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|lshtext=<b>impōno</b>: pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ([[arch]]. forms of the<br /><b>I</b> perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: imposisse, id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the [[part]]. perf. [[impostus]], a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. in-[[pono]], to [[place]], [[put]], [[set]], or [[lay]] [[into]], [[upon]] or in a [[place]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].); constr. usu. [[with]] aliquid in [[aliquam]] rem or alicui rei; [[rarely]] in [[aliqua]] re or absol.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4: hunc in [[collum]], id. Pers. 4, 6, 10: aliquem in rogum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.: in ignem imposita'st: fletur, Ter. And. 1, 1, 102: omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.: milites eo (i. e. in equos), id. ib. 1, 42, 5: aliquid in foco Lari, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16: coronam auream litteris, Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.: collegae [[diadema]], id. Phil. 5, 12: operi incohato [[fastigium]], id. Off. 3, 7, 33: pondera nobis, Lucr. 5, 543: [[serta]] delubris et farra cultris, Juv. 12, 84: clitellas bovi, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3: juvenes rogis, Verg. G. 4, 477: [[artus]] [[mensis]], Ov. M. 1, 230: aliquid [[mensis]], id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321: frontibus ancillarum vittas, Juv. 12, 118: ali quem mannis, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77: aliquem jumento, Gell. 20, 1, 11: [[Pelion]] Olympo, Hor. C. 3, 4, 52: arces montibus impositae, id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12: impositum saxis [[Anxur]], id. S. 1, 5, 26: celeri raptos per inania [[vento]] Imposuit [[caelo]], placed [[them]] in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507: (Romulum) ablatum terris [[caelo]], id. ib. 14, 811: hoc [[metuens]] molemque et montes [[insuper]] altos Imposuit, Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.: pedem [[super]] cervicem jacentis, Curt. 9, 7 fin.: haec [[super]] imposuit liquidum aethera, Ov. M. 1, 67: ei jus est in infinito [[supra]] suum [[aedificium]] imponere, to [[build]], Dig. 8, 2, 24: pontibus praesidiisque impositis, Tac. A. 2, 11: [[pons]] [[lapideus]] flumini [[impositus]], Curt. 5, 1, 29: quidvis oneris impone, impera, Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29: nec peredit Impositam [[celer]] [[ignis]] Aetnam, Hor. C. 3, 4, 76: [[diadema]] imposuit, Quint. 9, 3, 61: [[pars]] togae, quae [[postea]] imponitur, id. 11, 3, 140. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Naut. t. t., to [[put]] on [[board]] [[ship]], to [[embark]]; [[with]] in and acc.: [[quicquid]] domi fuit in navem imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: in quas (naves) [[exercitus]] ejus imponi posset, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1: legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves, Caes. B. C. 3, 14, 1: aeris magno pondere in naves imposito, id. ib. 3, 103, 1.—With dat.: et nos in aeternum Exsilium impositura cymbae, Hor. C. 2, 3, 28: ut [[semel]] imposita est pictae [[Philomela]] carinae, Ov. M. 6, 511.—With adv.: deprehensis navibus [[circiter]] [[quinquaginta]] [[atque]] eo militibus inpositis, Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 4: scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit, id. B. C. 3, 24, 1. — With abl.: vetustissima [[nave]] impositi, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 66. — Absol.: ipsi expediti naves conscenderent, quo major [[numerus]] militum posset imponi, Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 1: cum [[Crassus]] exercitum Brundisii imponeret, Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84: signa nostra velim imponas, id. Att. 1, 10, 3: per istos quae volebat [[clam]] imponenda curabat, id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Med. t. t., to [[apply]] a [[remedy]] [[externally]]: [[alium]] imponitur in vulnera, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 50: [[porrum]] vulneribus, id. 20, 6, 21, § 47: [[raphanos]] [[super]] umbilicum [[contra]] tormenta vulvae, id. 20, 4, 13, § 27: imponuntur et per se folia, id. 23, 7, 71, § 138.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals, to [[put]] the [[male]] to the [[female]]: asinum equae, Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. [[part]]., Juv. 6, 334.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[put]] or [[lay]] [[upon]], to [[impose]]; to [[throw]] or [[inflict]] [[upon]]; to [[put]], [[set]], or [[give]] to: culpam omnem in med inponito, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus [[amicitia]] me [[paulatim]] in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1: ne magnum [[onus]] observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem, Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1: [[onus]] alicui, id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.: [[plus]] militi laboris, id. Mur. 18, 38: graviores labores sibi, Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2: [[illi]] illud [[negotium]], Cic. Sest. 28, 60: vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc., id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2: si mihi imposuisset aliquid, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4: ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis, id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35: mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138: rei publicae vulnera, id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so, [[vulnus]] rei publicae, id. Att. 1, 16, 7: plagam mortiferam rei publicae, id. Sest. 19, 44: quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti, id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20: injuriam [[sine]] [[ignominia]] alicui, id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3: [[servitus]] [[fundo]] [[illi]] imposita, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3: servitutem civibus, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2: belli invidiam consuli, id. C. 43, 1: leges civitati per vim imposuit, Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15: leges alicui, id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.: saevas imponite leges, ut, etc., Juv. 7, 229: [[nimis]] duras leges huic aetati, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256: huic praedae ac direptioni cellae [[nomen]] imponis, [[assign]], [[give]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197: [[nomen]] alicui, Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.: imponens [[cognata]] vocabula rebus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 280: finem imponere volumini, Quint. 9, 4, 146: finem spei, Liv. 5, 4, 10: clausulam disputationi, Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: [[quasi]] perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the [[last]] [[touch]] to, Quint. prooem. § 4: summam manum operi, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4: extremam manum [[bello]], Verg. A. 7, 573: manum supremam [[bellis]], Ov. R. Am. 114: modum alicui, Liv. 4, 24, 7: modum dolori, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16: modum divortiis, Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.: imponit finem [[sapiens]] et rebus honestis, Juv. 6, 444 (453).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[set]] [[over]], as [[overseer]], [[commander]], etc.: si emimus, quem vilicum imponeremus, quem pecori praeficeremus, Cic. Planc. 25, 62: [[consul]] est [[impositus]] is nobis, quem, etc., id. Att. 1, 18, 3: Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus [[triginta]] viros imposuere, Sall. C. 51, 28: Macedoniae regem, Liv. 40, 12, 15; cf.: Masinissam in Syphacis [[regnum]], id. 37, 25, 9: Cappadociae consularem rectorem, Suet. Vesp. 8: [[quid]] si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur? Liv. 45, 36, 8: [[itaque]] imposuistis cervicibus nostris [[sempiternum]] dominum (deum), Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54 (al. in cervicibus).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[lay]] or [[impose]] [[upon]], as a [[burden]], [[tax]], etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande [[vectigal]]. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10: [[vectigal]] fructibus, id. Font. 5, 10: [[stipendium]] victis, Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5: tributa genti, Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.: [[tributum]] in capita singula, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1: [[frumentum]], Cic. Att. 15, 10: nulla onera nova, Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alicui, to [[impose]] [[upon]], [[deceive]], [[cheat]], [[trick]] (= [[frustror]], [[fallo]], [[fraudo]], [[circumvenio]]): Catoni [[egregie]] imposuit [[Milo]] [[noster]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: si mihi imposuisset aliquid, id. Att. 15, 26, 4: [[populo]] imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55: praefectis Antigoni imposuit, Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3: [[facile]] est barbato inponere regi, Juv. 4, 103: falluntur quibus [[luxuria]] specie liberalitatis imponit, Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.: [[utcumque]] imponi vel dormienti posset, Petr. 102.
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