placed in ambush

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).

With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.

Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):

oppida,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

urbem,

Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:

arces,

Verg. E. 2, 61:

locum,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:

civitatem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

regna,

Just. 2, 1 init.:

imperium Poenorum,

id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—

Transf. to the inhabitants:

Romanam gentem,

Verg. A. 1, 33:

genus hominum,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:

optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,

they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —

Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:

aram,

Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:

sepulcrum,

Hor. Epod. 9, 26:

moenia,

Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—

Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,

carmen,

Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:

poëma,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:

longas Iliadas,

Prop. 2, 1, 14:

bella,

Verg. E. 6, 7:

Caesaris acta,

Ov. Tr. 2, 336:

proelia,

Stat. Th. 1, 8:

festa numeris,

Ov. F. 6, 24:

alterum satirae genus,

Quint. 10, 1, 95:

aliqua in hac materiā,

id. 3, 1, 19:

prosam orationem,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:

historiam,

id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:

aliquid annalibus,

id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:

praecepta medendi,

id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:

laudes alicujus,

id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,

Absol.:

si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,

Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—

Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:

jusjurandum,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:

aurea saecula,

Verg. A. 6, 793:

collegium novum,

Liv. 5, 52, 11:

morem,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:

nova fata,

Verg. A. 10, 35:

aeternam famam ingenio suo,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,

nomen memorandum,

Sil. 4, 37:

militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,

Flor. 1, 3, 1:

somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),

Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:

portenta sua,

to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:

naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,

Dig. 19, 5, 4.—

With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).

In gen.

Prop.

Aliquid:

pecuniam,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

frumentum,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:

agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,

id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;

Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:

aliquid proprio horreo,

id. C. 1, 1, 9:

Sabinum testā levi,

id. ib. 1, 20, 3:

pressa mella puris amphoris,

id. Epod. 2, 15:

messem,

Tib. 1, 1, 42:

fruges,

Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—

With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):

minas viginti in crumenam,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:

mustum in dolium,

Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:

cineres in urnas,

Suet. Calig. 15:

barbam in auream pyxidem,

id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:

legem in aerarium,

id. ib. 28:

libri in sacrarium conditi,

Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.

the foll.: te in pistrinum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:

aliquem in custodiam,

Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:

aliquem in carcerem,

to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;

45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,

id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:

argentum intro,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:

sortes eo,

Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:

litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,

to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:

se (aves) in foliis,

Verg. G. 4, 473:

novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:

condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,

Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:

id domi nostrae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—

Trop.: teneo omnia;

in pectore condita sunt,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:

mandata corde memori,

Cat. 64, 231:

tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

in causis conditae sunt res futurae,

lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,

Esp.,

In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):

lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),

Cato, R. R. 117:

ficus in orcas,

Col. 12, 15, 2:

fructum in cados,

Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:

corna in liquidā faece,

Ov. M. 8, 666:

oleum,

Suet. Caes. 53.—

In medic. lang., to set:

ossa,

Cels. 8, 23:

calcem,

id. 8, 22:

articulum,

id. 8, 24.—

To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):

mortuos cerā circumlitos,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:

aliquem sepulcro,

id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:

ossa parentis terrā,

Verg. A. 5, 48; so,

aliquem terrā,

Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:

corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,

id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:

fraternas umbras tumulo,

Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:

ossa peregrinā ripā,

Ov. M. 2, 337:

in Tomitanā condar humo?

id. P. 3, 1, 6:

inhumatos Manes,

Luc. 9, 151:

Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,

brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:

patrem,

Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:

fulgura publica condere,

Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:

Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,

Luc. 1, 606 sq. —

Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:

saecla vivendo,

Lucr. 3, 1090:

longos soles cantando,

Verg. E. 9, 52:

cum referetque diem condetque relatum,

i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:

diem collibus in suis,

Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:

diem,

Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:

noctem,

Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—

Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:

Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,

Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:

quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:

lumen,

Lucr. 4, 434; so,

lunam (nubes),

Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:

aliquid jocoso furto,

id. ib. 1, 10, 8:

vultus,

Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:

vultum aequore,

id. ib. 11, 255:

enses,

to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:

ferrum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:

gladium,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

15: scuta latentia,

Verg. A. 3, 237:

oculos,

to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,

lumina,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:

se in viscera (terrae),

Ov. M. 2, 274:

se sub lectum,

Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:

nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,

i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:

ibi Dahas condidit,

id. 7, 7, 32:

(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,

concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:

fera murmura,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:

iram,

Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:

his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,

Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:

huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,

id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:

luna condita tenebris,

Tac. A. 1, 28:

aliquid alvo,

to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—

Poet.

To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):

ensem in pectus,

Ov. M. 13, 392:

digitos in lumina,

id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;

5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,

Verg. A. 9, 348:

telum jugulo,

Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:

nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,

Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—

Trop.:

stimulos caecos in pectore,

Ov. M. 1, 727.—

To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:

navita condit urbes,

Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,

condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):

praecordia,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:

oculi,

deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—

condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf.:

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.

col-lŏco ( conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to place together, to arrange, to station, lay, put, place, set, set up, erect, etc., a thing (or person) somewhere (class. in prose and poetry; cf.: statuo, pono, sisto).

Lit.

In gen.; constr. usu. with in and abl. (cf. Ramsh. Gr. p. 467 sq.; Zumpt, Gr. § 489); more rarely with in and acc.; also with other prepositions, or absol.

With in and abl.:

istam conloca cruminam in collo plane,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 67:

in rostris collocati,

Cic. Sest. 38, 83:

aliquem in cubili,

id. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

in navi,

id. Planc. 41, 97:

in custodiā,

id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; id. Par. 3, 2, 25:

in solitudine,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

uno quidque in loco,

id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

Herculem in concilio caelestium,

id. Off. 3, 5, 25:

legiones in cervicibus nostris,

id. Fam. 12, 23, 2; id. Agr. 2, 27, 74:

legionem in eis locis hiemandi causā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf.:

exercitum in hibernis,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

me in gremio Veneris,

Cat. 66, 56:

pedem grabati In collo sibi,

id. 10, 23:

insidias bipertito in silvis,

Caes. B. G. 5, 32:

quas (copias) in convalle in insidiis,

id. ib. 3, 20:

juvenem in latebris,

Verg. G. 4, 424 al.:

tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine,

Cic. Brut. 75, 261; id. Pis. 25, 61:

supremo In monte saxum,

Hor. Epod. 17, 68:

corpus in vestibulo,

Suet. Aug. 100; Cat. 10, 23:

praesidia in litore,

Nep. Hann. 11, 4.—With locat. proper names;

of towns: classem Miseni et alteram Ravennae,

Suet. Aug. 49:

singulas cohortes, Puteolis et Ostiae,

id. Claud. 25:

se Athenis collocavit,

established himself, settled there, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4.—So also with adv. of place:

occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocavit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 38; 7, 9:

ubi iste castra collocarat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96. —

With in and acc.:

in tabernam vasa et servos,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 27:

me in arborem,

id. Aul. 4, 8, 6:

eam in lectum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 45 (ipsum verbum collocant proprium est, et ascribitur pronubis, Don.):

exercitum in provinciam hiemandi gratia,

Sall. J. 61, 2; cf.

supra,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1, and 3, 29; cf. also id. ib. 1, 18, B. 1. infra:

maxilla ubi in suam sedem collocata est,

Cels. 8, 7.—

With simple abl.:

oculos pennis,

Ov. M. 1, 723.—

With other prepositions (freq. in Suet.): comites apud ceteros hospites, to lodge, quarter, Cic. Verr. [p. 368] 2, 1, 24, §

63: ut ante suum fundum Miloni insidias conlocaret,

to lay an ambush for, id. Mil. 10, 27:

cohortis legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium,

Sall. J. 51, 3:

legiones propius Armeniam,

Tac. A. 13, 7; cf.:

ipse propior montem suos conlocat,

Sall. J. 49, 1:

obsides super se,

Suet. Aug. 43:

singulas infra se,

id. Calig. 24:

juxta se,

id. Ner. 13:

circa se,

id. Tit. 9, consulares super pulpitum, id. Calig. 54:

lecticam pro tribunali,

id. Aug. 33.—

Absol.: sine tumultu praesidiis conlocatis: Sall. C. 45, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 3, 4; 4, 33:

tabulis et signis propalam collocatis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

columnas neque rectas, neque e regione,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2:

lecticae collocabantur,

id. Phil. 5, 6, 18:

signum Jovis,

id. Cat. 3, 9, 21:

sedes ac domicilium,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 6:

postquam impedimenta collocata animadvertit,

Liv. 44, 37, 1 (cf.:

constituere impedimenta,

id. 44, 36, 6):

chlamydem, ut pendeat apte,

Ov. M. 2, 734:

collocat hasta sues,

lays prostrate, kills, Mart. 5, 65, 10:

reliqua signa in subsidio (i. e. ad subsidium) artius conlocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; so,

ceterum exercitum in subsidiis,

id. ib. § 5 Kritz N. cr.:

vos, bonae feminae, collocate puellulam (cf. B. 1. infra),

Cat. 61, 184.—

Esp.

To give in marriage:

filiam alicui,

Tac. Agr. 9 fin.; cf. Suet. Claud. 27; so Cic. Brut. 26, 98; Nep. Att. 19, 4; Suet. Caes. 21; id. Aug. 64; id. Calig. 24; id. Dom. 22 al.:

matrem homini nobilissimo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

aliquam in matrimonium,

Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104;

together with in matrimonio,

Dig. 36, 1, 77:

eam in se dignam condicionem,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 122:

sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; so,

nuptum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7; Col. 4, 3, 6; Dig. 3, 2, 11.—Less freq. absol.:

virginem,

Nep. Epam. 3, 5:

filiam alicujus,

id. Arist. 3, 3; cf.:

in collocandā filiā,

Tac. A. 4, 39:

collocantis filiam,

Just. 9, 6, 2.—

Collocare pecuniam, dotem, faenus, etc., a mercantile t. t., to give, lay out, invest, advance, place money, a dowry, wealth, etc.:

rem herilem,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 2:

in eā provinciā pecunias magnas collocatas habent,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18; cf.:

pecunias in emptiones praediorum,

Dig. 17, 1, 2:

pecunias graviore faenore,

Suet. Aug. 39:

curavit, ut in eo fundo dos collocaretur,

Cic. Caecin. 4, 11:

nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius conlocari,

id. ib. 5, 15:

duas patrimonii partes in solo,

Suet. Tib. 48; cf.:

duas faenoris partes in agris,

Tac. A. 6, 17:

pecuniam idoneis nominibus,

Dig. 35, 2, 88.— Hence,

In gen., to employ, invest money in some way:

patrimonium suum non effudit: in rei publicae salute collocavit,

Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3:

miliens sestertium eā munificentiā collocatum,

Tac. A. 6, 45.—

(Like the Gr. protithenai.) To lay out a dead body in state in the vestibulum:

aliquem sancte ac reverenter in hortis Domitiis,

Capitol. Anton. p. 5; v. Casaub. ad h. l.—

Trop. (in good prose; most freq. in Cic. and Quint.).

In gen., acc. to I. A., to place, set, station, dispose of, occupy, employ, put.

With in and abl.:

illum multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 8:

res est videnda in tuto ut conlocetur,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11; 4, 3, 17:

ut totos se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo collocarent,

employed, occupied themselves, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2; cf.:

totum se in cognitione et scientiā,

id. Off. 1, 44, 158:

sese palam in meretriciā vitā,

id. Cael. 20, 49:

philosophiam in urbibus,

id. Tusc. 5, 4, 10:

in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos condi et collocari volo,

to be placed, deposited, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26:

omne suum studium in doctrinā ac sapientiā,

to apply, employ, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 29:

spem in incerto reliqui temporis eventu,

id. Quint. 26, 83:

adulescentiam suam in amore et voluptatibus,

to employ, spend, id. Cael. 17, 39:

bonas horas male,

Mart. 1, 113, 3:

omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis judicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit,

placed, Cic. Or. 51, 173:

in conspectu,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

famam in tuto,

id. 12, 11, 7. —

With in and acc.:

in otium se,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 10:

homines quattuor In soporem,

to put into the sleep of death, id. Am. 1, 1, 148.—

With simple abl.:

et propriis verbis et ordine collocatis,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

ordine collocati sensus,

id. 7, 10, 16. —

With other prepositions: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86.—

Absol., to set in order, arrange, etc.:

rem militarem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3:

aedilitas recte collocata,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37:

tuā nobis auctoritate opus est ad collocandum aliquem civitatis statum,

id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12:

vix ut iis rebus, quas constituissent, conlocandis atque administrandis tempus daretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 4: omnibus rebus confectis et collocatis, Auct. B. Alex. 33 fin. —In rhet.: verba collocata, i. e. in their relative positions (opp. simplicia), Cic. Or. 24, 80 sq.:

ut apte collocentur (verba),

Quint. 8, prooem. § 26; cf. id. § 31; 10, 2, 13; 8, 1, 1; 10. 1, 4;

9, 4, 1 al. —Rare: de cujus moderatione... in prioribus libris satis collocavi (= scripsi, dixi),

have brought forward, put forth, Tac. A. 6, 27 fin. —

Acc. to I. B. 2.: quamobrem melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, to put or place, as at interest, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 70; id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

bene,

id. Fam. 13, 28, 3; cf.:

ut pecuniae non quaerendae solum ratio est, verum etiam conlocandae... sic gloria et quaerenda et conlocanda ratione est,

id. Off. 2, 12, 42.