upon Copy link Outline 1. sŭper (local, and also used accumulatively, and of abstract relation, concerning)2. ē, ex (in the sense of immediately after and according to)3. a, ăb4. ĭn (with abl.)5. ad6. sŭb (just after) • upon: 1. sŭper (local, and also used accumulatively, and of abstract relation, concerning): constr. with acc. chiefly after verbs implying motion or extension, and with abl.: to sit u. a snake, s. aspidem assidere, Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59: to be thrown headforemost u. the stakes, s. vallum praecipitari, Sall. Jug. 58: v. over: to rest u. green herbage, requiescere fronde s. viridi, Virg. Ecl. 1, 81: placing fresh logs u. the hearth, ligna s. foco reponens, Hor. Od. 1, 9, 5: kisses u. kisses, savia s. savia, Plaut. Pseud. 4, 1, 38: they are slaughtered one u. another, alii s. alios trucidantur, Liv. 1, 50: I will write u. this subject, hac s. re scribam, Cic. Att. 16, 6 (in this sense de is more common: v. concerning, about): also in comp.: e. g. to sit u., sŭpersĕdeo: to stand u. supersto: v. sit, stand. 2. ē, ex (in the sense of immediately after and according to): cheapness followed upon the greatest scarcity and dearness, vilitas e summa inopia et caritate consecuta est, Cic. Manil. 15, 44: upon Pompey's recommendation, e commendatione Pompeii, Suet. Caes. 75. 3. a, ăb: in the phrases, u. the left, the right, the flank, etc., a laeva, dextra, latere, etc.: also in to be upon any one's side, stare, esse, ab aliquo: to depend u., pendere a: v. on. 4. ĭn (with abl.): u. the whole, in toto, Cic. Att. 13, 20, fin.: v. on. Upon is often expr. by prep. ĭn in comp. with verbs: e. g. to rush u., irruo: to fall, light, u.. incĭdo: to play u. (of wind instruments), inflo: to put, impose, u., impōno: to put u. a level with, in aequo ponere (with dat.), Liv. 39, 50, fin.: to dwell u., insisto, Cic. Verr. 3, 47. 5. ad: u. the whole, ad summam, Cic. Att. 14, 1: u. (in consequence of) this Caesar pardoned them, ad ea Caesar veniam illis tribuit, Tac. Ann. 12, 37. 6. sŭb (just after): u. this he said, sub hoc inquit, Hor. Sat. 2, 8, 43 also u. condition that ... not, sub ea conditione ne ..., Cic. Arch. 10, 25. Miscell. Phr.: u. any terms, ulla conditione, Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55: u. my honour, do fidem, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 30: v. honour: u. his knees, genibus minor, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 28: u. refection, etc.: may often be expr. by the dat. of the pres. part. of corresponding verb: v. reflect: u. this (in continuation of a narrative) is often to be rendered by the abl. abs. with a rel.: v. thereupon, whereupon.