plant (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., to set a plant1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3 (to sow or plant)2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to set)II. To set with plants1. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 32. obsĕro, 3III. To set up in a certain place1. stătuo, i, ūtum, 32. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 33. infīgo, xi, xum, 3 (to p. firmly, fasten in something)IV. To found a settlement, etc. • plant (v.): I. Lit., to set a plant: 1. sĕro, sēvi, sătum, 3 (to sow or plant): to p. (= cultivate) the olive and the vine, oleam vitemque s., Cic. Rep. 3, 9, fin.: Hor. Od. 1, 18, 1: to p. parsley by means of slips, plantis apium s., Col. 11, 3, ante med.: see also to sow. 2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (to set): to p. poplars, willows, and elm-suckers, populos et salices plantasque ulmorum p., Col. 11, 2, med. (et pass.): to p. vines in rows, p. ordine vites, Virg. E. 1, 74: Hor.: Pall. Also comp. depono, 3: to p. seeds in a trench, semina scrobe d., Col. 5, 4: Virg. G. 2, 24 (d. plantas sulcis). (N.B.--Planto = propagate by slips.) II. To set with plants: 1. consĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3: to p. fields, agros c., Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130: to p. an olive-orchard, olivetum c., Varr. R. R. 1, 24. (Also sero in same sense: Ov. A. A. 2, 668.) 2. obsĕro, 3: cover by planting: Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63. III. To set up in a certain place: 1. stătuo, i, ūtum, 3: to p. the standard (as signal for a halt), s. signum, Liv. 5, 55, fin.: Val. Max.: to p. a tent, tabernaculum s., Nep. Eum. 7: Caes. 2. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: (the consuls) p. their chairs in the forum, sellas ponunt in foro, cf. Liv. 3, 11, init.: Nep. l. c. 3. infīgo, xi, xum, 3 (to p. firmly, fasten in something): to p. a standard firmly, signum inf., Cic. Div. 2, 31, 67: v. to fix, fasten (in). (N.B.--Proponere vexillum is not to p. a standard, but to exhibit the battle-signal, a red flag: cf. Caes. B. G. 2, 20.) IV. To found a settlement, etc.: Phr.: to p. a colony, coloniam deducere (in aliquem locum): v. colony; also to found, settle.