dē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (perf. deposivi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4: deposivit, id. Most. 2, 1, 35; Cat. 34, 8; inf. perf. deposisse, Verg. Cat. 8, 16; part. sync. depostus, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19, v. pono), v. a., to lay away, to put or place aside; to lay, put, or set down; to lay, place, set, deposit (freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).—Constr. with acc. alone; or acc. and locative or abl. with or without a prep.; or acc. and adv. of place where, or apud and personal name; rare and doubtful with in and acc. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 340 sq.). —
I Lit.
A In gen.: caput deponit, condormiscit, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 81; cf.: caput terrae, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 20: corpora (pecudes), Lucr. 1, 259; cf.: corpora sub ramis arboris, Verg. A. 7, 108: fessum latus sub lauru, Hor. Od. 2, 7, 19: mentum in gremiis mimarum, Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 24 et saep.: onus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10; id. Sull. 23, 65; Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3 al.; cf.: onera jumentis, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2: arma, id. B. G. 4, 32 fin. ; id. B. C. 3, 10, 9; Liv. 5, 2 al.; cf.: depositis in contubernio armis, Caes. B. C. 3, 76, 2: arma umeris, Verg. A. 12, 707: anulos aureos et phaleras, Liv. 9, 46: coronam, and, shortly after, coronam Romae in aram Apollinis, id. 23, 11: ungues et capillos, i. e. to cut off , Petr. 104, 6; cf. comas (for which, shortly before, secuit capillos), Mart. 5, 48, 6: crinem, Tac. H. 4, 61 et saep.: argenti pondus defossā terrā, Hor. S. 1, 1, 42: semina vel scrobe vel sulco, to deposit in the earth, to plant , Col. 5, 4, 2; and: stirpem vitis aut oleae, id. 1, 1, 5: malleolum in terram, id. 3, 10, 19: plantas sulcis, Verg. G. 2, 24 et saep.: exercitum in terram (for exponere), to land , Just. 4, 5, 8: hydriam de umero, Vulg. Gen. 21, 46.— Poet. of bearing, bringing forth (as the putting off of a burden): (Latonia) quam mater prope Deliam Deposivit olivam, Cat. 34, 8; cf.: onus naturae, Phaedr. 1, 18, 5; 1, 19, 4; to lay as a stake, wager: Dam. Ego hanc vitulam ... Depono. Men. De grege non ausim quicquam deponere tecum ... verum pocula ponam Fagina, Verg. E. 3, 31 sq.—
B In partic.
1 Pregn., to lay up, lay aside, put by, deposit anywhere; to give in charge to, commit to the care of intrust to any one: non semper deposita reddenda: si gladium quis apud te sana mente deposuerit, repetat insaniens: reddere peccatum sit, etc., Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; so, aliquid apud aliquem, Plaut. Bac. 2, 3, 72; Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 108 fin. ; Quint. 5, 13, 49; 9, 2, 92; Tac. H. 1, 13; Liv. 38, 19, 2 et saep.; cf.: obsides apud eos, Caes. B. G. 7, 63 al.: praedam in silvis, id. ib. 6, 41; cf.: pecuniam in templo, Liv. 44, 25: pecunias in publica fide, id. 24, 18 fin. ; also: liberos, uxores suaque omnia in silvas, Caes. B. G. 4, 19 (dub.—al. in sylvis; id. B. C. 1, 23, 4 the true reading is in publico): impedimenta citra flumen Rhenum, id. B. G. 2, 29, 4: saucios, id. B. C. 3, 78, 1 and 5 et saep.: pretium in deposito habendum, in charge , Dig. 36, 3, 5 fin. : si pro deposito apud eum fuerit, ib. 33, 8, 8, § 5.—
2
a To put or bring down, lay upon the ground : scio quam rem agat: ut me deponat vino, etc., to make drunk , Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 39.—
b Hence (because it was the custom to take a person who had just died out of bed and lay him on the ground), meton.: depositus, dead, just dead : jam prope depositus, certe jam frigidus, Ov. P. 2, 2, 47: depositum nec me qui fleat ullus erit, id. Tr. 3, 3, 40: DEPOSITVS IN PACE, Inscr. Orell. 5014; cf. ib. 4874.—As subst.: depositus meus, Petr. 133, 4.—
c Also, because the hopelessly sick were often laid on the earth, dying, given up, despaired of : jam tum depostu' bubulcus Expirans animam pulmonibus aeger agebat, Lucil. ap. Non. 279, 19: deponere est desperare, unde et depositi desperati dicuntur, Non. 279, 30: depositus modo sum anima, vita sepultus, Caecil. ap. Non. 279 (Com. v. 121 Rib.): ut depositi proferret fata parentis, Verg. A. 12, 395 Serv.: texere paludes Depositum, Fortuna, tuum, Lucan. 2, 72; and transf.: mihi videor magnam et maxime aegram et prope depositam reip. partem suscepisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 5.—
3 In post-Aug. lang. esp. freq. in the jurists, of buildings, etc., to pull down, take down, demolish, overthrow : aedificium vel arboris ramos, Dig. 8, 2, 17 (shortly after, qui tollit aedificium vel deprimit ); so id. 8, 2, 31; 41, 3, 23 fin. et saep.: deposita arx, Stat. S. 1, 4, 91: statuas, pull down , Spart. Sev. 14: tabulas, destroy , Capit. Max. duob. 12: adversarios tuos, Vulg. Exod. 15, 7. —
II Trop.
A With a predominant notion of putting away, removing, etc., to lay down, lay aside, give up, resign, get rid of : studia de manibus, Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3: ex memoria insidias, id. Sull. 6, 18: in sermone et suavitate alicujus omnes curas doloresque deponere, id. Fam. 4, 6, 2: petitoris personam capere, accusatoris deponere, id. Quint. 13 fin. ; so, contentionem, Liv. 4, 6; cf. certamina, id. ib.; and, bellum, Ov. M. 8, 47; Tac. H. 2, 37; opp. incipere, Sall. J. 83, 1; opp. coepisse, Liv. 31, 1; and with omittere, id. 31, 31 fin. : deponere amicitias, suscipere inimicitias, Cic. Lael. 21, 77: invidiam, id. Agr. 2, 26, 69: simultates, id. Planc. 31, 76: maerorem et luctum, id. Phil. 14, 13: omnem spem contentionis, Caes. B. G. 5, 19: consilium adeundae Syriae, id. B. C. 3, 103: imperium, id. B. G. 7, 33 fin. ; id. B. C. 2, 32, 9; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; Liv. 2, 28 al.; cf. provinciam, Cic. Pis. 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 2, 3; dictaturam, Quint. 3, 8, 53; 5, 10, 71: nomen, Suet. Ner. 41; Ov. M. 15, 543: famem, id. F. 6, 530; cf.: sitim in unda vicini fontis, i. e. to quench , id. M. 4, 98: morbos, Plin. 7, 50, 51, 170: animam, i. e. to die , Nep. Hann. 1.—
B To depose from an office (late Lat.): te de ministerio tuo, Vulg. Is. 22, 19.—
C (Acc. to no. I. B.) To deposit, intrust, commit to , for safe-keeping: populi Romani jus in vestra fide ac religione depono, Cic. Caecin. 35 fin. : aliquid rimosa in aure, Hor. S. 2, 6, 46: aliquid tutis auribus, id. Od. 1, 27, 18: eo scortum, Tac. H. 1, 13.
XIV —Hence, dēpōnens , entis, P. a., subst. (sc. verbum, lit., a verb that lays aside its proper pass. signif.), in the later grammar. a verb which, in a pass. form, has an act. meaning; deponent , Charis. p. 143 P.; Diom. p. 327 ib.; Prisc. p. 787 ib. sq. et saep.— dēpŏsĭtus , a, um, P. a., and esp. as subst. dēpŏsĭtum , i, n., any thing deposited or intrusted for safe-keeping, etc., a deposit, trust : reddere depositum, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31: si depositum non infitietur amicus, Juv. 13, 60; cf. Dig. 36, 3, 5 al.: contempto Domino negaverit proximo suo depositum, Vulg. Lev. 6, 2; 1 Tim. 6, 20 al.