīvērunt, C.), positus, ere
for * posino; old
praep. port- (pro) + sino,
to put down, set down, put, place, set, fix, lay, deposit
: tabulas in aerario, Cs.: castra iniquo loco,
pitch
, Cs.: tabulas in publico,
deposit
: collum in Pulvere, H.: in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: in Prytaneum vasa
aurea, L.: omnia pone feros in ignes,
O.: ubi pedem poneret habere,
might set his foot
: posito genu,
kneeling
, O.: num genu posuit?
Cu.: ova, O.: fetum,
give birth to
, Ph.—Of troops and guards,
to place, post, set, station, fix
: praesidium ibi, Cs.: insidias contra Pompei dignitatem: Dumnorigi custodes, ut, etc.,
Cs.—
To set up, erect, build
: opus, O.: urbem, V.: castella, Ta.:
aras, V.: tropaeum, N.—
To form, fashion, mould, depict
: duo pocula fecit . . . Orphaeque in medio posuit,
V.: nunc hominem nunc deum,
H.—Of plants,
to set, set out, plant
: ordine vites, V.: nefasto (arborem) die, H.—Of wagers or prizes,
to offer, propose, promise, lay, stake, wager
: pocula fagina, V.: praemium proposuerunt, si quis nomen detulisset, L.—
To put out at interest, loan, invest
: pecuniam in praedio: dives positis in faenore
nummis, H.—
To serve, serve up, set forth
: posito pavone, H.: positi Bacchi cornua, O.: Da Trebio, pone
ad Trebium, Iu.—
To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down
: veste positā: velamina de corpore,
O.: librum: arma, i. e.
surrender
, Cs.: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma
ponant, L.: positis armis, L.—
To lay out, arrange for burial
: toro Mortua componar, O.: positum adfati corpus, V.—
To lay in the grave, bury, inter
: te . . . patriā decedens ponere
terrā, V.: quā positis iusta
feruntur avis, O.—
To arrange, deck, set in order
: suas in statione comas, O.—
To subdue, calm, allay, quiet
: quo non arbiter Hadriae Maior, tollere seu ponere volt
freta, H.—Of winds,
to fall, abate
: Cum venti posuere, V.—Of an
anchor,
to cast, fix
: ancoris positis, L.—Fig.,
to set, place, put, lay, bring
: pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs: se in
gratiā reconciliatae pacis, L.: in
laude positus: illa in conspectu animi: cum in mentem venit, ponor ad
scribendum,
my name is added to the record.—To put, place, cause to rest
: credibile non est, quantum ego in prudentiā
tuā ponam,
count upon
: spem salutis in virtute, Cs.: in te positum est, ut, etc.,
rests with you.—To lay out, spend, employ, occupy, consume
: tempus in cogitatione: diem totum in considerandā
causā: totos nos in rebus perspiciendis: itinera ita facit, ut multos dies
in oppidum ponat.—
To put, place, count, reckon, consider, regard
: mortem in malis: inter quos me ipse dubiā in re
poni malim, L.: Hoc metuere, alterum in metu
non ponere,
regard with fear
, Poët. ap. C.: ut in dubio poneret,
utrum, etc.,
regarded as doubtful
, L.: haec in magno discrimine,
attach great importance to
, L.: in vitiis poni,
be regarded as a fault
, N.—
To appoint, ordain, make
: leges: sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina,
to be applied
: Laurentisque ab eā (lauro) nomen
colonis, V.: tibi nomen Insano,
H.—Of vows or votive offerings,
to make, render, pay, consecrate
: Veneris (tabellas) in aede, O.:
hic funalia, H.: ex
praedā tripodem aureum Delphis, N.—
To lay down as true, state, posit, fix, assume, assert, maintain, allege
: ut paulo ante posui, si, etc.: Verum pono, esse
victum eum; at, etc., T.: positum sit igitur in
primis, etc.: hoc posito, esse quandam, etc.,
agreed
: id pro certo, L.: rem ipsam.—
To cite, set forth, refer to
: eorum exempla.—
To set forth, represent, describe
: Tigellinum, Iu.—
To propose, offer, fix upon, set forth
: mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam ponitis?: ponere iubebam, de
quo quis audire vellet: doctorum consuetudo ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent.—
To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender
: vitia: curas, L.: moras, H.: corda ferocia,
V.: ponendus est ille ambitus (verborum), non
abiciendus, i. e.
to be closed without abruptness
.