(verb) : col-lŏco (conl-), āvi, ātum, 1
* To place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).
* Lit.
* In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.
* Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).
* Esp.
* With simple abl.: oculos pennis,Ov. M. 1, 723.
* With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,to lay an ambush for,id. Mil. 10, 27: cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,Sall. J. 51, 3: legiones propius Armeniam,Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.: ipse propior montem suos conlocat,Sall. J. 49, 1: obsides super se,Suet. Aug. 43: singulas infra se,id. Calig. 24: juxta se,id. Ner. 13: circa se,id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54: lecticam pro tribunali,id. Aug. 33.—(ε) Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33: tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161: columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2: lecticae collocabantur,id. Phil. 5, 6, 18: signum Jovis,id. Cat. 3, 9, 21: sedes ac domicilium,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6: postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.: constituere impedimenta,id. 44, 36, 6): chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,Ov. M. 2, 734: collocat hasta sues,lays prostrate, kills,Mart. 5, 65, 10: reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,Sall. C. 59, 2; so, ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.: vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),Cat. 61, 184.
* To give in marriage: filiam alicui,Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.: matrem homini nobilissimo,Caes. B. G. 1, 18: aliquam in matrimonium,Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104; together with in matrimonio,Dig. 36, 1, 77: eam in se dignam condicionem,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122: sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so, nuptum,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.: virginem,Nep. Epam. 3, 5: filiam alicujus,id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: in collocandā filiā,Tac. A. 4, 39: collocantis filiam,Just. 9, 6, 2.
* Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.: rem herilem,Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2: in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.: pecunias in emptiones praediorum,Dig. 17, 1, 2: pecunias graviore faenore,Suet. Aug. 39: curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,id. ib. 5, 15: duas patrimonii partes in solo,Suet. Tib. 48; cf.: duas faenoris partes in agris,Tac. A. 6, 17: pecuniam idoneis nominibus,Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence
* In gen., to employ, invest money in some way: patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,Tac. A. 6, 45.
* (Like the Gr. προτιθέναι.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum: aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.
* In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.
* With in and abl.: illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8: res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17: ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,employed, occupied themselves,Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.: totum se in cognitione et scientiā,id. Off. 1, 44, 158: sese palam in meretriciā vitā,id. Cael. 20, 49: philosophiam in urbibus,id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10: in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,to be placed, deposited,id. Cat. 3, 11, 26: omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,to apply, employ,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29: spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,id. Quint. 26, 83: adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,to employ, spend,id. Cael. 17, 39: bonas horas male,Mart. 1, 113, 3: omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,placed,Cic. Or. 51, 173: in conspectu,Quint. 7, 1, 4: famam in tuto,id. 12, 11, 7.
* Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56: bene,id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.: ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,id. Off. 2, 12, 42.
* With simple abl.: et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,Quint. 9, 1, 7: ordine collocati sensus,id. 7, 10, 16.
* With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—(ε) Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.: rem militarem,Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3: aedilitas recte collocata,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37: tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12: vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin.—In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.: ut apte collocentur (verba),Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4; 9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),have brought forward, put forth,Tac. A. 6, 27 fin.

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