locō āvī (locāssint, for locāverint, C.), ātus, āre
locus, to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange : cohortes in fronte, S.: cadavera in arcā, N.: crates adversas locari iubet, Cs.: cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.: Fundamenta (urbis), V.: litore Moenia, V.: vicos, Ta.: stipendium, S.—Fig., to place, put, set, lay, fix, establish, constitute : inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam: eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.: prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum, consists in.—To place in marriage, give away, give in marriage, marry : filiam suam, T.: nuptum virginem adulescenti, T.— To let, lease, hire, farm out : vectigalia: agrum frumento, L.: fundum: vocem, i. e. rant for pay (on the stage), Iu.: disciplina (histrionis) locabat se non minus HS CCCI[C ][C ][C ], yielded.—To give out on contract, contract for making, have done by contract : statuam faciendam: anseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda): Iunoni templum (sc. exstruendum), L.: secanda marmora, H.— To put out, place profitably : beneficia apud gratos, L.: Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. C.