sŭpīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [supinus],
to bend or lay backwards , to place , put , or throw a person or thing on the back (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): manus modice supinata, Quint. 11, 3, 100; 11, 3, 119: supinata testudo, Sen. Ep. 121, 9: miles supinatus humi, Ap. Met. 9, 40, 11; 8, 21, 16; aliquem in terga, Stat. Th. 6, 789: equi equitem supinant, id. ib. 8, 394: corpora prona supinat (regina), id. ib. 12, 290: currum temone erecto, id. ib. 3, 414: ante supinatas Aquiloni ostendere glebas, turned over , ploughed up , Verg. G. 2, 261: Parnason tauris, Stat. Th. 7, 347: nasum nidore supinor, I turn up my nose , Hor. S. 2, 7, 38: supinari, to lie along , extend , Stat. Th. 12, 243: arcus supinatus, bent , Manil. 2, 852 (but in Sen. Ben. 2, 13, 2, the correct read. is resupinet).