saddle (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 32. ĕphippium s. sellam [equo] impōnoII. Fig. • saddle (v.): I. Lit. 1. sterno, strāvi, tum, 3: to s. and bridle horses, equos sternere, infrenare, Liv. 37, 20, fin. Also perh. insterno, 3: id. 34, 7 (where however equus speciosius instratus indicates the entire caparisonment of a horse). 2. ĕphippium s. sellam [equo] impōno: cf. Phaedr. 1, 15, 8 (clitellas imp.): v. saddle, subs. Phr.: a horse ready s.d and bridled, equus instructus frenatusque, Liv. 21, 27, fin. (Gron. e conj., instratus: cf. supr.) II. Fig.: to saddle with; i. e. to impose a burden upon: nearest word, impōno, 3 (with acc. and dat.): he s.d his country with a heavy debt, *civitati in posterum grande aes alienum imposuit [civitatem grandi aere alieno oppressam reliquit]: v. to impose.