Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 430

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[*] 430. Verbs of placing, though implying motion, take the construction of the place where:—

Such are pōnō , locō , collocō , statuō , cōnstituō , etc.:—

“quī in sēde ac domō collocāvit ” (Par. 25) , who put [one] into his place and home.
“statuitur eques Rōmānus in Aprōnī convīviō ” (Verr. 3.62) , a Roman knight is brought into a banquet of Apronius.
“īnsula Dēlos in Aegaeō marī posita ” (Manil. 55) , the island of Delos, situated in the Ægean Sea.
sī in ūnō Pompêiō omnia pōnerētis (id. 59), if you made everything depend on Pompey alone.

[*] Note.--Compounds of pōnō take various constructions (see the Lexicon under each word).

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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