indĭtus

in-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [in-, 2. do], to put, set, or place into or upon (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.).

Lit.

With in and acc.:

coronam in focum,

Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

in urnam,

id. ib. 143, 23:

ignem in aram,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 1:

in aquam salem,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 92:

vini guttam in os,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 31.—

With in and abl.:

effigiem in statua,

Tac. A. 1, 74. —

Aliquid alicui:

compedes servis,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 4:

aliquem lecticae,

Tac. A. 3, 14:

vinclo fasciae cervicem,

id. ib. 15, 57.—

With acc. only:

fenestras,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 6. —

Trop.

To introduce:

novos ritus,

Tac. H. 5, 4.—

To impart or give to, apply to, impose on, attach to, etc.:

pavorem suis, alacritatem hostibus,

Tac. H. 4, 34 fin.:

odium alicui,

id. A. 12, 3:

alicui vocabulum,

id. ib. 2, 56:

propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamnum inditum'st,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 37:

vernaculis artificibus... nomen histrionibus inditum,

Liv. 7, 2, 6:

unde Aspero inditum est cognomen,

id. 3, 65, 4; 2, 13, 1; 4, 29, 6;

21, 31, 4: quae nomina sceleri indidit,

Sall. H. 1, 41, 24:

hoc nomen beluis,

Curt. 9, 1, 5. — Esp.,

To name after or for: nomen indere, with ab or ex and abl.:

ab Erythro rege (mari) nomen est inditum,

Curt. 8, 9, 14:

a celeritate Tigri nomen,

id. 4, 9, 16:

ab inopia Egerio,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

quod illi nomen indiderant ex nomine urbis,

Tac. A. 2, 56:

quibus nomen ex re inditum,

Sall. J. 78, 1. — indĭtus, a, um, P. a., put or placed into, put, set, laid, or thrown upon.

Lit.:

utrum deus extrinsecus (operi suo) circumfusus sit, an toti inditus,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 31 (Dial. 8, 4, 2):

venenum potioni,

Curt. 10, 10, 17:

vincula,

put on, Tac. A. 11, 2:

pontes,

thrown over, id. ib. 12, 57:

lecticae,

laid upon, id. ib. 3, 14:

ferrum visceribus ustis,

Sen. Troad. 585.—

Trop., imposed, appointed, given:

custodes,

Tac. A. 3, 28.

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lectīca, ae, f.

Lit., a litter, sedan, used at first only on journeys, but afterwards also, for the sake of convenience, in the city:

lecticā octophoro ferebatur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

lecticae usum alicui adimere,

Suet. Caes. 43:

inditus lecticae,

Tac. A. 3, 14:

lecticae imponere aliquem,

Petr. 28:

lecticā gestare aliquem,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 214:

lecticae gestamine uti,

Tac. A. 2, 2: in eadem illa lecticā qua ipse delatus eram, eum referre, etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

lectica introferri,

Liv. 43, 7:

lectica formosis imposita calonibus,

Sen. Ep. 110, 17:

comparare homines ad lecticam,

litterbearers, Cat. 10, 15:

facit somnum clausā lectica fenestrā,

Juv. 3, 242.—Collect.:

densissima centum Quadrantes lectica petit,

a throng of litters, Juv. 1, 121.—

Transf.:

arboris,

that part of a tree from which the branches spring, Plin. 17, 14, 22, § 99.