pōne, adv. and prep. [for posine, posne; cf. Gr. πύματος, the last, and v. post].
I Adv., after , behind , back , = post, a tergo (opp. ante, before; rare and mostly poet.; by Quint., 8, 3, 25, considered as archaic; cf. also: pone gravi sono antiqui utebantur pro loci significatione, Fest. p. 249 Müll.; Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 16): (moveri) et ante et pone, ad laevam et ad dextram, Cic. Univ. 13 fin. : (remiges) Pone petunt, exim referunt ad pectora tonsas, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. tonsam, p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 236 Vahl.): pone venire, Prop. 3, 15, 30 (4, 14, 28): pars cetera pontum Pone legit, Verg. A. 2, 208: pone subit conjux, id. ib. 2, 725: pone sequens, id. ib. 10, 226; Sil. 8, 561: respicere, Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.—With vorsum , behind , backwards : pone vorsum illac mare est, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.; cf. infra fin. —
II Prep. with acc., behind (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.): pone quos aut ante labantur, Cic. Univ. 10 fin. : pone me, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 1; cf.: pone nos recede, id. Poen. 3, 2, 34: pone aedem Castoris, id. Curc. 4, 1, 20; id. Trin. 3, 2, 37: pone castra, Liv. 40, 30 fin. : aedes Africani pone Veteres, id. 44, 16, 10: vinctae pone tergum manus, Tac. H. 3, 85; so, pone tergum insurgebat silva, id. A. 2, 16; id. H. 2, 83; 3, 60; 4, 82: comam pone verticem submittere, Suet. Ner. 51; id. Tib. 68; Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1; Sen. ad Marc. 9, 3; Just. 2, 7, 8.—With vorsus : postquam auspicaviatque exercitum adduxi pone vorsus castra hostium, Cato ap. Charis. p. 191 P.