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|lshtext=<b>prō-pōno</b>: pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[put]] or [[set]] [[forth]], to [[set]] or [[lay]] [[out]], to [[place]] [[before]], [[expose]] to [[view]], to [[display]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: proponere [[vexillum]], Caes. B. G. 2, 20: pallentesque [[manus]], sanguineumque [[caput]], Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30: i [[puer]] et [[citus]] haec aliquā propone columnā, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23: aliquid venale, to [[expose]] for [[sale]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16: geminum pugnae proponit honorem, proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365: singulis diebus ediscendos fastos [[populo]] proposuit, Cic. Mur. 11, 25: legem in publicum, id. Agr. 2, 5, 13: in [[publico]] epistulam, id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88: vectigalia, to [[publish]], [[publicly]] [[advertise]], Suet. Calig. 41: oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs, Caes. B. G. 7, 14: ne [[quid]] [[volucre]] proponeretur, [[praeter]], etc., should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139 (al. poneretur).—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[set]] [[before]] the eyes, to [[propose]] mentally; to [[imagine]], [[conceive]]: propone [[tibi]] duos reges, Cic. Deiot. 14, 40: aliquid sibi [[exemplar]], id. Univ. 2: sibi aliquem ad imitandum, id. de Or. 2, 22, 93: vos [[ante]] oculos animosque vestros ... Apronii [[regnum]] proponite, id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 58: eam (vitam) [[ante]] oculos vestros proponite, id. Sull. 26, 72: [[condicio]] supplicii in [[bello]] timiditati militis proposita, id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42: vim fortunae [[animo]], Liv. 30, 30: spem libertatis, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15: [[nihil]] ad scribendum, id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[expose]]: omnibus [[telis]] fortunae proposita est [[vita]] nostra, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2: tabernis apertis proposita omnia in [[medio]] vidit, Liv. 6, 25, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[point]] [[out]], [[declare]], [[represent]], [[report]], [[say]], [[relate]], [[set]] [[forth]], [[publish]], etc. (cf.: [[indico]], [[denuntio]]): ut proponat, [[quid]] dicturus [[sit]], Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217: extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram, id. Fam. 15, 14, 6: contione habitā, rem gestam proponit, Caes. B. G. 5, 50: in [[exemplum]] proponere, Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de: de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes [[inter]] se, Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With [[object]]-[[clause]]: [[quod]] [[ante]] tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 17: cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur, were proposed, suggested, believed to be [[efficient]], Nep. Att. 21, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[offer]], [[propose]] as a [[reward]]: [[Xerxes]] [[praemium]] proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem, Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20: [[populo]] [[congiarium]], militi [[donativum]], Suet. Ner. 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]], to [[threaten]], [[denounce]]: cui cum [[publicatio]] bonorum, [[exsilium]], [[mors]] proponeretur, Cic. Planc. 41, 97: injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone, id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2: contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur, id. Att. 2, 19, 1: improbis poenam, id. Fin. 2, 17, 57: damnationem et mortem sibi proponat [[ante]] oculos, Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> To [[lay]] [[before]], to [[propose]] for an [[answer]]: [[aliquam]] quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2: [[aenigma]], Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> To [[purpose]], [[resolve]], [[intend]], [[design]], [[determine]]: consecutus id, [[quod]] [[animo]] proposuerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: cum id mihi [[propositum]] [[initio]] non fuisset, I had not proposed it to [[myself]], had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.: [[neque]] [[propositum]] nobis est hoc [[loco]] (laudare), etc., I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut: [[propositum]] est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut, the [[design]] is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—<br /> To [[say]] or [[mention]] [[beforehand]] ([[post]]-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[state]] the [[first]] [[premise]] of a [[syllogism]]: cum proponimus, Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—<br /> To [[impose]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): novam mihi [[propono]] dicendi legem, Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[plan]], [[intention]], [[design]], [[resolution]], [[purpose]] ([[class]].): [[quidnam]] [[Pompeius]] propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet, Caes. B. C. 3, 84: assequi, to [[attain]], Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22: est [[enim]] [[propositum]], ut iratum efficiat judicem, id. Part. 4, 14: [[tenere]], to [[keep]] to one's [[purpose]], Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64: [[propositum]] peragere, Nep. Att. 22, 2: [[tenax]] propositi, Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24: reprehendendi habere, Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7: omne [[propositum]] operis a nobis destinati, Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[first]] [[premise]] of a [[syllogism]], Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[argument]]: nam est in proposito [[finis]] [[fides]], Cic. Part. 3, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[main]] [[point]], [[principal]] [[subject]], [[theme]]: a proposito declinare [[aliquantulum]], Cic. Or. 40, 137: egredi a proposito ornandi causā, id. Brut. 21, 82: a proposito aberrare, id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: redire ad [[propositum]], id. de Or. 3, 53, 203: ad [[propositum]] revertamur, id. Off. 3, 9, 39: a proposito [[aversus]], Liv. 2, 8, 8: [[propositum]] totius operis, Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8: vitae, Cels. 5, 26, 6: [[meum]], Phaedr. 1, 5, 2: tuum, Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[way]], [[manner]], or [[course]] of [[life]] ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): mutandum [[tibi]] [[propositum]] est et vitae [[genus]], Phaedr. prol. 3, 15: vir proposito sanctissimus, Vell. 2, 2, 2.