sup-pōno (subp-), pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (perf. supposivi, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 9: supposivit, id. ib. 4, 3, 30; part. sync. supposta, Verg. A. 6, 24; Sil. 3, 90), v. a., to put, place, or set under (freq. and class.; cf.: submitto, subicio).
I Lit.
A In gen.: anatum ova gallinis saepe supponimus, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 124; Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 9; Col. 8, 5, 4: (orat) sub cratim uti jubeas sese supponi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 65: caput et stomachum supponere fontibus, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 8: cervicem polo, Ov. F. 5, 180: colla oneri, id. R. Am. 171: tauros jugo, to yoke , id. M. 7, 118: olivam prelo, Col. 12, 49, 9: tectis agrestibus ignem, Ov. F. 4, 803: Massica caelo vina sereno, Hor. S. 2, 4, 51: agresti fano pecus, to place under , to drive under cover of , Ov. F. 4, 756: aliquem tumulo (terrae, humo, etc.), i. e. to bury , id. Tr. 3, 3, 68; id. Ib. 153; id. Am. 3, 9, 48: terrae dentes, i. e. to sow , id. M. 3, 102: falcem maturis aristis, to apply , Verg. G. 1, 348: cultros, to apply (to the throat of cattle to be slaughtered), id. A. 6, 248; id. G. 3, 492: incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso, hidden under , Hor. C. 2, 1, 8: his igitur rebus subjectis suppositisque, i. e. under the earth , Lucr. 6, 543: nil ita sublime est . . . Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo, subjected , subject , Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 48.—
B In partic.
1 To put in the place of another, to substitute for another person or thing (syn. substituo): meliorem, quam ego sum, suppono tibi, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 6: aliquem in alicujus locum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 72; 2, 5, 30, § 78: in quarum (mulierum) locum juvenes, Just. 7, 3, 6: se reum criminibus illis pro rege, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42: stannum et aurichalcum pro auro et argento, Suet. Vit. 5 fin. : operae nostrae vicaria fides amicorum supponitur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.—
2 To substitute falsely or fraudulently , to falsify , forge , counterfeit : (puella) herae meae supposita est parva, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 49; so, puerum, puellam, id. ib. 2, 3, 11; id. Truc. 1, 1, 71; 2, 4, 50; 4, 3, 30; Ter. Eun. 39; 912; Liv. 3, 44, 9 al.: qui suppositā personā falsum testamentum obsignandum curaverit, Cic. Clu. 44, 125: testamenta falsa supponere, id. Leg. 1, 16, 43; so, testamenta, id. Par. 6, 1, 43: quos (equos) daedala Circe Suppositā de matre nothos furata creavit, substituted deceptively , spurious (because mortal), Verg. A. 7, 283: trepidat, ne suppositus venias, ac falso nomine poscas, Juv. 1, 98.—
3 To place as a pledge , hypothecate , Dig. 27, 9 lemm. —
II Trop.
A In gen., to add , annex , subjoin (syn. subjungo): huic generi Hermagoras partes quattuor supposuit, Cic. Inv. 1, 9, 12; 1, 6, 8: exemplum epistolae, id. Att. 8, 6, 3: rationem, id. Inv. 2, 23, 70; 2, 21, 63. —
B In partic.
1 Pregn., to make subject , to subject , submit : aethera ingenio suo, Ov. F. 1, 306: me tibi supposui, Pers. 5, 36.—*
2 To set beneath , to esteem less : Latio supposuisse Samon, Ov. F. 6, 48.