in arranging the business of the day

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

dis-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum (contr. dispostum, Lucr. 1, 52; 2, 644), 3, v. a., to place here and there, to set in different places, to distribute regularly, to dispose, arrange (cf. dispenso, II.—freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen., to set in order, arrange, dispose:

libros confusos antea,

Cic. Att. 4, 8, a; cf.:

Homeri libros,

id. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

oculos (harundinum),

Cato R. R. 47; cf.

brassicam,

Col. 11, 3, 27:

arbores,

Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 78:

quidque suo loco,

Col. 12, 2, 3; cf.:

pennas in ordine,

Ov. A. A. 2, 45;

for which: disjecta membra in ordinem,

Sen. Hippol. 1257:

obliquos ordines in quincuncem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 5:

aciem,

Tac. H. 2, 41; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

male capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 14, 35; cf.

comas,

id. Pont. 3, 3, 16; Mart. 12, 83:

tectos enses per herbam,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

ceras per atria,

Ov. F. 1, 591;

for which: expressi cera voltus singulis disponebantur armariis,

Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

tabernas deversorias per litora et ripas,

Suet. Ner. 27:

cubicula plurifariam,

id. Tib. 43 et saep.— Poet.:

(Prometheus) corpora disponens, etc., qs. arranging the parts, limbs,

i. e. fashioning, forming, Prop. 3, 5, 9 (4, 4, 9 M.):

moenia versu,

i. e. to describe, id. 4 (5), 1, 57; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 7, 64.—

In partic., milit. t. t., to set in order, arrange, to draw up, array a body of men, a guard, military engines, etc.:

praesidia disponit, castella communit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 2; so,

praesidia,

id. B. C. 3, 15, 2:

stationes,

id. B. G. 5, 15 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 73, 3:

custodias,

id. ib. 3, 8, 4:

cohortes,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 1:

equites,

id. ib. 7, 56, 4; id. B. C. 3, 101, 3:

exploratores,

id. B. G. 7, 35, 1:

insidias,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 29; 2, 9, 7 al.:

equos,

to station in relays, Liv. 37, 7:

ballistas machinasque,

Suet. Calig. 46 et saep.:

custodias in muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 27, 1; 7, 34, 1:

expeditos,

id. B. C. 1, 27 fin. et saep.; cf.:

legiones in Apulia hibernorum causa,

id. ib. 1, 14, 3:

tormenta in muris,

id. ib. 1, 17, 3:

sudes in opere,

id. B. G. 7, 81, 4 et saep.:

milites iis operibus quae, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 21, 3:

exploratores omni fluminis parte,

id. B. G. 7, 61, 1:

classem omni ora maritima,

id. B. C. 3, 5, 2:

naves in litore pluribus locis separatim,

id. ib. 3, 24, 1:

cohortes castris praesidio,

id. ib. 3, 88, 4 et saep.:

praesidia custodiasque ad ripas Ligeris,

id. B. G. 7, 55, 9; cf. id. ib. 7, 65, 3; id. B. C. 1, 50:

praesidia cis Rhenum,

id. B. G. 4, 4, 3; cf.:

legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa,

id. B. C. 1, 37, 1:

equites per oram maritimam,

id. ib. 3, 24, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 111, 1; Suet. Aug. 32; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 1 et saep.

Trop.:

verba ita disponunt ut pictores varietatem colorum, paria paribus referunt,

Cic. Or. 19 fin.;

so of the regular arrangement of the parts of a discourse,

id. de Or. 2, 42, 179; 3, 25, 96 al.; Quint. 2, 12, 10; 3, 3, 10 et saep.; cf. also Tac. Or. 3:

fac ut plane iis omnibus, quos devinctos tenes, descriptum ac dispositum suum cuique munus sit,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5 fin.; cf.

ministeria principatus in equites Romanos,

Tac. H. 1, 58:

imperii curas,

id. A. 16, 8:

consilia in omnem fortunam ita disposita habebat (the fig. being borrowed from milit. lang.),

Liv. 42, 29:

in disponendo die,

in arranging the business of the day, Suet. Tib. 11:

diem,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 25 fin.; Tac. G. 30; Plin. Ep. 9, 36; cf.

otium,

id. ib. 4, 23:

tempus otiosum,

Mart. 5, 20:

opus et requiem pariter,

Pers. 5, 43 et saep.—

In post-class. lang., with acc. and inf. or rel. clause, like the Gr. diatassô, to settle, determine:

non alienum erit disponi, apud quem puer interim educetur,

Dig. 43, 30, 3, § 4:

Thebani apparere paucos disposuerunt,

Front. Strat. 3, 2, 10, 2 (dub.):

excursatores quingentos sensim praeire disposuit,

Amm. 24, 1; 24, 6, 4.—With ut, Dig. 10, 3, 18.—Hence, dispŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., regularly distributed; hence properly ordered, arranged (very rare):

studia ad honorem disposita,

Cic. Mur. 14:

vita hominum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 2;

also transf.: vir dispositus,

an orderly speaker, id. ib. 2, 11, 17.—As subst.:

lumina ex disposito relucentia,

Sen. de Prov. 1, 2.— Comp.: dispositius, Sen. Q. N. praef. fin.; cf. Lact. Ira D. 10 med.—Sup. Boëth. Cons. Phil. 4, pros. 2.— Adv.: dispŏsĭte, orderly, methodically:

accusare istum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

dicere,

Quint. 10, 7, 12:

exponere,

Vitr. 7 praef. §

18: mundus effectus est (with ordinate),

Lact. 3, 17.— Sup.:

aedificare,

Sid. Ep. 5, 11.