posuissem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pono, ponere, posui, positus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
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. pluperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...seniori conviciarer simulque oblitus officii mensam, quam humanitate posuissem, contumelia tollerem, multaque alia moderationis verecundiaeque verba, quae formam..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Pholum manus haec compescuit auro, primus in aeratis posuissem puppibus arma concussoque ratem gauderem tollere remo. sed patriae..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...colerem, Priami tecta alta manerent, et recidiva manu posuissem Pergama victis. sed nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo, Italiam..."
