appoint Copy link Outline I. To make or nominate; with reference to offices1. crĕo, 1 (esp. of the people electing, or the consuls holding the election)2. făcio, fēci, factum, 33. dĕsigno, 1 (esp. of the people appointing magistrates)4. destĭno, 1 (sim. to designo, but esp. used of arbitrary appointments)5. praefĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to a. to a command with dat.)6. praepōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (with dat.1. stătuo, ŭi, ūtum, 32. constĭtuo, 33. instĭtuo, 34. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to a. by writing)5. ascrībo (ads.), 3II. To fix, settle, determine • appoint: I. To make or nominate; with reference to offices: (a.) chiefly public: 1. crĕo, 1 (esp. of the people electing, or the consuls holding the election): v. to make, create. 2. făcio, fēci, factum, 3: these consuls were a.'d, hi consules facti sunt, Cic.: to a. any one heir, aliquem heredem f., Cic.: v. to make. 3. dĕsigno, 1 (esp. of the people appointing magistrates): that those should hold the decemvirate whom the people a.'d, ut ii decemviratum habeant quos plebs designaverit, Cic.: esp. in phr., consul, praetor, designatus: i. e. a.'d to, but not yet entered on an office: v. elect. 4. destĭno, 1 (sim. to designo, but esp. used of arbitrary appointments): to a. a king in room of Pacorus, regem in Pacori locum d., Liv. (Liv. also has consules destinare, 10, 21; but the word there rather means to mark out for the office.) 5. praefĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (to a. to a command with dat.): to a. any one to the command of the fleet, aliquem classi p., Caes.: Cic.: to a. to the conduct of the war, aliquem imperatorem bello p., Cic.: v. to set over. 6. praepōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (with dat.: i. q. 5) to a. any one governor of a province, aliquem provinciae p., Cic.: to a. any one to the supreme command, aliquem summae rerum p., Just. Phr.: to a. a magistrate in the place of another, magistratum sufficere, Liv.: v. to substitute. (b.) chiefly personal and private: 1. stătuo, ŭi, ūtum, 3: he was a.ing me arbiter in this matter, arbitrum me statuebat hujus rei, Cic. 2. constĭtuo, 3: Caesar had a.'d Commius king, Caesar Commium regem constituerat, Caes.: Cic.: to a. guardians for minors, tutores pupillis c., Dig. 3. instĭtuo, 3: to a. a guardian, tutorem in., Cic.: to a. any one heir, aliquem heredem i., Cic. (Of the three preceding words, constituo is the most widely used in the sense of to appoint: instituo seems to be chiefly used of appointing a guardian or heir: statuo is more frequently = to fix, settle, determine: q. v.) 4. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to a. by writing): he had publicly made a will and a.'d him heir, testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem scripserat, Cic.: to a. a guardian to one's children, tutorem liberis suis s., Cic.: Hor. 5. ascrībo (ads.), 3: to a. a guardian to a son, tutorem filio a., Cic.: v. to name, nominate. II. To fix, settle, determine: q. v.