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|lshtext=<b>ap-pōno</b>: (adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. (<br /><b>I</b> perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. [[pono]]), to [[place]], [[put]], or [[lay]] at, [[near]] or by the [[side]] of a [[thing]]; to [[apply]] to, [[add]], [[unite]], etc. ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]; syn.: [[addo]], [[adicio]], adjungo).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: adpone hic mensulam, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150: appositas instruxere epulis mensas, Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831: sitellam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, [[put]] it [[down]] [[then]], id. Poen. 4, 2, 35: illam alteram [[apud]] me, [[quod]] bonist, adponito, id. Trin. 4, 3, 60: munera eorum illis apponentur, Vulg. Bar 6, 26: At istos rastros [[interea]] [[tamen]] adpone, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.: aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque, Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373: omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144: notam ad [[malum]] [[versum]], id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: [[manus]] ad os (eorum [[more]], qui [[secreto]] aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1: scalis appositis urbem defenderunt, Liv. 37, 5: adpositā aure ad glaciem, Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā [[lumen]], Tac. A. 2, 31: paenulam ad [[vulnus]], Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.: dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis, Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.: [[cur]] [[tamen]] appositā velatur janua lauro, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39: gemmas toris, id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf. the [[same]], id. ib. 7, 100: [[meretrix]] Appositā populum submovet [[ante]] serā, id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.: ponere seram, Juv. 6, 347): candelam valvis, i. e. to [[set]] [[fire]] to, Juv. 9, 98 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Freq. as t. t. of [[food]], dishes, to [[serve]] up, [[set]] [[before]] one (cf. Gr. [[παρατίθημι]]; the [[simple]] [[verb]] [[pono]] is [[often]] so used, q. v.): adposita [[sit]] [[cena]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69: apposuit eis mensam, Vulg. Act. 16, 34: adpositum est [[ampliter]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160: apposuit patellam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22: Cenabat [[apud]] eum: [[argentum]] [[ille]] [[ceterum]] purum apposuerat, etc., id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210: convivis panem et obsonia apponere, Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13: Appositaque est eis ciborum magna [[praeparatio]], Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.; Albanum [[sive]] Falernum Te [[magis]] appositis delectat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to [[appoint]] or [[designate]] one to [[any]] [[service]] or [[duty]], to [[place]] in [[any]] [[station]], to [[join]] to as an [[aid]]: custodem Tullio me apponite, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6; 2, 68: [[accusator]] apponitur [[civis]] Romanus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.: calumniatores, id. ib. 2, 2, 10: praevaricatorem, id. Phil. 2, 11: non illicitatorem [[venditor]] adponet, id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54: custodes, Nep. [[Dion]], 4, 5: [[moderator]] et [[magister]] consulibus [[appositus]], Liv. 2, 18, 6; so, rectorem, Suet. Aug. 48: scrutatores, id. Claud. 35 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] to [[something]] by [[way]] of [[increase]], to [[add]] to, superadd ([[rare]]; cf. [[addo]], [[adicio]]): [[nihil]] his novum adposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18: [[aetas]] [[illi]], quos [[tibi]] dempserit, adponet annos, Hor. C. 2, 5, 15: [[exemplum]], Gell. 1, 13, 9: si [[quis]] apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus [[super]] illum etc., Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the [[mind]], to [[apply]] (eccl. Lat.): appone cor ad doctrinam, Vulg. Prov. 22, 17: apposui cor [[meum]], ut etc., ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In eccl. Lat., [[after]] the [[Hebrew]], of an [[act]], to do [[further]], also to do [[something]]: non apponet, ut complacitior [[sit]] [[adhuc]]? Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3: apposuerunt [[adhuc]] peccare, ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> With a dat. of [[end]], to [[set]] [[down]] for [[something]], [[count]], [[reckon]], or [[consider]] as, to [[hold]] as ([[very]] [[rare]]): cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi, Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, [[Don]].): aliquid lucro, Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus (adp-), a, um, P. a., [[put]] or applied to, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of relations of [[space]], placed or [[situated]] at or [[near]] to, [[contiguous]] to, [[bordering]] [[upon]]; constr. [[with]] dat.: [[regio]] mari adposita, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126: [[platanus]] itineri, id. 12, 1, 5, § 9: [[castellum]] [[Lupiae]] flumini adpositum, Tac. A. 2, 7.—Trop.: [[audacia]] fidentiae non contrarium, sed [[appositum]] ac propinquum, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Metaph.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fit, [[proper]], [[suitable]], [[appropriate]], [[apposite]], etc. ([[like]] [[aptus]], q. v.; [[hence]] in MSS. freq. interchanged [[with]] it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. [[with]] ad (in this signif. [[very]] freq. in Varr. and Cic.; [[elsewhere]] [[very]] [[rare]], perh. not [[found]] [[except]] in Quint. and Gell.): [[ager]] ad vitem adpositus, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5: loca adposita ad [[faenum]], ad [[vinum]], ad [[oleum]], id. ib. 1, 23, 1: [[equus]] ad medendum adpositus, id. ib. 2, 7, 5: (gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum, id. ib. 3, 9, 9; 2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum [[maxime]] appositi, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14: [[multo]] appositior ad deferenda, id. Verr. 2, 4, 57: [[argumentatio]] appositissima ad judicationem, id. Inv. 1, 14. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inclined to; constr. [[with]] dat.: judex juri [[magis]] an [[aequo]] [[sit]] adpositus, Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.: adclinis falsis [[animus]], Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective: adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut [[dulce]] [[mustum]], Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., [[suitably]], [[fitly]], etc.: ad persuasionem, Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 [[praeclare]] et [[apposite]] et [[facete]] scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 (comp. and [[sup]] not used).
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