suitable for food

cĭbārĭus, a, um, adj. [cibus], pertaining to or suitable for food (class.):

res,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 1: leges, i. e. sumptuary laws, laws restraining luxury, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 13: uva, suitable only for eating, not for wine, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 37; cf.:

uva vilitatis cibariae,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 35.—

Subst.: cĭbārĭa, ōrum, n., food, nutriment, victuals, provisions, fare, ration, fodder (in the jurists a more restricted idea than alimenta, which comprises every thing necessary for sustaining life, Dig. 34, 1, 6; cf. ib. 34, 1, 12; 34, 1, 15;

and in gen. the whole tit. 1: de alimentis vel cibariis legatis),

Plaut. Truc. 5, 43; Cato, R. R. 56; Col. 12, 14; Suet. Tib. 46:

congerere,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 32;

Dig. l. l. al.—Of soldiers,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 90 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 1, 5; 3, 18; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; cf. Liv. 21, 49, 8; Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Quint. 5, 13, 17; Suet. Galb. 7 al.—Of the provincial magistrates, corn allowed to deputies:

cibaria praefecti,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Verr. 2, 3, 30, § 72; 2, 3, 93, §§ 216 and 217; id. Fam. 5, 20, 9.—Of cattle, Cato. R. R. 60; Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6; 3, 16, 4; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Col. 4, 8, 5 al. —In sing., Sen. Ben. 3, 21, 2.—

Meton. (in accordance with the fare given to servants), ordinary, common:

panis,

black bread, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97 (cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 2, 15: panis cibarius est, qui ad cibum servis datur, nec delicatus); so subst.: cĭbā-rĭum, ii, n., also called cibarium secundarium, the coarser meal which remains after the fine wheat flour, shorts, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 87: vinum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 14:

oleum,

Col. 12. 50, 18 sq.:

sapor,

id. 12, 11, 2 Schneid.—

Trop.: cibarius Aristoxenus, i. e. an ordinary musician, Varr. ap. Non. p. 93, 15.

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).

ap-pōno ( adp-, Ritschl, Fleck., Lachm., Baiter, Halm; app-, Merk., Kayser, K. and H., Weissenb.), pōsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a. ( perf. apposivi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; App. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.; cf. pono), to place, put, or lay at, near or by the side of a thing; to apply to, add, unite, etc. (class. in prose and poetry; syn.: addo, adicio, adjungo).

Lit.

In gen.:

adpone hic mensulam,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

appositas instruxere epulis mensas,

Ov. M. 8, 570; so id. ib. 8, 831:

sitellam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 11: Sy. Onus urget. Mi. At tu adpone, put it down then, id. Poen. 4, 2, 35:

illam alteram apud me, quod bonist, adponito,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 60:

munera eorum illis apponentur,

Vulg. Bar 6, 26:

At istos rastros interea tamen adpone,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 37; so id. And. 4, 3, 10 al.:

aër Omnibus est rebus circumdatus adpositusque,

Lucr. 6, 1036; 3, 373:

omnes columnae machinā appositā dejectae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, § 144:

notam ad malum versum,

id. Pis. 30; so id. Fam. 13, 6; cf. Suet. Claud. 16: manus ad os (eorum more, qui secreto aliquid narrant, Manut.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1:

scalis appositis urbem defenderunt,

Liv. 37, 5:

adpositā aure ad glaciem,

Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: adpositum in mensā lumen, Tac. A. 2, 31:

paenulam ad vulnus,

Suet. Ner. 49 et saep.:

dominum Adpositum flavis in Simoenta vadis,

Prop. 2, 9, 12.—So freq. of the putting on of garments, crowns, etc.:

cur tamen appositā velatur janua lauro,

Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 39:

gemmas toris,

id. H. 9, 60 Loers; cf.

the same,

id. ib. 7, 100:

meretrix Appositā populum submovet ante serā,

id. Am. 3, 14, 10 (cf.:

ponere seram,

Juv. 6, 347):

candelam valvis,

i. e. to set fire to, Juv. 9, 98 al. —

Esp.

Freq. as t. t. of food, dishes, to serve up, set before one (cf. Gr. paratithêmi;

the simple verb pono is often so used, q. v.): adposita sit cena,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 69:

apposuit eis mensam,

Vulg. Act. 16, 34:

adpositum est ampliter,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160:

apposuit patellam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22:

Cenabat apud eum: argentum ille ceterum purum apposuerat, etc.,

id. ib. 4, 22, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 32, 91; id. Att. 6, 1; 14, 21; Liv. 1, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 78, § 210:

convivis panem et obsonia apponere,

Suet. Calig. 37; id. Caes. 43; id. Tib. 34; id. Galb. 12; Vitr. 13:

Appositaque est eis ciborum magna praeparatio,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 6, 23 al.;

Albanum sive Falernum Te magis appositis delectat,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 17; 2, 8, 69 al.—

Aliquem alicui or alicui rei, to appoint or designate one to any service or duty, to place in any station, to join to as an aid:

custodem Tullio me apponite,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51; so Tac. A. 4, 60; cf.: adpositus custodiae (dat.), id. ib. 1, 6;

2, 68: accusator apponitur civis Romanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 74; so id. ib. 2, 1, 5, § 41 fin.:

calumniatores,

id. ib. 2, 2, 10:

praevaricatorem,

id. Phil. 2, 11:

non illicitatorem venditor adponet,

id. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf. id. Verr. 2, 1, 54:

custodes,

Nep. Dion, 4, 5:

moderator et magister consulibus appositus,

Liv. 2, 18, 6; so,

rectorem,

Suet. Aug. 48:

scrutatores,

id. Claud. 35 al. —

To put to something by way of increase, to add to, superadd (rare; cf.

addo, adicio): nihil his novum adposivi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 31; id. Trin. 4, 3, 18:

aetas illi, quos tibi dempserit, adponet annos,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 15:

exemplum,

Gell. 1, 13, 9:

si quis apposuerit ad haec, apponet Deus super illum etc.,

Vulg. Apoc. 22, 18; ib. Gen. 49, 32.—

Trop.

Of the mind, to apply (eccl. Lat.):

appone cor ad doctrinam,

Vulg. Prov. 22, 17:

apposui cor meum, ut etc.,

ib. Eccl. 8, 16.—

In eccl. Lat., after the Hebrew, of an act, to do further, also to do something:

non apponet, ut complacitior sit adhuc?

Vulg. Psa. 76, 8; so ib. Act. 12, 3:

apposuerunt adhuc peccare,

ib. Psa. 77, 17; 88, 23.—

With a dat. of end, to set down for something, count, reckon, or consider as, to hold as (very rare):

cum is nil promereat, postulare id gratiae adponi sibi,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 32 (addi in gratiam suam, Don.):

aliquid lucro,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 15.—Hence, appŏsĭ-tus ( adp-), a, um, P. a., put or applied to, etc.

Of relations of space, placed or situated at or near to, contiguous to, bordering upon; constr. with dat.:

regio mari adposita,

Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 126:

platanus itineri,

id. 12, 1, 5, § 9:

castellum Lupiae flumini adpositum,

Tac. A. 2, 7.— Trop.:

audacia fidentiae non contrarium, sed appositum ac propinquum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165.—

Metaph.

Fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apposite, etc. (like aptus, q. v.; hence in MSS. freq. interchanged with it; cf. Spald. ad Quint. 3, 11, 9); constr. with ad (in this signif. very freq. in Varr. and Cic.;

elsewhere very rare, perh. not found except in Quint. and Gell.): ager ad vitem adpositus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 5:

loca adposita ad faenum, ad vinum, ad oleum,

id. ib. 1, 23, 1:

equus ad medendum adpositus,

id. ib. 2, 7, 5:

(gallinae) adpositissimae ad partum,

id. ib. 3, 9, 9;

2, 10, 4: menses ad agendum maxime appositi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 11; 2, 5, 41 fin.; id. Att. 3, 14:

multo appositior ad deferenda,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 57:

argumentatio appositissima ad judicationem,

id. Inv. 1, 14. —

Inclined to; constr. with dat.:

judex juri magis an aequo sit adpositus,

Quint. 4, 3, 11 (cf.:

adclinis falsis animus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6).—

Subst.: appŏsĭtum, i, n., in rhet. and gram., an epithet, adjective:

adposita, quae epitheta dicuntur, ut dulce mustum,

Quint. 8, 2, 10; 2, 14, 3; 9, 4, 24.—Hence, appŏsĭtē, adv., suitably, fitly, etc.:

ad persuasionem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 5; cf. Spald ad Quint. 2, 15, 3 praeclare et apposite et facete scribere, Gell. 2, 23, 11 ( comp. and sup not used).