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|lshtext=<b>dis-pōno</b>: pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[place]] here and [[there]], to [[set]] in [[different]] places, to [[distribute]] [[regularly]], to [[dispose]], [[arrange]] (cf. [[dispenso]], II.—freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[set]] in [[order]], [[arrange]], [[dispose]]: libros confusos [[antea]], Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.: Homeri libros, id. de Or. 3, 34, 137: oculos (harundinum), [[Cato]] R. R. 47; cf. brassicam, Col. 11, 3, 27: arbores, Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78: quidque suo [[loco]], Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.: pennas in ordine, Ov. A. A. 2, 45; for [[which]]: disjecta membra in ordinem, Sen. Hippol. 1257: obliquos ordines in quincuncem, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5: aciem, Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31: [[male]] capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf. comas, id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83: tectos enses per herbam, Verg. A. 3, 237: [[ceras]] per atria, Ov. F. 1, 591; for [[which]]: expressi [[cera]] [[voltus]] singulis disponebantur armariis, Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6: tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas, Suet. Ner. 27: cubicula [[plurifariam]], id. Tib. 43 et saep.—Poet.: ([[Prometheus]]) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs, i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.): [[moenia]] versu, i. e. to [[describe]], id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., milit. t. t., to [[set]] in [[order]], [[arrange]], to [[draw]] up, [[array]] a [[body]] of men, a [[guard]], [[military]] engines, etc.: praesidia disponit, castella communit, Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so, praesidia, id. B. C. 3, 15, 2: stationes, id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3: custodias, id. ib. 3, 8, 4: cohortes, id. B. G. 5, 33, 1: equites, id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3: exploratores, id. B. G. 7, 35, 1: insidias, Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.: equos, to [[station]] in relays, Liv. 37, 7: ballistas machinasque, Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.: custodias in [[muro]], Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1: expeditos, id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.: legiones in [[Apulia]] hibernorum [[causa]], id. ib. 1, 14, 3: tormenta in muris, id. ib. 1, 17, 3: sudes in opere, id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.: milites iis operibus quae, etc., id. B. C. 1, 21, 3: exploratores omni fluminis parte, id. B. G. 7, 61, 1: classem omni ora maritima, id. B. C. 3, 5, 2: naves in litore pluribus locis [[separatim]], id. ib. 3, 24, 1: cohortes castris praesidio, id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.: praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris, id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50: praesidia cis Rhenum, id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.: legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi [[causa]], id. B. C. 1, 37, 1: equites per oram maritimam, id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt, Cic. Or. 19 fin.; so of the [[regular]] [[arrangement]] of the parts of a [[discourse]], id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3: fac ut [[plane]] iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique [[munus]] [[sit]], Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf. ministeria [[principatus]] in equites Romanos, Tac. H. 1, 58: imperii curas, id. A. 16, 8: consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the [[fig]]. [[being]] borrowed from milit. lang.), Liv. 42, 29: in disponendo [[die]], in arranging the [[business]] of the [[day]], Suet. Tib. 11: diem, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf. [[otium]], id. ib. 4, 23: [[tempus]] otiosum, Mart. 5, 20: [[opus]] et requiem [[pariter]], Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In post-class. lang., [[with]] acc. and inf. or rel. [[clause]], [[like]] the Gr. [[διατάσσω]], to [[settle]], [[determine]]: non alienum erit disponi, [[apud]] quem [[puer]] [[interim]] educetur, Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4: Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt, Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.): excursatores quingentos [[sensim]] praeire disposuit, Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., [[regularly]] distributed; [[hence]] [[properly]] [[ordered]], arranged ([[very]] [[rare]]): studia ad honorem disposita, Cic. Mur. 14: [[vita]] hominum, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2; also transf.: vir [[dispositus]], an [[orderly]] [[speaker]], id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.: lumina ex disposito relucentia, Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.—Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.—Adv.: dispŏsĭte, [[orderly]], [[methodically]]: accusare istum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87: dicere, Quint. 10, 7, 12: exponere, Vitr. 7 praef. § 18: [[mundus]] [[effectus]] est ([[with]] [[ordinate]]), Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.: aedificare, Sid. Ep. 5, 11.