propose Copy link Outline I. To bring forward, esp. in an assembly1. fĕro, 3, irr.2. esp. of the tribunes, rŏgo, 1 (to ask the consent of the people to a law)3. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (in discussion, to lay down or advance a thesis for discussion)II. To make a proposalIII. To have in view • propose: I. To bring forward, esp. in an assembly: 1. fĕro, 3, irr.: esp. in phrr. ferre legem, to p. a law, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: also without legem expressed, ad populum f., ut ..., id. Ph. 2, 43, 110: and, ferre conditiones, to p. terms: v. proposal. Also, aliquem judicem f., to p. as a judge, id. R. Com. 15, 45. 2. esp. of the tribunes, rŏgo, 1 (to ask the consent of the people to a law): whatever law the tribunes p. to the plebs, quod [tribuni] plebem rogassint, Vet. Lex in Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9: also used of the laws proposed by other magistrates, cf. id. Phil. 1, 10, fin.: whence the phr. uti rogas (U. R.) in voting for a law. (Not proponere legem in this sense: v. to publish.) 3. pōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3 (in discussion, to lay down or advance a thesis for discussion): to p. a small question, quaestiunculam p., Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102: cf. id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7. II. To make a proposal: Phr.: conditionem ferre: v. proposal. See also to offer. III. To have in view: expr. by, in animo est (mihi), cogito, etc.: v. to intend.
PROPOSE Copy link • PROPOSEproponere alicui aliquid; conditionem alicujus rei proponere; offerre alicui aliquid (when one can give or do the thing which he proposes): commendare, suadere aliquid (to advise): to propose a law, legem proponere, rogare; legem ferre (to bring before the Senate or people): to propose a question (for discussion), ponere, proponere, afferre quaestionem; also simply, ponere, quaerere. Purpose, intend, Vid :