impōno — Lewis & Short
impōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (arch. forms of the
I perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27:
imposisse,id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the part. perf. impostus, a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. in-pono, to place, put, set, or lay into, upon or in a place (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with aliquid in aliquam rem or alicui rei; rarely in aliqua re or absol.
I Lit.
A In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:
hunc in collum,id. Pers. 4, 6, 10:
aliquem in rogum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.:
in ignem imposita'st: fletur,Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:
omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:
milites eo (i. e. in equos),id. ib. 1, 42, 5:
aliquid in foco Lari,Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16:
coronam auream litteris,Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.:
collegae diadema,id. Phil. 5, 12:
operi incohato fastigium,id. Off. 3, 7, 33:
pondera nobis,Lucr. 5, 543:
serta delubris et farra cultris,Juv. 12, 84:
clitellas bovi,Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3:
juvenes rogis,Verg. G. 4, 477:
artus mensis,Ov. M. 1, 230:
aliquid mensis,id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321:
frontibus ancillarum vittas,Juv. 12, 118:
ali quem mannis,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77:
aliquem jumento,Gell. 20, 1, 11:
Pelion Olympo,Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:
arces montibus impositae,id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12:
impositum saxis Anxur,id. S. 1, 5, 26:
celeri raptos per inania vento Imposuit caelo,placed them in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507:
(Romulum) ablatum terris caelo,id. ib. 14, 811:
hoc metuens molemque et montes insuper altos Imposuit,Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.:
pedem super cervicem jacentis,Curt. 9, 7 fin.:
haec super imposuit liquidum aethera,Ov. M. 1, 67:
ei jus est in infinito supra suum aedificium imponere,to build, Dig. 8, 2, 24:
pontibus praesidiisque impositis,Tac. A. 2, 11:
pons lapideus flumini impositus,Curt. 5, 1, 29:
quidvis oneris impone, impera,Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29:
nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam,Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:
diadema imposuit,Quint. 9, 3, 61:
pars togae, quae postea imponitur,id. 11, 3, 140. —
B In partic.
1 Naut. t. t., to put on board ship, to embark; with in and acc.:
quicquid domi fuit in navem imposivit,Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: in quas (naves) exercitus ejus imponi posset, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:
legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves,Caes. B. C. 3, 14, 1:
aeris magno pondere in naves imposito,id. ib. 3, 103, 1.—With dat.:
et nos in aeternum Exsilium impositura cymbae,Hor. C. 2, 3, 28:
ut semel imposita est pictae Philomela carinae,Ov. M. 6, 511.—With adv.:
deprehensis navibus circiter quinquaginta atque eo militibus inpositis,Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 4:
scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit,id. B. C. 3, 24, 1. — With abl.: vetustissima nave impositi, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 66. — Absol.:
ipsi expediti naves conscenderent, quo major numerus militum posset imponi,Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 1:
cum Crassus exercitum Brundisii imponeret,Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84:
signa nostra velim imponas,id. Att. 1, 10, 3:
per istos quae volebat clam imponenda curabat,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—
2 Med. t. t., to apply a remedy externally:
alium imponitur in vulnera,Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 50:
porrum vulneribus,id. 20, 6, 21, § 47:
raphanos super umbilicum contra tormenta vulvae,id. 20, 4, 13, § 27:
imponuntur et per se folia,id. 23, 7, 71, § 138.—
3 Of animals, to put the male to the female:
asinum equae,Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. part., Juv. 6, 334.
II Trop.
A In gen., to put or lay upon, to impose; to throw or inflict upon; to put, set, or give to:
culpam omnem in med inponito,Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus amicitia me paulatim in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1:
ne magnum onus observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem,Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1:
onus alicui,id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.:
plus militi laboris,id. Mur. 18, 38:
graviores labores sibi,Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:
illi illud negotium,Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc.,id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2:
si mihi imposuisset aliquid,Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4:
ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis,id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35:
mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138:
rei publicae vulnera,id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so,
vulnus rei publicae,id. Att. 1, 16, 7:
plagam mortiferam rei publicae,id. Sest. 19, 44:
quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:
injuriam sine ignominia alicui,id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3:
servitus fundo illi imposita,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:
servitutem civibus,Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2:
belli invidiam consuli,id. C. 43, 1:
leges civitati per vim imposuit,Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:
leges alicui,id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:
saevas imponite leges, ut, etc.,Juv. 7, 229:
nimis duras leges huic aetati,Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256:
huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis,assign, give, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:
nomen alicui,Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.:
imponens cognata vocabula rebus,Hor. S. 2, 3, 280:
finem imponere volumini,Quint. 9, 4, 146:
finem spei,Liv. 5, 4, 10:
clausulam disputationi,Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: quasi perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the last touch to, Quint. prooem. § 4:
summam manum operi,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4:
extremam manum bello,Verg. A. 7, 573:
manum supremam bellis,Ov. R. Am. 114:
modum alicui,Liv. 4, 24, 7:
modum dolori,Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16:
modum divortiis,Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.:
imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,Juv. 6, 444 (453).—
B In partic.
1 To set over, as overseer, commander, etc.:
si emimus, quem vilicum imponeremus, quem pecori praeficeremus,Cic. Planc. 25, 62:
consul est impositus is nobis, quem, etc.,id. Att. 1, 18, 3:
Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere,Sall. C. 51, 28:
Macedoniae regem,Liv. 40, 12, 15; cf.:
Masinissam in Syphacis regnum,id. 37, 25, 9:
Cappadociae consularem rectorem,Suet. Vesp. 8:
quid si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur?Liv. 45, 36, 8:
itaque imposuistis cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum (deum),Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54 (al. in cervicibus).—
2 To lay or impose upon, as a burden, tax, etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande vectigal. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10:
vectigal fructibus,id. Font. 5, 10:
stipendium victis,Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5:
tributa genti,Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.:
tributum in capita singula,Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:
frumentum,Cic. Att. 15, 10:
nulla onera nova,Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin.—
3 Alicui, to impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick (= frustror, fallo, fraudo, circumvenio):
Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:
si mihi imposuisset aliquid,id. Att. 15, 26, 4: populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55:
praefectis Antigoni imposuit,Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:
facile est barbato inponere regi,Juv. 4, 103:
falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit,Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.:
utcumque imponi vel dormienti posset,Petr. 102.