post (v.) Copy link Outline I. To fasten up a noticeII. To station troops1. constĭtuo, i, ūtum, 32. lŏco, 13. pōno; dispōno (to p. at intervals)III. With pron. refl.; to post oneself1. consīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (esp. as milit. term)2. to p. oneself in or on a placeIV. To put a letter into the p.V. To travel by postVI. To enter in a ledger • post (v.): I. To fasten up a notice: prōpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: with in publicum, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, extr. (legem in publicum prop.); in publico, id. Att. 8, 9, 1. Or expr. by inscrībo, proscrībo: cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92, inscripsi aedes mercede (I p.'d up a notice of sale of the house): and Cic. Q. Fl. 2, 6, med., tabulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice): id. Off. 3, 16, 66, insulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice of sale of a house). II. To station troops: 1. constĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3: Caes. B. G. 1, 43, etc. 2. lŏco, 1: to p. the cavalry in front of the wings, equites pro cornibus l., Quint. 2, 13, 3: Sall.: Liv. Also, collŏco, 1: Caes. B. G. 1, 38 (occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocat: the compound implies more of permanence than the simple verb). 3. pōno; dispōno (to p. at intervals): to place, arrange. III. With pron. refl.; to post oneself: 1. consīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (esp. as milit. term): he p.'d himself at the foot of a mountain, sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48 (et pass.): Sall. 2. to p. oneself in or on a place: insīdo, 3: they p.'d themselves in the way, viam insedere, Liv. 21, 34, fin.: you p.'d yourselves on the Aventine, Aventinum insedistis, id. 9, 34: Tac. Also, insĭdeo, 2 (to be p.'d somewhere): foll. by direct acc., Liv. 21, 32, med. (apparuerunt tumulos insidentes barbari): Tac. IV. To put a letter into the p.: nearest word, do, 1, irr. (tabellario being understood): I have never had an opportunity of p.ing a letter to you, litteras ad te nunquam habui cui darem, Cic. Fam. 12, 19. (N.B.--It was a frequent practice to indicate the place where a letter was "posted" at the end: e. g. Cic. Att. 3, 12, extr., dat. [= data] xvi. Kal. Sext. Thessalonicae.) More precisely, perh. *(epistolam) capsae tabellariae publicae committere. V. To travel by post: Phr.: (celeri) jumentorum permutatione uti; vehiculis publicis uti (where there is a public service of post-horses): v. post, subs. (V.). Fig., to travel rapidly (Milt.): prŏpĕro, etc.: v. to hasten. VI. To enter in a ledger: Phr.: ex adversariis in codicem referre, Cic. R. Com. 3, 8.