put Copy link Outline 1. do, dĕdi, dăre, dătum (rt. DA = DU, put), is the strictest equivalent2. Comps. (i.) abdo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 33. pōno, pŏsui, posĭtum, 3 (the etymological equivalent POS, orig. POT = PUT, perhaps meaning plant)4. impōno, 3 (p. in, on, upon); with in and acc., in and abl. rare (v. P. IN, P. ON, P. UPON)5. appōno, 36. rĕpōno, 37. pango, nxi, nctum, and pēgi, or pĕpĭgi, pactum, 3 (to fix, settle)8. stătŭo (v. TO SET UP)9. applĭco, āvi and ŭi, ātum and (late) ĭtum, 1, with ad and (rarely) dat.10. mitto, īsi, issum, 3 (with the idea of motion or change of state), in late Latin11. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (for safe keeping)12. făcio, fēci, factum, 3 (p. into some state, position, or condition), perhaps the most usual equivalent for put in its wide indefinite sense, e. g. fratres meos longe fecit a me (p. far from me), Vulg. Job xix. 1313. Phr. • put: (N.B.--1. In translating this word, care must be taken to distinguish the cases in which it is followed by a true preposition, governing a noun, from those in which it is compounded with a separable particle, the noun being the object to the compound verb: e. g. Case 1, the load was put on the horse: Case 2, he put on his hat: but, for convenience of reference, we shall put most examples of the former kind under the heads of the latter. 2. The word is so general in its use, that in many passages it must be expressed with the context, and not by any verbal equivalent. 3. Its two chief uses, referring to state and place, are too much mixed up in Latin to be put under separate heads: cf. esp. to place.) 1. do, dĕdi, dăre, dătum (rt. DA = DU, put), is the strictest equivalent: I'll p. my knee to the ground, genu ad terram dabo, Pl. Capt. 4, 2, 17: to p. into one's hands, (aliquid mihi) in manum dare, Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 62: to p. in chains, aliquem in vincula dare, Flor. 3, 10 (cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 62, praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit): bodies are p. on lofty pyres, corpora dantur in altos rogos, Ov. M. 7, 608: they p. the enemy to flight, hostes in fugam dederunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 26: to be p. to flight, sese in fugam d., Cic. Verr. 4, 43, ad fin.; and with dat. se fugae d., id. Att. 7, 23: p. to death, aliquem leto d., Phaedr. 1, 22, 9: to p. back the hair, follow the poet. phrase in Ov. M. 1, 529, levis retro dabat aura capillos. Fig.: who p. it in the king's heart, qui dedit hoc in corde regis, Vulg. 1 Esdr. vii. 27 thou hast p. gladness in my heart, dedisti laetitiam in corde meo, id. Ps. iv. 7. he p. them to a perpetual reproach, opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis, id. Ps. lxxvii. (lxxvi.) 66: that the Lord would p. his Spirit upon them, det eis Dominus Spiritum suum, id. Num. xi. 29. Hence 2. Comps. (i.) abdo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3: with dat. (rare): p. in prison, abditus carceri, Vell. 2, 91: usu. with in and acc., he p. it into his bosom, in gremium abdidit, Suet. Galb. 20. (ii.) addo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3: cf. eas epistolas in eundem fasciculum velim addas, Cic. Att. 12, 53: to p. hands into manacles. addere manus in vincla, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 1: to p. spirit or courage (into people), absol. add. animum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 31: animos, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 4. (iii.) subdo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3 with dat., he p.s spurs to his horse, subdit calcaria equo, Liv. 2, 20: cf. (fig.) ingenio stimulos subd., Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 76. Fig.: to p. spirit into a person, alicui subd. spiritus, Liv. 7, 40: to p. one's neck into the chains of love, colla vinclis subd., Tib. 1, 2, 90. (iv.) trādo, ĭdi, ĭtum, 3, also transdo (hand over, deliver, entrust to), with dat. of person (cf. Vulg. Num. xi. 17, tradam eis, I will p. it upon them): to p. anything into the hands (of a person), aliquid in manum trad., Pl. Merc. 2, 2, 7: without in man., cf. Vulg. Gen. xxxix. 4, quae ei tradita fuerant: p. one in prison, aliquem in custodiam vel in pistrinum trad., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4 (cf. Vulg. Gen. xlii. 17, tradidit illos custodiae, p. them in ward): p. to flight, navem in fugam transdunt, Att. in Non. 155, 8: I p. both myself and my hopes in your keeping, in tuam custodiam meque et meas spes trado, Pl. Most. 2, 1, 59.--In the more common use, with reference, primarily, to place:-- 3. pōno, pŏsui, posĭtum, 3 (the etymological equivalent POS, orig. POT = PUT, perhaps meaning plant): examples numerous: constr. usu. in with abl.: to p. accounts in the treasury, tabulas in aerario p., Caes. B. C. 3, 108: there he p. the man, in quo (horto) posuit hominem, Vulg. Gen. ii. 8: also, in with acc. (with reference to transference of position): to p. a brand in the flame, stipitem in flammam p., Ov. M. 8, 452: to p. a crown on the head, coronam in caput p., Gell. 3, 15: to p. olives in the sun (i. e. expose them to its heat), oleas in solem p., Cato, R. R. 7: with adv.: in fig. sense: as for wisdom, she had nowhere to p. her foot (i. e. no place was left for her), quod enim sapientia ubi pedem poneret non habebat, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69: to p. his name there, ut ponat nomen suum ibi, Vulg. Deut. xii. 5: with on or upon, super (v. put on). Pono is used for to p. a person's name to a document: cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 15: et quidem quum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Caesar, I am p. (i. e. he sets my name as a signature) to the Senate's decrees. Peculiar and fig. uses: (1) to p. a case (to assume or suppose): put it, that he is conquered, verum pone, esse victum eum, Ter. Ph. 3, 4, 25: put it thus, positum sit igitur, Cic. Or. 4, 14 (2) to p. a question (for discussion or solution): cf. id. de Or. 1, 22, 102, nunc mihi vos quaestiunculam, de qua meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis? Pass. impers.: doctorum est ista consuetudo, eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, quae disputent (a question is p. for them to discuss), id. Am. 5, 17: (simply = ask a question, interrŏgo, 1: v. to ask): (3) to maintain a point: to p. it as certain, aliquid pro certo p., Liv. 10, 9, fin.: (4) to p. oneself beyond blame, p. se extra culpam, Cic.: (5) to p. one's life in hazard (to sacrifice, or LAY IT DOWN) cf. Cic. Fam. 9, 24, si in hac cura atque administratione vita mihi ponenda sit: so, to p. one's life in one's hands, animam in manibus p., Vulg. Judic. xii. 13: (6) to p. hope or trust in any one, in aliquo spem p., Cic. Att. 6, 1: to p. one's hope of safety in one's valour, spem salutis in virtute p.: Caes. B. G. 5, 34 (7) to p. words in any one's mouth, verba in ore ejus p., Vulg. Deut. xviii. 18 (8) p. me in surety with thee, pone me juxta te, Vulg. Job xvii. 3: (9) to p. one thing (falsely) for another: cf. id. Is. v. 20, vae qui dicitis malum bonum et bonum malum; ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum: (10) to p. to work, p. in opere, id. 1 Reg. viii. 16: v. to put to. 4. impōno, 3 (p. in, on, upon); with in and acc., in and abl. rare (v. P. IN, P. ON, P. UPON): with dat. or adv.: there they p. the women, eo mulieres imposuerunt, Caes. B. G. 1. 51. Fig.: gen. with dat. when = put (simply): to p. an end to hope, finem spei imp., Liv. 5, 4: to a (literary) work, finem imp. volumini, Quint. 9, 4, 146: to p. a crown to the undertaking, operi inchoato fastigium imp., Cic. Off. 3, 7, 33: to p. the last hand (or stroke) to a work (give it the last touch), summam manum operi imp., Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16: to p. the last hand to the war (make the final effort), extremam bello imp. manum. Virg. Aen. 7, 572: to p. more labour on the soldiers, plus militi laboris imp., Cic. Mur. 18, 38 (cf. impose). 5. appōno, 3: p. the table (or tray) here, appone hic mensulam, Pl. Most. 1, 3, 150. 6. rĕpōno, 3: to p. grapes in new jars (= store up), uvas in vasa nova rep., Col. 12, 16. Fig.: to p. no hope in, nihil spei in caritatem civium rep., Liv. 1, 49: p. in the number of (i. e. reckon among), in numero rep., Cic. Sest. 68, 143: in numerum (dub.), id. Inv. 1, 26, 39: in (alone), with abl.: in suis: id. Att. 10, 8, A: with acc., homines in Deos rep., id. N. D. 1, 15, 38. 7. pango, nxi, nctum, and pēgi, or pĕpĭgi, pactum, 3 (to fix, settle): to p. bounds to, terminos p., Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 56: p. a price on, pretium p. (with dat.), Tac. A. 14, 32: comp. dēpango (rare): Col. 3, 16, 1: cf. to plant, set. Also planto and deplanto, in same sense. 8. stătŭo (v. to set up): cf. super terrae tumulum noluit quid statui, nisi columellam, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66. 9. applĭco, āvi and ŭi, ātum and (late) ĭtum, 1, with ad and (rarely) dat.: he p.s his shoulders to the stones, applicat humeros ad saxa, Ov. M. 5, 160: to p. a napkin to the face, sudarium ad os app., Suet. Ner. 25: no one p. his hand to his mouth, nullus applicuit manum ad os suum. Vulg. 1 Reg. xiv. 26 (cf. apply). 10. mitto, īsi, issum, 3 (with the idea of motion or change of state), in late Latin: in all that you p. your hand to, in cunctis ad quae miseritis manum, Vulg. Deut. xii. 7. cf. id. Luc. ix. 62, mittens manum suam ad aratrum. v. P. into. 11. condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (for safe keeping): to p. a (shaved off) beard into a golden box, barbam condere in auream pyxidem, Suet. Ner. 12. to p. (money) into one's purse, c. in crumenam, Pl. Truc. 3, 1, 9: p. in prison, aliquem in carcerem c., Cic. Verr. 5, 29, fin. (in custodiam, Liv. 31, 23): with adv., sortes eo c., Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 (cf. to put away, to store up). 12. făcio, fēci, factum, 3 (p. into some state, position, or condition), perhaps the most usual equivalent for put in its wide indefinite sense, e. g. fratres meos longe fecit a me (p. far from me), Vulg. Job xix. 13: numerous examples may be found in the Latin Dictionary, s. v. FACIO. 13. Phr.: expressed by other verbs (Note: those in which put is followed by a preposition, whether in composition or not, are put under the heads of the compounds, for greater convenience of reference)--(i.) to p. a question: (1) by way of discussion or appeal: 1. pono, v. supr.: 2. quaero, sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, with ab, de, ex, of person, and rel. clause or acc. of thing: cf. quaero abs te nunc, Cic. Verr. 3, 83 quaero de te, Liv. 4, 40: pass. impers. quaeritur, Plin. 31, 3, 21: quaesitum est, Hor. A. P. 409. (2) to p. a question to the vote: rĕfĕro. 3: the five tribunes p. the question. quinque tribuni plebei retulerunt, Cic. Fam. 10, 16. constr. with de of the question, de tuis litteris, ib.: and ad (e. g. ad senatum): cf. question. (3) To put trust in or on: crēdo, 3: confīdo, 3: fiduciam habere: Vulg. passim: v. to trust: also, spēro, 1: with in and acc.: Vulg.: v. to hope. (4) To p. a thing in trust with a person, aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere, Liv. 38, 3 to be p. in trust with: crēdi, with dat. of person, and subj. of thing: cf. ut crederetur nobis Evangelium, Vulg. 1 Thess. ii. 4.
PUT Copy link • PUTponere; collocare. [Vid: also, PLACE, SET.] You will put yourself out of court, ipse te impedies; ipse tu defensione implicabere (Cic.).