place (v.) Copy link Outline 1. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put; station)2. lŏco, 1 (with special ref. to the relative position in which the object in consequence appears)3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up, p. anything in an erect position) • place (v.): 1. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to put; station): to p. (deposit) documents in the treasury, tabulas aerario p., Caes. B. C. 3, 108: to p. a crown on any one's head, coronam in caput alicujus p., Gell. 3, 15: he p.s a garrison there, ibi praesidium ponit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5. Comps. appōno (v. to put): circumpōno (v. TO PUT ROUND): dispōno (to p. at intervals, arrange): to p. guards at intervals along a wall, custodias in muro disponere, Caes. B. G. 7, 27: to put in order together, compōno (v. to arrange). 2. lŏco, 1 (with special ref. to the relative position in which the object in consequence appears): he orders hurdles to be p.d facing (the enemy), crates adversas locari jubet, Caes. B. C. 3. 46: to p. cavalry in front of the wings, equites pro cornibus l., Quint. 2, 13, 3. Comp. collŏco, 1 (strengthened from simple verb, and pointing to the placing of an object in connexion with other objects): to p. pictures in a good light, tabulas in bono lumine c., Cic. Br. 75, 261: beams are p.d at equal intervals on the ground, trabes paribus intervallis in solo collocantur, Caes. B. G. 7, 23. 3. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to set up, p. anything in an erect position): v. to set, set up. In same sense, sisto, 3: Virg. Aen. 2, 245.