trans-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to place or set over or across; to remove, transfer.
I In gen.: statuam in inferiorem locum, Gell. 4, 5, 3: advecta onera in flumen, Plin. Ep. 10, 61, 2: militem dextras in terras iturum, Tac. A. 2, 8: victorem exercitum in Italiam, Just. 23, 3, 8: locum Pisonis Annali, to transfer , Gell. 6, 9, 1. —
II In partic., of plants, to set out , transplant : arborem in locum alium, Gell. 12, 1, 16: brassicam Novembri incohante, Pall. Sept. 13, 1.