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(v. a.P. a.) : prae-pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (old
* Perf. praeposivi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11.—Sync. form praepostus, Lucr. 6, 999), v. a., to put or set before, to place first (syn.: praefero, praeficio).
* Lit.
* In gen.: versus, in primā fronte libelli,Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 33: praeponens ultima primis,Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: oportet, ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia proportione rerum praeponere,id. de Or. 2, 79, 320: de quā priusquam respondeo, pauca praeponam,I will first make a few observations,id. Fam. 11, 27, 1.
* Trop., to set before or above, to prefer: lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: se alteri,Ter. And. 1, 1, 38; id. Eun. 1, 2, 59: salutem rei publicae vitae suae,Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15: amicitiam patriae,id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23: necessaria gloriosis,Vell. 2, 110, 3: multum mihi praestat, si me Mazaeo generum praeponit,Curt. 4, 11, 20: Prochytam Suburrae,Juv. 3, 5.—Hence, praepŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a.—As subst.
* To place or set upon: fronti praeponere olivam,Hor. C. 1, 7, 7 (cf.: comis praetexere frondes, Sen. Med. 70).
* Praepŏsĭtus, i, m., a prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, director, commander: legatorum tuorum,Cic. Pis. 36, 88; Tac. H. 1, 36: quod (milites) praepositos suos occiderant,Suet. Oth. 1: rerum curae Caesaris, director, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13: aquarum,water-inspector,Front. Aquaed. 17; 100; 117: cubiculi,a chamberlain,Amm. 14, 10, 5.—Of the governor of a province; with dat.: Illyrico, Dalmatiae, etc.,Vell. 2, 112, 2; 2, 116, 2; absol., Suet. Galb. 12; 16; id. Oth. 1 al.; Vulg. Act. 7, 10.
* Praepŏsĭta, ae, f. (eccl. Lat.), a prioress or abbess, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8; id. Ep. 211.
* With the Stoics, praepŏsĭta, ōrum, n., for the Gr. προηγμένα, preferable or advantageous things, but which are not to be called absolutely good; such as wealth, beauty, etc. (class.): ista bona non dico, sed dicam Graece προηγμένα, Latine autem producta: sed praeposita, aut praecipua malo,Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72 sq.: bonum negas esse divitias, praepositum esse dicis,id. ib. 4, 26, 73; cf. also,id. ib. 3, 16, 52; 54.
* Perf. praeposivi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11.—Sync. form praepostus, Lucr. 6, 999), v. a., to put or set before, to place first (syn.: praefero, praeficio).
* Lit.
* In gen.: versus, in primā fronte libelli,Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 33: praeponens ultima primis,Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10: oportet, ut aedibus ac templis vestibula et aditus, sic causis principia proportione rerum praeponere,id. de Or. 2, 79, 320: de quā priusquam respondeo, pauca praeponam,I will first make a few observations,id. Fam. 11, 27, 1.
* Trop., to set before or above, to prefer: lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: se alteri,Ter. And. 1, 1, 38; id. Eun. 1, 2, 59: salutem rei publicae vitae suae,Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15: amicitiam patriae,id. Rab. Perd. 8, 23: necessaria gloriosis,Vell. 2, 110, 3: multum mihi praestat, si me Mazaeo generum praeponit,Curt. 4, 11, 20: Prochytam Suburrae,Juv. 3, 5.—Hence, praepŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a.—As subst.
* To place or set upon: fronti praeponere olivam,Hor. C. 1, 7, 7 (cf.: comis praetexere frondes, Sen. Med. 70).
* Praepŏsĭtus, i, m., a prefect, president, head, chief, overseer, director, commander: legatorum tuorum,Cic. Pis. 36, 88; Tac. H. 1, 36: quod (milites) praepositos suos occiderant,Suet. Oth. 1: rerum curae Caesaris, director, S. C. ap. Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 13: aquarum,water-inspector,Front. Aquaed. 17; 100; 117: cubiculi,a chamberlain,Amm. 14, 10, 5.—Of the governor of a province; with dat.: Illyrico, Dalmatiae, etc.,Vell. 2, 112, 2; 2, 116, 2; absol., Suet. Galb. 12; 16; id. Oth. 1 al.; Vulg. Act. 7, 10.
* Praepŏsĭta, ae, f. (eccl. Lat.), a prioress or abbess, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8; id. Ep. 211.
* With the Stoics, praepŏsĭta, ōrum, n., for the Gr. προηγμένα, preferable or advantageous things, but which are not to be called absolutely good; such as wealth, beauty, etc. (class.): ista bona non dico, sed dicam Graece προηγμένα, Latine autem producta: sed praeposita, aut praecipua malo,Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72 sq.: bonum negas esse divitias, praepositum esse dicis,id. ib. 4, 26, 73; cf. also,id. ib. 3, 16, 52; 54.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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