LAY DOWN Copy link • LAY DOWNPROPR., to put down, ponere; deponere: to lay one’s self down, decumbere. FIG., to give up (an office), abdicare munus or (usually) se munere; abire magistratu or honore; abscedere munere (Liv., 9, 3); magistratum deponere (of magistrates). FIG., to advance (an opinion), sententiam dicere.