(verb) : prō-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3
* To put or set forth, to set or lay out, to place before, expose to view, to display (class.).
* 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).
* Trop.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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.
* To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.
* 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.
* To impose (post-class.): novam mihi propono dicendi legem,Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.
* To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2: aenigma,Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.
* To state the first premise of a syllogism: cum proponimus,Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.
* 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.
* The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.
* An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.
* 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.

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