superpono
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sŭper-pōno: pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,
I to put or place over or upon, to set up (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: superpositum capiti decus (i. e. pileus), Liv. 1, 34: altissimam turrim congestis pilis, Suet. Claud. 20 fin.: statuam marmoream Jano, id. Aug. 31: villam profluenti, Col. 1, 5, 4; cf.: villa colli superposita, Suet. Galb. 4: ut omnis materia jugo superponatur, Col. 4, 25, 4: vitis, quae uno jugo superponatur, id. 5, 5, 15: aegra superpositā membra fovere manu, Ov. H. 21, 190: desertis Africae duas Aethiopias superponunt, place above or beyond, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 43; cf.: Galatia superposita, situated above, id. 5, 32, 42, § 146: hominis collo superpositum, Capitol. Max. et Balb. 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 27.— With abl.: arx asperi montis interruptā planitie superposita, Amm. 24, 2, 12. —
B In partic., medic. t. t., to lay on, apply a plaster or the like, Cels. 5, 26, 35; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 126; 32, 7, 24, § 75: emplastrum loco dolenti, Scrib. Comp. 206.—
II Trop., to place over or above.
A To place or set over, of official station, etc.: Perperna in maritimam regionem superpositus, Liv. Fragm. Libr. 91: ut unus de presbyteris superponeretur ceteris, Hier. in Ep. ad Tit. 1, 5: puer super hoc positus officium, Petr. 56: T. FLAVIO SVPERPOSITO MEDICORVM, president, Inscr. Grut. 581, 7.—*
B To place before, prefer: Stoici volunt superponere huic etiam aliud genus magis principale, Sen. Ep. 58, 13. —
C To place after, postpone: (ante gesta) levioribus superponenda sunt, Quint. 9, 4, 25: summum est enim ... huic deinde aliquid superpositum, id. 8, 4, 6; Col. 3, 10, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sŭperpōnō,¹³ pŏsŭī, pŏsĭtum, ĕre, tr.,
1 placer, mettre sur, aliquid alicui rei, qqch. sur qqch. : Liv. 1, 34, 9 ; Suet. Claud. 20, etc. || Galatia superposita Plin. 5, 146, la Galatie située au-dessus
2 [fig.] a) préposer, mettre à la tête de : Liv. Per. 91 ; Hier. Tit. 1, 5 ; Petr. 56, 8 ; b) mettre au-dessus, préférer : aliquid alicui rei Sen. Ep. 58, 13 ; c) placer après : aliquid alicui rei Quint. 9, 4, 25 ; Col. Rust. 3, 10, 7.
