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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 (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 .

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