stake (v.) Copy link Outline I. To pierce with a s.II. To wager1. pōno, sui, sĭtum, 32. dēpōno, 3 • stake (v.): I. To pierce with a s.: v. impale. II. To wager: 1. pōno, sui, sĭtum, 3: to s. cups, pocula p., Virg. E. 3, 36: cf. Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: he s.d his own ring against it, ille suum anulum opposivit. 2. dēpōno, 3: to s. a heifer, vitulam d., Virg. E. 3, 31: s. a talent against my sesterce, in meum numum, in tuum talentum, pignus da, Pl. Ep. 5, 2, 35.