ponare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pono, ponere, posivi, postus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
put, place, set; station; (archaic form of perf. of pono);; put/place/set; station/post (troops); pitch (camp); situate; set up; erect;; specify, put down; cite/quote; locate; depict; classify; assume/suppose; bury;; lay (foundation/keel); found (town), build; plant (trees); provide/serve;; put/lay down (load/arms), take off (clothes); shed (leaves); cut (nails);; esteem/value/count; impose; ordain; lend, put out, offer, wager; rid/drop;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd
Examples
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...talis redditur, ut dicar tutela pulsa Minervae et ponar post noctis avem! mea poena volucres admonuisse potest..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...adest. non ego, si medius Polluce et Castore ponar, in caeli sine te parte fuisse velim. solliciti iaceant..."
