postpono

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

post-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a.,

to put after , postpone; to esteem less , to neglect, disregard (class., but not in Cic.; cf.: post habeo, praetermitto): ut omnia postponere videretur, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: omnia postposui, dummodo praeceptis patris parerem, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: scorto postponere honestum Officium, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: postponere Hannibalem Alexandro Magno. Just. 30, 4, 9: omnibus rebus postpositis, laying every thing else aside , Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2.

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