put over Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. superimpōno, 32. superpōno, 33. appōno, 3 (to p. against so as to cover)II. To p. (an army, etc.) over a river, etc.III. To p. over persons or affairs, in the way of authority or commission1. addo, 32. impōno, 33. appōno, 34. pono, 35. praeficio, 3 • put over: I. Lit.: in position: 1. superimpōno, 3: the great stone forming the covering (of the vault) was p. over its mouth, saxum ingens, quo operitur, machina superimpositum est, Liv. 39, 50: also impono: cf. Aetnam impositam (p. over them), Hor. Od. 3, 4, 76. 2. superpōno, 3: he p. the marble statue of Pompey over the archway of Janus, P. statuam marmoream Jano superposuit, Suet. Aug. 31, fin. 3. appōno, 3 (to p. against so as to cover): p.ing his cloak over the wound, paenula ad vulnus apposita, Suet. Ner. 49: cf. Ov. Trist. 3, 1, 39, Cur tamen apposita velatur janua lauro? II. To p. (an army, etc.) over a river, etc.: trājĭcĭo, 3; transmitto, 3: v. to cross. To p. a bridge over a river, pontem in flumine facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 13; injicere pontem, Liv. 26, 6; Tac. A. 15, 19; flumen ponte jungere, Liv. 21, 45; imponere pontem flumini, Curt. 5, 1; ponte flumen transmittere, Plin. Ep. 8, 8; ponte flumen trajicere, Flor. 4, 12: p.ing bridges over the marsh, pontibus palude constrata, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14. III. To p. over persons or affairs, in the way of authority or commission: 1. addo, 3: cf. Pl. Aul. 3, 6, 10, Argus, quem Ioni Juno custodem addidit. 2. impōno, 3: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 18, consul est impositus nobis, etc. 3. appōno, 3: the tribune p. over him as a guard, tribuno custodiae apposito, Tac. A. 1, 6: cf. Suet. Aug. 48, rectorem app. 4. pono, 3: v. to put, No. 3. 5. praeficio, 3: v. to appoint: to set over.