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pausĕa (pōsĕa or pōsĭa and pau-sĭa), ae, f., a kind of olive, which yielded an excellent oil, Cato, R. R. 6; 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 24; 1, 60; Col. 5, 8, 4; 12, 47, 1; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 2, 86.

pōcŭlentus (poscŭl-, pōtŭl-), a, um, adj. [poculum],

  1. I. drinkable, potable: penus est quod esculentum aut poculentum est, etc., Q. Scaevola ap. Gell. 4, 1, 17.
  2. II. Of vessels, fit for use in drinking: a poculento argento vascularius, Inscr. Grut. 643, 3.

pōmĕrīdĭānus (postm-), a, um, adj. [post-meridianus], in the afternoon, post-meridian: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causā liceret, et pomeridianus quadrigas quam postmeridianus libentius dixerim, Cic. Or. 47, 157: pomeridianum tempus, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17; also: postmeridianum tempus, id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: dies, Sen. Ep. 7, 3, 1: horae, Suet. Gram. 24: gnomonis umbra, Vitr. 1, 6: pomeridiana sessio (opp. ambulatio antemeridiana), Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121: litterae, id. Att. 12, 53 fin.

pōmērĭum and pōmoerĭum (the first is most freq. in inscrr., the latter in MSS.; but the better manuscripts have also, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, pomerium. A third form, post-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems merely to have been assumed from the etymology; a fourth archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum … estque prosimerium quasi proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. [post-moerus = murus].

  1. I. Lit., the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town, bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the city auspices, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710; Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: pomoerium intrare, transire, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: de pomoerii jure, id. Div. 2, 35, 75: sales intra pomeria nati, i. e. of the city, Juv. 9, 11.
  2. II. Trop., bounds, limits (ante- and post-class.): qui minore pomerio finierunt, who have prescribed narrower limits to themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

pōno, pŏsŭi (Plaut. posīvi), pŏsĭtum, 3 (old form of perf. POSEIVEI, Inscr. Orell. 3308: posivi, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 35: posivimus, id. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 898 P.: posiverunt, Cato, R. R. praef. 1: posiveris, id. ib. 4, 1; Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 108: POSIERunt, Inscr. Orell. 5061: POSIT, contr. from posivit, ib. 71; 732; 1475; 3087 al.; part. perf. sync. postus, a, um, Lucr. 1, 1059; 3, 87; 6, 965), v. a. [for posno, posino, from old prep. port, = προτί, πρός, and sino; cf.: porricio, pollingo, etc., and v. pro, sino], to put or set down a person or thing, to put, place, set, lay, etc. (syn.: colloco, statuo); constr. with acc. alone, or with in and abl., or with adv. of place; sometimes with in and acc., or absol.; v. infra.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: tabulas in aerario ponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 108: castra, to pitch, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.: castra iniquo loco, id. ib. 1, 81: milia passuum tria ab eorum castris castra ponit, id. B. G. 1, 22 fin.: qui indicabantur, in senatu sunt positi, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50: tabulas obsignatas in publico, Cic. Fl. 9, 21: sejuges in Capitolio aurati a P. Cornelio positi, Liv. 38, 35, 4: tyrannicidae imago in gymnasio ponatur, Quint. 7, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 7, 12: collum in Pulvere, Hor. C. 4, 6, 11; cf.: artus in litore ponunt, Verg. A. 1, 173; and with simple abl.: saxo posuit latus, Val. Fl. 4, 378: in curulibus sellis sese posuerunt, seated themselves, Flor. 1, 13.
      With in and acc.: hodierno die primum longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus, Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28 B. and K. (Klotz, possessione): Cyzici in Prytaneum vasa aurea mensae unius posuit, Liv. 41, 20, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.: stipes erat, quem … in flammam triplices posuere sorores, Ov. M. 8, 452: omnia pone feros in ignes, id. R. Am. 719: oleas in solem, Cato, R. R. 7: coronam in caput, Gell. 3, 15, 3.
      With sub and abl.: pone sub curru nimium propinqui, Hor. C. 1, 22, 21: fundamenta, Vulg. 1 Esd. 6, 3: ubi pedem poneret non habebat, might set his foot, Cic. Fin. 4, 25, 69: genu or genua, to bow the knee, to kneel, Ov. F. 2, 438; 5, 507; Curt. 8, 7, 13: num genu posuit? num vocem supplicem misit? id. 4, 6, 28: oculos, to cast one’s eyes on, Vulg. Jer. 24, 6: faciem, to turn one’s face, id. ib. 42, 15.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. In milit. lang., to place, post, set, station a body of troops: ibi praesidium ponit, Caes. B. G. 2, 5: praesidium ibi, id. B. C. 1, 47 fin.: legionem tuendae orae maritimae causā, id. ib. 3, 34: insidias contra aliquem, Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 49.
      2. 2. To set up, erect, build (mostly poet.): opus, Ov. M. 8, 160: templa, Verg. A. 6, 19: aras, id. ib. 3, 404: tropaeum, Nep. Dat. 8, 3; so, in inscrr., of erecting monuments of any kind: POSVIT, PONENDVM CVRAVIT (usu. abbreviated P. C.), etc.: columna rostrata quae est Duilio in foro posita, in honor of Duilius, Quint. 1, 7, 12.
      3. 3. Hence, poet., to form, fashion works of art: Alcimedon duo pocula fecit … Orpheaque in medio posuit, Verg. E. 3, 46: hic saxo liquidis ille coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere, nunc deum, Hor. C. 4, 8, 8.
      4. 4. To set, set out, plant trees, etc. (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn.: planto, sero): pone ordine vites, Verg. E. 1, 74: vitem, Col. 4, 1; cf.: ille et nefasto te (arbor) posuit die, planted thee, Hor. C. 2, 13, 1.
      5. 5. To lay, stake, wager, as a forfeit; to lay down, propose, as a prize: pono pallium; Ille suum anulum opposuit, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76: pocula fagina, Verg. E. 3, 36: invitat pretiis animos et praemia ponit, id. A. 5, 292: praemia, id. ib. 5, 486: praemium, Liv. 41, 23, 10.
      6. 6. In business lang., to put out at interest, to loan, to invest (less freq. than collocare): pecuniam in praedio ponere, Cic. Tull. § 15 Orell.; cf.: pecuniam apud aliquem, id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 165: dives positis in fenore nummis, Hor. A. P. 421: pecuniam Quaerit Kalendis ponere, id. Epod. 2, 70.
      7. 7. To place, set, appoint a person as a watch or guard, accuser, etc. (less freq. than apponere): Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut, quae agat, scire possit, Caes. B. G. 1, 20 fin.: custos frumento publico est positus, Cic. Fl. 19, 45: alicui accusatorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3: puer super hoc positus officium, Petr. 56, 8.
      8. 8. To serve up, set before one at table (rare for the class. apponere), Cato, R. R. 79; so id. ib. 81: posito pavone, Hor. S. 2, 2, 23; 2, 4, 14; 2, 6, 64; 2, 8, 91; id. A. P. 422: positi Bacchi cornua, Ov. A. A. 1, 231: vinum, Petr. 34, 7: calidum scis ponere sumen, Pers. 1, 53: porcum, Mart. 8, 22, 1: da Trebio, pone ad Trebium, Juv. 5, 135.
      9. 9. To lay aside, take off, put down, lay down, etc. (as clothing, arms, books, the hair or beard, etc., = deponere): cum pila ludere vellet tunicamque poneret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 60; cf.: veste positā, id. ib. 1, 47, 113: velamina, Ov. A. A. 2, 613; cf.: velamina de corpore, id. M. 4, 345: arma, Caes. B. G. 4, 37: sarcinam, Petr. 117, 11: barbam, Suet. Calig. 5; cf.: bicolor positis membrana capillis, Pers. 3, 10: libros de manibus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 23; cf.: cum posui librum, et mecum ipse coepi cogitare, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24.
      10. 10. To lay out for the grave: toroque Mortua componar, positaeque det oscula frater, Ov. M. 9, 503; Verg. A. 2, 644.
        Also, to lay in the grave, to bury, inter (poet. and in post-class. prose; syn.: sepelio, condo): corpore posto, Lucr. 3, 871: te … patriā decedens ponere terrā, Verg. A. 6, 508; Ov. F. 5, 480: ubi corpus meum positum fuerit, Dig. 34, 1, 18 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 4370: IN HAC CVPA MATER ET FILIVS POSITI SVNT, ib. 4550; 4495: HIC POSITVS EST, Inscr. in Boeckh. C. I. Gr. 4156: CINERES, Inscr. Orell. 4393; 4489.
      11. 11. Ponere calculum or calculos, transf., to weigh carefully, to ponder, consider: si bene calculum ponas, Petr. 115, 16: examina tecum, omnesque, quos ego movi, in utrāque parte calculos pone, Plin. Ep. 2, 19 fin.
      12. 12. To arrange, deck, set in order (cf. compono): qui suas ponunt in statione comas, Ov. A. A. 3, 434: quid totiens positas fingis, inepta, comas? id. ib. 1, 306; cf. id. H. 4, 77; id. M. 1, 477.
      13. 13. To subdue, calm, allay, quiet: quo non arbiter Hadriae Major, tollere seu ponere vult freta, Hor. C. 1, 3, 16: magnos cum ponunt aequora motus, Prop. 4 (5), 14, 31.
        Hence, neutr., of the winds, to fall, abate (poet. and late Lat.): cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit Flatus, Verg. A. 7, 27: tum Zephyri posuere, id. ib. 10, 103: simul ac ventus posuit, Gell. 2, 30, 2.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to set, place, put, lay a thing anywhere: noenum ponebat rumores ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 314 Vahl.): pone ante oculos laetitiam senatūs, Cic. Phil. 2, 45, 115: at te apud eum, di boni! quantā in gratiā posui, id. Att. 6, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 5, 11, 6; 6, 1, 22: ponite me ei (Appio) in gratiā, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5: apud Lentulum ponam te in gratiā, Cic. Att. 5, 3, 3 B. and K. (Orell. gratiam): se quoque in gratiā reconciliatae pacis ponere, Liv. 44, 14, 7: in laude positus, Cic. Sest. 66, 139: aliquem in metu non ponere, i. e. not to fear, id. Top. 13, 55: virtutum fundamenta in voluptate tamquam in aquā ponere, id. Fin. 2, 22, 72; cf. id. Pis. 4, 9: aliquid in conspectu animi, id. de Or. 3, 40, 161; cf.: sub uno aspectu ponere, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 1, 1: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, to lay down gently, i. e. close gracefully, Cic. Or. 59, 199: super cor, to lay to heart, Vulg. Mal. 2, 2.
      With in and acc.: te in crimen populo ponat atque infamiam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 11.
      Elliptically: et quidem cum in mentem venit, ponor ad scribendum, when it occurs to Cœsar, he sets me (i. e. my name) to the Senate’s decrees, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Ponere aliquid in aliquā re, to put or place a thing in something, to cause a thing to rest or depend upon: credibile non est, quantum ego in consiliis et prudentiā tuā, quantum in amore et fide ponam, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: spem in aliquo, id. ib. 6, 1, 11: salutis auxilium in celeritate, Caes. B. G. 5, 48; cf.: spem salutis in virtute, id. ib. 5, 34, 2: ut in dubio poneret, utrum, etc., regarded as doubtful, doubted, Liv. 34, 5, 3: sed haec haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine, I shall attach no great importance to it, id. prooem. § 8.
        In pass.: positum esse in aliquā re, to be based or founded upon, to rest upon, depend upon: ut salutem praesentium, spem reliquorum in vestris sententiis positam esse et defixam putetis, Cic. Fl. 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 9, 22: omnia posita putamus in Planci tui liberalitate, id. Att. 16, 16, F, 2; id. Or. 8, 27: in te positum est, ut, etc., id. Att. 16, 16, B, § 8.
      2. 2. To lay out, spend, employ a thing, esp. time, in any thing: tempus in cogitatione ponere, Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17: si in hac curā vita mihi ponenda sit, id. Fam. 9, 24, 4: diem totum in considerandā causā, id. Brut. 22, 87; cf. id. Fam. 5, 21, 1; id. Att. 6, 2, 6: sumptum, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; id. Fam. 13, 54 fin.; cf.: totum animum atque omnem curam, operam diligentiamque suam in petitione, id. Mur. 22, 45: id multo tum faciemus liberius totosque nos in contemplandis rebus perspiciendisque ponemus, id. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: apud gratissimum hominem beneficium ponere, id. Fam. 13, 55 fin.: itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppidum ponat, id. Att. 11, 22, 2.
      3. 3. To put, place, count, reckon, consider a thing in or among certain things: mortem in malis, Cic. Fin. 3, 8, 29: in beneficii loco, id. Fam. 15, 4, 12; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20: si quis motus populi factus esset, id C. Norbano in fraude capitali esse ponendum, id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: in laude, to regard as praiseworthy, id. Top. 18, 71: in vitiis poni, to be regarded as a fault, Nep. Epam. 1, 2.
      4. 4. To appoint, ordain, make something: leges, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: festos laetosque ritus, Tac. H. 5, 5 fin.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequentur, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: ne tu in spem ponas me bonae frugi fore, to hope for, reckon upon, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 4 Fleck.: nomen, to apply or give a name (= imponere): sunt enim rebus novis nova ponenda nomina, Cic. N. D. 1, 17, 44; id. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Verg. A. 7, 63: qui tibi nomen Insano posuere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 48: rationem, to furnish an account, to reckon, Suet. Oth. 7; cf. Col. 1, 3: pecuniae, Dig. 46, 3, 89.
      5. 5. To make or render vows or votive offerings to the gods: Veneri ponere vota, Prop. 3, 12, 18: nunc ego victrices lauro redimire tabellas, Nec Veneris mediā ponere in aede morer, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 25: hic ponite lucida Funalia et vectes, Hor. C. 3, 26, 6: libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo, Tib. 1, 1, 14; Ov. M. 3, 506: ex praedā tripodem aureum Delphi posuit, Nep. Paus. 2, 3.
      6. 6. In speaking or writing, to lay down as true, to state, assume, assert, maintain, allege, take for granted, etc.: quamobrem, ut paulo ante posui, si, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 21; id. Fin. 2, 31, 100: recte Magnus ille noster, me audiente, posuit in judicio, rem publicam, etc., id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: verum pono, esse victum eum; at, etc., Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 25: positum sit igitur in primis, etc., Cic. Or. 4, 14: hoc posito atque concesso, esse quandam vim divinam, etc., id. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: quo posito, et omnium sensu adprobato, id. Fin. 3, 8, 29; id. Leg. 2, 19, 48: pono satis in eo fuisse orationis atque ingenii, id. Brut. 45, 165: aliquid pro certo ponere, Liv. 10, 9 fin.: nunc rem ipsam ponamus quam illi non negant … Est haec res posita, quae ab adversario non negatur, Cic. Caecin. 11, 32.
      7. 7. Esp.: exemplum ponere, to cite an instance: eorum quae constant exempla ponemus, Cic. Inv. 1, 38, 68: perspicuo et grandi vitio praeditum posuimus exemplum, id. ib. 1, 47, 88: ab adjunctis antea posui exemplum, id. Top. 11, 50: horum exempla posui ex jure civili, id. ib. 14, 58: horum generum ex Cicerone exempla ponamus, Quint. 5, 11, 11; 6, 3, 108 al.
      8. 8. To set before the mind, represent, describe: nec ponere lucum Artifices, nec, etc., Pers. 1, 70: pone Tigellinum, Juv. 1, 155.
      9. 9. To propose, offer, fix upon a theme for discussion (= proponere): mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de quā meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis? Cic. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 2, 1, 2: ponere aliquid, ad quod audiam, si tibi non est molestum, volo, id. Fat. 2, 4; cf.: ponere jubebam, de quo quis audire vellet, id. Tusc. 1, 4, 7: ponere praemium, Liv. 39, 17, 1; and impers. pass.: doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut iis ponatur, de quo disputent quamvis subito, id. Lael. 5, 17; so, cum ita positum esset, videri, etc., id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54.
      10. 10. To put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender (= deponere): vitam propera ponere, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 4: vitia, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: dolorem, id. Tusc. 3, 28, 66: inimicitias, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6: curas, Liv. 1, 19: metum, Plin. Ep. 5, 6: iram, Hor. A. P. 160: moras, id. C. 4, 12, 25; Ov. F. 2, 816: animos feroces, Liv. 8, 1: corda ferocia, Verg. A. 1, 302: vires (flammae), id. ib. 5, 681: ipsum rudimentum adulescentiae bello lacessentem Romanos posuisse, had obtained his first experience, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; Suet. Ner. 22; also, tirocinium, Just. 12, 4, 6: animam, to lay down life, Vulg. Johan. 10, 15; 17.
        Esp., milit. t. t.: arma ponere (= deponere), to lay down arms, yield, surrender: Nepesinis inde edictum ut arma ponant, Liv. 6, 10, 5: dedi imperatorem, arma poni jubet, id. 4, 10, 3; cf.: positis armis, id. 35, 36, 4; id. Epit. 88.
      11. 11. To make, cause to be (eccl. Lat.): cornu tuum ponam ferreum, Vulg. Mich. 4, 13: posuit me desolatam, id. Thren. 3, 11; with quasi: ponam Samariam quasi acervum, id. Mich. 1, 6; with in and acc.: posuerunt eam in ruinam, id. Isa. 23, 13.
      12. 12. To assume, suppose, put a case (of mere suppositions; only late Lat.; cf. 6 supra): pone tamen ab evangelistis scriptum, Ambros. de Fide, 5, 16, 194; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 273.
        Hence, pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a., of localities, placed, situated; situate, standing, lying anywhere: Roma in montibus posita, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: Delos in Aegaeo mari posita, id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: portus ex adverso urbi positus, Liv. 45, 5: tumulus opportune ad id positus, id. 28, 13: urbs alieno solo posita, id. 4, 17.
        Poet.: somno positus = sopitus, lulled to sleep, Verg. A. 4, 527.

1. posca (pusca, Veg. Vet. 2, 48), ae, f. [perh. πόω, poto], an acidulous drink of vinegar and water, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 23; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Cels. 4, 5 fin.; Plin. 27, 4, 12, § 29; 28, 5, 14, § 56; Scrib. Comp. 46; Suet. Vit. 12; Spart. Hadr. 10; cf.: posca, ὀξύκρατον, πόσις, Gloss. Philox.

2. Posca, ae, m., a Roman surname: M. Pinarius Posca, Liv. 40, 18.

poscaenium, v. postscaenium.

* poscĭnummius (-nūmius), a, um, adj. [posco-nummus], money-seeking, mercenary: oscula, App. M. 10, p. 248, 36.

posco, pŏposci, 3 (old perf. peposci, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9), v. inch. a. [for porc-scere; Sanscr. root parkh- prakh-, to ask; cf.: precor, procus, procax], to ask for urgently; to beg, demand, request, desire (syn.: flagito, postulo, peto).

  1. I. In gen., constr. usually with aliquid, aliquem (sibi): aliquid ab aliquo; also with a double acc., with ut, with inf., or with acc. and inf., or wholly absol.: poscere est secundum Varronem, quotiens aliquid pro merito nostro deposcimus: petere vero est cum aliquid humiliter et cum precibus postulamus, Serv. Verg. A. 9, 194.
          1. (α) With acc.: posco atque adeo flagito crimen, Cic. Planc. 19, 48; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71: argentum, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; 2, 3, 34, § 78: pugnam, Liv. 2, 45, 6: nec mi aurum posco, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.): si quid poscam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 10: pulvinos, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Planc. 19, 48: vades poposcit, id. Rep. 2, 36, 61; cf.: audaciae partes Roscii sibi poposcerunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 35: peccatis veniam poscentem (preceded by postulare), Hor. S. 1, 3, 75.
          2. (β) With ab: fac, ut audeat Tibi credere omnia, abs te petere et poscere, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 53: diem a praetore peposcit, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 7, 9, 9: abs te litteras, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 36; 2, 2, 47, § 117: tutorem ab aliquo, Suet. Aug. 94: bibere a me poscis, Vulg. Joann. 4, 9.
          3. (γ) With a double acc.: parentes pretium pro sepulturā liberum poscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7: magistratum nummos, id. ib. 2, 1, 17, § 44: aliquem causam disserendi, id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: claves portarum magistratus, Liv. 27, 24, 8: non ita creditum Poscis Quintilium deos, Hor. C. 1, 24, 12: cur me in decursu lampada poscis? Pers. 6, 61: poscenti vos rationem, Vulg. 1 Pet. 3, 15.
            Hence, pass.: poscor aliquid, I am asked for something, something is asked or demanded of me (poet. and in post-class. prose): gravidae posceris exta bovis, they ask you for the entrails, Ov. F. 4, 670; cf.: poscor meum Laelapa, they demand of me my Lœlaps, id. M. 7, 771: nec tantum segetes alimentaque debita dives Poscebatur humus, id. ib. 1, 138: quod rationem pecuniae posceretur, Gell. 4, 18, 12; to be called upon or invoked to inspire a poet or to sing: aversus Apollo Poscitur invitā verba pigenda lyrā, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 76 (better reading poscis ab); cf. absol. Palilia poscor: Non poscor frustra; si favet alma Pales, Ov. F. 4, 721; so, poscimur Aonides, Ov. M. 5, 333: poscimur, Hor. C. 1, 32, 1.
          4. (δ) With ut: poscimus, ut cenes civiliter, Juv. 5, 112: poscimus ut sit, etc., id. 7, 71; Tac. H. 2, 39: poposcit, ut haec ipsa quaestio diligentius tractaretur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 21.
            (ε) With inf. or acc. and inf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): poscat sibi fabula credit, Hor. A. P. 339; cf.: immolare Fauno, Seu poscat agnā sive malit haedo, id. C. 1, 4, 12: esse sacerdotes delubraque vestra tueri Poscimus, Ov. M. 8, 708: contraque occurrere poscunt, Val. Fl. 4, 194; Pers. 1, 128; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 151.
            In prose: ego vero te etiam morari posco inter voluptates, Sen. Contr. 1, 8; Arn. 7, p. 254. So, too, perh. (acc. to Stephanus’s conjecture): vos fallere poscunt, Rutil. Lup. Fig. 2, 19, p. 181 Frotsch.
            (ζ) Ellipt.: poscunt majoribus poculis, sc. bibere, they challenge to drink from larger goblets, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66.
            (η) Absol., to beg, be a beggar: improbus es, cum poscis, ait. Sed pensio clamat, posce, Juv. 9, 63 sq.
    1. B. Of inanimate and abstract subjects, to demand, require, need: quod res poscere videbatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 1: cum usus poscit, id. ib. 4, 2: quod negotium poscebat, Sail J. 56, 1; 70, 3; Quint. 11, 3, 162 et saep.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To demand for punishment, to ask the surrender of: accusant ii, quos populus poscit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; cf.: hujus tantae cladis auctor Annibal poscitur, Flor. 2, 6, 7: nec poscitur auctor, Sil. 2, 44: poscendum poenae juvenem jubebat, id. 1, 677; so Liv. 9, 26.
    2. B. In gen., to call one (ante-class. and poet.): clamore hominem posco, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 5: gemitu Alciden, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1887.
      Pass.: ego poscor Olympo (dat. of agent), Olympus calls me, summons me to the combat, Verg. A. 8, 533: poscimur, Ov. M. 2, 144.
      1. 2. In partic., to call upon, invoke: supplex tua numina posco, Verg. A. 1, 666.
    3. C. In selling.
      1. 1. To ask, demand for a thing, to offer at a price: tanti quanti poscit, vin’ tanti illam emi? Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 22: pro reliquis (libris) idem pretium poposcit, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 10.
      2. 2. To ask, bid, offer a price for a thing: agite licemini. Qui cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio? Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68; id. Merc. 2, 3, 101; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88.
    4. D. To demand one’s hand, ask in marriage: eam si jubes, frater, tibi me poscere, poscam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 38: filiam tuam mihi uxorem posco, id. ib. 2, 2, 42: tibi permittam, posce, duce, id. Trin. 2, 2, 103: sine dote posco tuam sororem filio, id. ib. 2, 4, 98: tuam sororem uxorem alicui, id. ib. 2, 4, 49.

pōsĕa, ae, v. pausea.

Pŏsīdes, ae, m., a freedman of the emperor Claudius, Suet. Claud. 28; Juv. 14, 91.
Hence, Pŏsīdĭānus, a, um, adj., Posidian: aquae, Plin. 31, 2, 2, § 5.

Pŏsīdēum, i, n.

  1. I. A promontory of Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Mel. 1, 7.
  2. II. A promontory of Pallene, Liv. 44, 11.

Pŏsīdōnĭa, ae, f., the Greek name of Pœstum, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 71; Liv. Epit. 14.

Pŏsīdōnĭus, ii, m., = Ποσειδώνιος, a celebrated Stoic at Rhodes, a disciple of Panœtius and instructor of Cicero, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 2; id. Off. 3, 2, 8; id. N. D. 1, 3, 6; id. Div. 1, 3, 6 al.

‡ pōsĭmērĭum, ii, v. pomerium.

pŏsĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [pono], a putting, placing, setting (post-Aug.; in Cic. Fl. 26, 62, possessione is the correct reading).

  1. I. Lit.: calicis positio, Front. Aquaed. 36: surculi, Col. 3, 17: linearum, id. 3, 3 fin.: brassicae, id. 11, 3, 24.
    1. B. Transf., a position of the body or of places, a posture, situation: corporis nostri positio, Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 7: caeli locique, Col. 3, 4, 1: loci, Quint. 3, 7, 26: pro situ et positione locorum, id. 3, 21, 9: Italiae procurrentis, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201: uniuscujusque stellarum forma et positio, Gell. 14, 1.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. A placing, use of a word: μετωνυμία est nominis pro nomine positio, Quint. 8, 6, 23; 1, 5, 51.
      1. 2. In partic., affirmation: paupertas non per positionem sed per detractionem dicitur, Sen. Ep. 87, 39.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. In rhet., a proposition, theme, subject, argument, Quint. 2, 10, 15; 7, 4, 40.
      2. 2. In gram., an ending, termination, Quint. 1, 5, 60; so id. 1, 5, 65; 1, 6, 10; 12; 22.
      3. 3. In prosody.
        1. a. A downward beat, in marking time: a sublatione ad positionem, Quint. 9, 4, 48; so id. 9, 4, 55; Mart. Cap. 9, § 981; so of the voice (opp. elevatio), Isid. 1, 16, 21.
        2. b. Positio syllabae, the place of a short vowel before two consonants, by which the syllable becomes long, position, Quint. 1, 5, 28; 9, 4, 86; Diom. p. 423 P. et saep.
      4. 4. A state of mind, mood: in quācumque positione mentis sim, Sen. Ep. 64, 3.
      5. 5. Positiones, circumstances of a thing, Quint. 7, 4, 40.

pŏsĭtīvus, a, um, adj. [pono], positive, in gram.

  1. I. Settled by arbitrary appointment or agreement (opp. to natural): nomina non positiva esse sed naturalia, Gell. 10, 4 in lemm.
  2. II. Positivum nomen.
      1. 1. An adjective in the positive degree, Cledon. p. 1893 P.
      2. 2. A substantive, Macr. S. 1, 4, 9.

pŏsĭtor, ōris, m. [pono], a builder, founder (Ovid): moenium, Ov. M. 9, 448: templorum, id. F. 2, 63.

pŏsĭtūra, ae, f. [pono].

  1. I. Lit., position, posture, situation (poet. and in post-class. prose): corporum, Lucr. 1, 685: ligni, Gell. 5, 3, 4: sideris, id. 2, 21.
    With a subject. gen.: dei, i. e. the formation of the world, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 36.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Position, order, etc.: verborum, Gell. 1, 7, 19.
    2. B. In gram., pointing, interpunction, Don. p. 1742 P. al.

1. pŏsĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from pono.

2. pŏsĭtus, ūs, m. [pono], a position, situation; disposition, order, arrangement (rare; ante-Aug.; perh. only once in Sallust): positu variare capillos, Ov. Med. Fac. 19; so id. M. 2, 412: ossium, Cels. 8, 1: siderum, Tac. A. 6, 21: insulae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 47 (p. 247 Gerl.): regionis, Tac. A. 4, 5; cf.: dubium positu Urbs, Ov. P. 4, 7, 23; and: Trinacris, a positu nomen adepta loci, id. F. 4, 420; plur., ways of arranging the hair, id. A. A. 3, 151.

possessĭo, ōnis, f. [possido].

  1. I. A taking possession of, seizing, occupying, taking (= κτῆσις), bonorum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24: regni, Liv. 33, 41, 3: mittere in possessionem, to send to take possession, Cic. Quint. 26, 83: Monam insulam, a cujus possessione revocatum Paulinum memoravi, etc., Tac. Agr. 18: si mare intretur, promptam ipsis possessionem, id. A. 2, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In abstr., a possessing, holding, possession, occupation: possessio est, ut definit Gallus Aelius, usus quidam agri, aut aedificii, non ipse fundus, aut ager, Fest. p. 233 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 222 ib.: possessio appellata est, ut Labeo ait, a sedibus, quasi positio, quia naturaliter tenetur ab eo, qui ei insistit, quam Graeci κατοχὴν dicunt, Dig. 41, 21: certā re et possessione deturbari, Cic. Fam. 12, 25: hortorum, id. Mil. 27, 75: fundi, id. ib. 27, 75: in possessionem proficisci, to come into possession, id. Quint. 27, 85: in possessionem venire, id. Att. 4, 2, 3: possessionem restituere, id. Fam. 10, 27, 1: in possessionem dare, Vulg. Lev. 14, 34: esse in possessione bonorum, Cic. Caecin. 7, 19: possessionem bonorum dare alicui, id. Fam. 7, 21: tradere, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: tenere, Nep. Tim. 2, 4: ponere se in possessione, to take possession, Sen. Ira, 1, 7, 2: si ignis prima possessio rerum fuit, qui paulatim exstinctus, sedem terris dedit, if at first fire possessed the world, Just. 2, 1, 15.
    2. B. In concr., a thing possessed, a possession, property, esp. an estate: possessiones appellantur agri late patentes, publici privatique: qui non mancipatione, sed usu tenebantur, et, ut quisque occupaverat, possidebat, Fest. p. 241 Müll.: prata et areas quasdam magno aestimant, quod ei generi possessionum minime noceri potest, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 51; Caes. B. C. 1, 17: qui trans Rhodanum vicos possessionesque habebant, id. B. G. 1, 11: urbanae, Nep. Att. 14, 3: aes alienum meis nominibus ex possessionibus solvere possem, Sall. C. 35, 3.
  3. III. Trop., possession: prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: judicii ac defensionis, id. ib. 2, 49, 200: laud is, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2: res publica in possessione victoriae permanebit, id. ap. ib. 10, 21, 6.

* possessĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [possessio, II. B.], a small possession, a small estate: meae, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3: si attenuatus frater tuus vendiderit possessiunculam ejus, Vulg. Lev. 25, 25.

possessīvus, a, um, adj. [possideo], of or relating to possession, possessive; a gram. t. t. (post-Aug.): nomina (e. g. Ciceronianus, Evandrius), Charis. p. 128 P. and A.: pronomina (e. g. meus, tuus, suus), Quint. 1, 5, 45: casus, the possessive or genitive case, Prisc. p. 670 P.

possessor, ōris, m. [possideo], a possessor (class.)

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20: bonorum, id. Quint. 8, 30: regni inertis, i. e. Pluto, Luc. 6, 779; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 49.
    Esp. t. t. in law (post-Aug.), the possessor of the thing claimed; hence, the defendant in a suit (opp. petitor), Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 2; Quint. 7, 1, 38; Paul. Sent. 5, 36, 1.
  2. II. Trop.: Aquilo possessor Italici litoris, Petr. 114.

possessōrĭus, a, um, adj. [possessor], of or relating to possession, possessory (postclass.): interdictum, Gai. Inst. 4, § 145: actiones, Dig. 38, 2, 50.<

1. possessus, a, um, Part., from possideo and possido.

2. possessus, ūs (only in abl. sing.), m. [possideo], possession (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 282, 5.

possestrix, īcis, f. [possessor], she that possesses (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 150, 28.

possĭbĭlis, e, adj. [possum], that may exist or may be done, possible (post-Aug.): melius qui tertiam partem dixerunt δυνατόν, quod nostri possibile nominant, Quint. 3, 8, 25: condiciones, Dig. 28, 3, 16: possibile est, with subject-clause, ib. 25, 2, 3; Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 6.
Hence, adv.: possĭ-bĭlĭter, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 2, 52.

possĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [possibilis], ability to do a thing, possibility, power (post-class.), Arn. 1, 25: fandi, Mart. Cap. 4, § 335: pro possibilitate, according to ability or strength, Amm. 19, 2, 15; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 8.

possĭdĕo (archaic orthogr. POSIDET, Epitaphs of the Scipios; Sentent. de Limit. Genuat. Rudorff; in the latter also POSIDENT, POSIDEBVNT, POSIDETO, POSIDERE, as well as POSEDEIT and POSEDET, for possedit), sēdi, sessum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port; Gr. προτί, πρός (v. pono), and sedeo], to have and hold, to be master of, to own, possess (syn.: teneo, habeo).

  1. I. Lit.: uti nunc possidetis eum fundum q. d. a. (i. e. quo de agitur), quod nec vi nec clam nec precario alter ab altero possidetis, ita possidentis: adversus ea vim fieri veto, an ancient formula of the prætor, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: qui in alienā potestate sunt, rem peculiarem tenere possunt, habere et possidere non possunt: quia possessio non tantum corporis, sed etiam juris est, Dig. 41, 2, 49: ex edicto bona possidere, Cic. Quint. 6, 25: partem agri, Caes. B. G. 6, 11: solum bello captum, Liv. 26, 11: Galli Italiam maximis plurimisque urbibus possident, Just. 38, 4, 9: uniones, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119.
        1. b. Absol., to have possessions, to possess lands, be settled: juxta litora maris possidere, Dig. 47, 9, 7: possidere trans flumen, ib. 43, 14, 1.
    1. B. Transf., for possido, to take possession of, to occupy (very rare except in eccl. and late Lat.): ego possideo plus Pallante, Juv. 1, 108: quot agri jugera? id. 3, 141: ferro septus possidet sedes sacras, Att. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: forum armatis catervis perditorum hominum, Cic. Dom. 42, 110 (dub.): magister, quid faciendo vitam aeternam possidebo, Vulg. Luc. 10, 25: iniqui regnum Dei non possidebunt, id. 1 Cor. 6, 9 et saep.
      1. 2. To occupy, abide in a place (poet.): victrix possidet umbra nemus, Mart. 6, 76, 6: Zephyri possidet aura nemus, Prop. 1, 19, 2; Luc. 2, 454.
  2. II. Trop., to possess, to have a thing (class.): possidere nomen, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 27: palmam, id. Most. 1, 1, 31: secli mores in se, id. Truc. prol. 13: inverecundum animi ingenium, Poët. ap. Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 83: plus fidei quam artis, plus veritatis quam disciplinae possidet in se, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; id. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Ov. F. 1, 586: possedit favorem plebis Clodius, Val. Max. 3, 5, 3.

possīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3, v. a. [causat. of possideo, q. v.].

  1. I. Lit., to take possession of, to possess one’s self of (class.; cf.: habeo, occupo, potior): bona alicujus sine testamento, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283: regnum, Auct. B. Alex. 34.
    Of inanim. subjects (poet. and in post-class. prose): aër omne possidat inane, Lucr. 1, 386: circumfluus humor Ultima possedit, took possession of, Ov. M. 1, 31: ignis cuncta possedit, Just. 2, 1, 14.
  2. II. Trop., to take possession of, possess itself of, to occupy (class.): brevi tempore totum hominem, totamque ejus praeturam possederat, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 158.<

possum, pŏtŭi, posse, v. n. irreg. (old forms, potis sum, for possum, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 26; id. Curc. 5, 3, 23; so, potis est, id. Ps. 1, 1, 41: potis sunt, for possunt, id. Poen. 1, 2, 17: POTISIT, S. C. de Bacchan.: potisset, for posset, and potisse, for posse, Lucil. ap. Non. 484, 32, and 445, 29: potesse, for posse, very freq., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 30; id. Cist. 1, 1, 32; id. Truc. 1, 1, 73; id. Ep. 2, 2, 43; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 30 al.; Lucr. 1, 665; 2, 225; 1010: possiem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2; id. Stich. 3, 2, 25: potis sis, id. Poen. 4, 2, 53: potis siem, id. Merc. 2, 2, 59: possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29 fin., or Sat. v. 38 Vahl.; Plaut. As. 4, 2, 10; id. Aul. 4, 10, 17; id. Most. 2, 2, 34; 3, 2, 147; id. Men. 5, 9, 45: possiet, id. Cist. 1, 3, 37; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 3; id. Most. 1, 1, 13 al.; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Mil. 884; Fleck. Krit. Misc. p. 45 sq.
In pass.: potestur, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 380 P. (Ann. v. 594 Vahl.): Pac. ap. Non. 508, 29; Quadrig. ap. id. 508, 30; Lucr. 3, 1010: poteratur, Cael. ap. Non. 508, 27: possitur, Lex. Servil. p. 59 Haubold; Scaurus ap. Diom. p. 381 P.: possetur, Quadrig. ap. Non. 508, 18) [potis-sum].

  1. I. In gen., to be able, have power; I (thou, he, etc.) can (syn. queo): quantum valeam, quantumque possim, Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1: consilio, quantum potero, labore plus paene quam potero exeubabo, id. Phil. 6, 7, 18: ut, quoad possem et liceret, a senis latere nunquam discederem, id. Lael. 1, 1: timor igitur ab iis aegritudinem potuit repellere, ratio non poterit? id. Tuse. 3, 27, 66.
    With sup.: Caesari te commendavi et tradidi, ut gravissime diligentissimeque potui, as earnestly and warmly as I possibly could, Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 2: potest fieri, it may be, is possible: potest fieri, ut fallar, id. ib. 13, 73, 2: non possum quin, I can not but: non possum quin exclamem, ut ait ille in Trinummo (Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 79; cf. id. Mil. 2, 2, 107); Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39: ut nihil ad te dem litterarum, facere non possum, I cannot help writing to you, id. Att. 8, 14, 1: facere non potui quin tibi sententiam declararem meam, id. Fam. 6, 13, 1; cf.: non possum non: aequitatem tuam non potui non probare, id. ib. 1, 9, 26: non possum te non accusare, id. ib. 5, 14, 2: is non potest eam (mortem) non timere, id. Fin. 3, 8, 29.
    Absol.: potest (sc. fieri), it may be, is possible: potest, ut alii ita arbitrentur, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 38: non, non sic futurum est; non potest, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 73; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 100 Brix; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 3: quae (mala) si potest singula consolando levare, etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: nos dignitatem, ut potest, retinebimus, id. Fam. 1, 2, 4.
    Quantum or ut potest, as much or as far as possible: ibo atque arcessam medicum, quantum potest, Plaut. Men. 5, 2; id. Most. 3, 2, 71; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 20: nos in senatu dignitatem nostram, ut potest in tantā hominum perfidiā, retinebimus, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.
    In urgent questions: possum scire, quo profectus, cujus sis, aut quid veneris? may I know? can I learn? pray, will you tell me? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 190: possumne ego hodie ex te exsculpere Verum? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 44.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To be able, to have influence or efficacy, to avail.
      1. 1. With neutr. acc. used adverbially (class.; cf. polleo): vocat me, quae in me plus potest, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 42: plus potest qui plus valet, id. ib. 4, 3, 38: qui tum et poterant per vim et scelus plurimum, et quod poterant, id audebant, Cic. Quint. 21, 69: quid ergo? hoc pueri possunt, viri non poterunt? id. Tusc. 2, 14, 34: qui apud me et amicitiā, et beneficiis, et dignitate plurimum possunt, id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4: plus aliquanto apud te pecuniae cupiditas, quam judicii metus potuit, id. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131; id. de Or. 2, 42, 180: quid aristolochia ad morsus serpentum possit, id. Div. 1, 10, 16: quoniam multum potest provisio animi ad minuendum dolorem, id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30: ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem, id. ib. 5, 5, 12: multum posse ad salutem alterius … parum potuisse ad exitium, Cic. Opp. ap. Amm. 30, 8, 7.
      2. 2. In gen., and without neutr. acc. (late Lat.): posse litteras ejus ad perniciem, non posse ad salutem, App. Mag. 79, p. 324.
    2. B. Posse aliquem, to be able to embrace one (poet.), Mart. 3, 32.
    3. C. Posse as subst. (poet.): posse loqui, the power of speech, Ov. M. 2, 483: posse moveri = facultatem se movendi, id. ib. 11, 177.
    4. D. Freq. in elliptical sentences: quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant, Curt. 5, 10, 8: Ismenias, etsi publicis non poterat, privatis tamen viribus adjuvabat, Just. 5, 9, 8: ut auxilium quod misericordiā non poterat, jure cognationis obtineret, id. 28, 1, 9: ut collegam vi, si aliter non possent, de foro abducerent, Liv. 2, 56.
    5. E. In apodosis of conditional sentences, analogous to the auxiliaries of the Engl. potential mood (v. Roby, § 1520; Zumpt, § 519).
      1. 1. Indic.: ille potuit exspectatior venire, qui te nuntiaret mortuom (= si quis nuntiaret, etc.), Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 12: nec vero ipsam amicitiam tueri possumus, nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67: Pompeius munitiones Caesaris prohibere non poterat, nisi praelio decertare vellet, Caes. B. C. 3, 44: consul esse qui potui, nisi eum vitae cursum tenuissem, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 10: (res publica) poterat esse perpetua, si patriis viveretur institutis, id. ib. 3, 29, 41: deleri totus exercitus potuit, si fugientis persecuti victores essent, Liv. 32, 12, 6: nisi felicitas in socordiam vertisset exuere jugum potuerunt, Tac. Agr. 31.
      2. 2. Subj.: qui denique ex bestiis fructus, nisi homines adjuvarent, percipi posset, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf.: ventum quidem erat eo, ut, si hostem similem antiquis Macedonum regibus habuisset consul, magna clades accipi potuerit, Liv. 44, 4, 9.
        So when the condition is implied, or is contained in an adverbial clause: quae res egestati et aeri alieno tuo praeter mortem Caesaris subvenire potuisset? Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 36: quis opifex praeter naturam … tantam sollertiam persequi potuisset in sensibus? id. N. D. 2, 57, 142; id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: plurima proferre possemus, sed modus adhibendus est, Nep. Epam. 4, 6: possem hic Ciceronis respondere verbis, sed, etc., Quint. 2, 21, 14.
        Hence, pŏtens, entis (gen. plur. potentum, Verg. A. 12, 519; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 114), P. a.
    1. A. In gen., able, mighty, powerful, potent (class.): amplae atque potentes civitates, Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 169: familiae clarae ac potentes, Liv. 23, 4: amici magni et potentes, Suet. Aug. 56: ne quis ex plebe contra potentiorem auxilii egeret, Caes. B. G. 6, 10: duo potentissimi reges, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4: potentissimus et clarissimus civis, id. Planc. 21, 51.
          1. (β) With gen.: quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi quae velit, Quint. 12, 11, 10.
          2. (γ) With abl.: Roma potens opibus, Ov. F. 4, 255: pecuniā et orbitate, Tac. H. 1, 73.
          3. (δ) With inf.: compensare potens, Dig. 16, 2, 10.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Having power over, ruling over, master of a thing; with gen.: dum liber, dum mei potens sum, as long as I am my own master, Liv. 26, 13, 14: sanus mentisque potens, in his right mind, Ov. Tr. 2, 139: potens mei non eram, Curt. 4, 13, 23: potentes rerum suarum atque urbis, having made themselves masters of, Liv. 23, 16, 6; so, facere aliquem potentem alicujus rei, to make one master of any thing, to give one the power over a thing: consilii, id. 8, 13, 14: imperii, id. 22, 42, 12: diva potens Cypri, that reigns over Cyprus, i.e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 1: Naïadum potens (Bacchus), id. ib. 3, 25, 14: silvarum potens Diana, id. C. S. 1: diva potens uteri, i.e. Lucina, Ov. M. 9, 315: rerum omnium potens Juppiter, Tac. H. 4, 84: lyrae Musa potens, that presides over lyric poetry, Hor. C. 1, 6, 10: irae, master of his anger, Curt. 4, 2, 5: mariti, ruling her husband, Tac. A. 14, 60: animal potens leti, that can kill, deadly, Luc. 6, 485; cf. id. 5, 199 Corte ad loc.
      2. 2. Fit for, capable of any thing; with gen.: potens regni, Liv. 24, 2: hostes neque pugnae, neque fugae satis potentes caeduntur, unable either to fight or flee, id. 8, 39.
      3. 3. Partaking of, having attained a thing; with gen. (poet.): pacis potentes, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 9: voti, Ov. M. 8, 80: jussi, having fulfilled the command, id. ib. 4, 509.
      4. 4. Strong, mighty, powerful, efficacious, potent (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): fortuna in res bellicas potens, Liv. 9, 17: herba potens ad opem, Ov. H. 5, 147: verba, id. Am. 3, 11, 31: herba potens adversus ranas, Plin. 25, 10, 81, § 130: passum ex uvis contra haemorrhoida potens, id. 23, 1, 12, § 15.
        Comp.: nihil esse potentius auro, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 29: quaedam ad efficiendum potentiora, Quint. 6, 1, 26.
        Sup.: potentissimae cantharides, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 94: argumenta, Quint. 6, 4, 22.
        Hence, adv.: pŏtenter, strongly, mightily, powerfully, effectually (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): se ipsam potenter atque efficaciter defendere, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1: dicere, Quint. 12, 10, 72.
        Comp.: aurum … perrumpere amat saxa potentius Ictu fulmineo, Hor. C. 3, 16, 9; Quint. 6, 4, 18.
    3. B. According to one’s ability or powers (poet.): lecta potenter res, Hor. A. P. 40.

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. πύματος (for πόσματος); Lat. pone, postremus].

  1. I. Adv.
    1. A. Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post, Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur, backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est, i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504.
    2. B. Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.
      1. 2. Ante … post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33: initio … post autem, Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis, many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post, Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post, id. ib. 5, 9, 72: biennio post, Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post, some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto, id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens, a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo, soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam, long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto, so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo, not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo, and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.
        With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc., Lucr. 3, 529: primum … post deinde, Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.
  2. II. Prep. with acc., behind.
    1. A. Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52: post nostra castra, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum, id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta, Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare, Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura, Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.
      1. 2. Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen, Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit, Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent, Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.
    2. B. Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.
      So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam, since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos, id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos, after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al.
      Put after the noun: hunc post, Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.
      With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat, id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris, Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43: post illa, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33: post haec deinde, then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4: post Hectora, Ov. M. 12, 607.
    3. C. Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit, Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

post-auctumnālis (-autumn-), e, adj., post-autumnal (post-Aug.): pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.

postĕā (in some edd. also separately, post ĕa), adv. [post- and acc. plur. ea, orig. eā, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 769].

  1. I. After this or that, hereafter, thereafter, afterwards: P. Considius, qui in exercitu P. Sullae, et postea in M. Crassi fuerat, Caes. B. G. 1, 21; Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90; id. Brut. 3, 12: postea, cum mihi nihil scriberetur, verebar ne, etc., id. Fam. 2, 19, 1: postea vero quam equitatus in conspectum venit, Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cato, R. R. 156.
    With abl. of difference of time (class.): postea aliquanto, a little while after, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: paucis postea mensibus, id. Clu. 47, 130: brevi postea mortuus est, id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: non multo postea, not long after, id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: paulo postea, Amm. 26, 10, 5: multo postea, id. 28, 4, 3.
    So with adv. of time (post-class.): non diu postea, Amm. 14, 11, 24: haud longe postea, id. 14, 7, 17: longe autem postea, id. 17, 4, 5.
    With deinde, inde, or deinceps, then, after that, afterwards: legati deinde postea missi ab rege, Liv. 41, 24: inde postea, id. 44, 24: postea deinceps, id. 45, 14.—postea quam (also as one word, posteaquam), after that (very freq. in Cic.): postea quam ego in Siciliam veni, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 138: posteaquam honoribus inservire coepi, id. Off. 2, 1, 4; 3, 2, 8: postea quam nuntii venerint, Caes. B. G. 6, 10; 7, 82; 5, 32: posteaquam Agesilaum misere, Just. 6, 2, 7.
    Rarely with pluperf.: postea quam tantam multitudinem conlegerat emblematum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54 (cf. Zumpt, § 507 b).
    So, too, postea vero quam, Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5; Sall. J. 29, 3; Nep. Dion, 4, 3 al.; cf.: postea autem quam ei nuntiatum est, Cic. Clu. 67, 192: postea (or post ea) loci for postea: post ea loci consul pervenit in oppidum, Sall. J. 102, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Afterwards, for then, besides (ante-class.), Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; id. Most. 1, 3, 131 (dub.).
    2. B. Then, in consequence of this: nonne haec justa tibi videntur postea? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 26.
      Hence, quid postea? what next? what further? what then? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 23: quid postea, si Romae assiduus fui? Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94: at enim nemo post reges exactos de plebe consul fuit: quid postea? Liv. 4, 4.

postĕāquam, adv., v. postea, I.

‡ postella, ae, f., i. q. postilena, a crupper, acc. to Isid. Orig. 20, 16.

post-ĕo, īre, v. n., to go after or behind; trop., to be inferior to; with acc. (postclass.): aliquem honore, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

poster, v. posterus.

postergānĕus, a, um, adj. [post-tergum], that is behind one’s back (post-class.), Arn. 4, 130: raptus, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 6.

postĕri, ōrum, v. posterus, I.

postĕrĭor, us, comp. from posterus.

postĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [posterus],

  1. I. future time, futurity, after-ages, succeeding generations, posterity (class.): sperare videor, Scipionis et Laelii amicitiam notam posteritati fore, Cic. Lael. 4, 15: infinita, id. Att. 12, 19, 1: hujus rei ne posteritatem quidem omnium saeculorum, umquam immemorem esse, id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: sera, a late posterity, Ov. P. 4, 8, 48: aeterna, id. H. 16, 374: posteritati servire, one’s fame with posterity, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 35: posteritatis otio consulere, id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui, Caes. B. C. 1, 13: in posteritatem, in the distant future, hereafter: quanta tempestas invidiae nobis … in posteritatem impendeat, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22; Just. 2, 3, 15: sola posteritatis dilectio, desire for offspring, Vulg. Tob. 8, 9.
    1. B. Transf., of animals, offspring (poet.), Juv. 8, 62.
  2. II. Trop., the last place, inferiority (eccl. Lat.): principalem veritati, et posteritatem mendacitati deputare, Tert. Praescr. 31.

postĕro, āvi, 1, v. a. [posterus].
Lit., to be behind or later, to come after,
Trop., to be inferior to, to want, to come short of, = ὑστερέω (post-class.): cum oliva tota nigrescet, quod speciei merito posteravit, fundendi ubertate compensat, Pall 12, 4.

postĕrŭla, ae, f dim. (sc. janua or via) [id.].

  1. I. A small back door or gate, a postern (post-class.): posterulae proditio, Cassian. Inst. Coenob. 5, 11.
  2. II. A back-way, by-way (post-class.), Amm. 30, 1, 13.

postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.
Comp: posterior, us.
Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.

  1. I. Posit.: cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur, Cic. Clu. 13, 37: in posterum diem distulit, id. Deiot. 7, 21: postero die mane, id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41: postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte, Nep. Eum. 9, 4: postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42: lux, id. S. 1, 5, 39: posterā Crescam laude, in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7: posteri dies, unlucky, Non. 73, 32.
    Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity: expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90: posterūm gloria, Tac. A. 3, 72: postero, for postero die, on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.: quam minimum credula postero, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day: in posterum oppugnationem differt, Caes. B. G. 7, 11.
        More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future: in posterum confirmat, Caes. B. C. 1, 3: multum in posterum providerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: longe in posterum prospicere, id. ib. 2, 8, 1.
    1. B. Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.
  2. II. Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    1. A. Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time; opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur, Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86: nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum, id. Or. 6, 21: ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere, id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67: posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores), the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.: genua, id. 11, 45, 102, § 249: pars prior apparet, posteriora latent, Ov. F. 4, 718: posteriores cogitationes, afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5: paria esse debent posteriora superioribus, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior, id. Brut. 11, 48: quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.
      Sometimes added to other words of contrast: alii … alii … tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc., Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70: cujus est ratio duplex … facilior est haec posterior … sed illa lautior, id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.): quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores, Dig. 38, 10, 10.
        2. b. postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5.
          Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.): posterius dicere, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76: posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi, i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48: jubet posterius ad se reverti, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66: Thucydides si posterius fuisset, had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.
    2. B. Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.): quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6: suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere, id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3: nihil posterius, nihil nequius, id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius): omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi, I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.: cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare, Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
  3. III. Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    1. A. postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.): alia prima ponet, alia postrema, last, Cic. Or 15, 50: acies, the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse, now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.: in postremo libro, at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5: mense postremo, Pall. 7, 2: munus, i. e. exsequiae, the last honors, Cat. 101, 3: nec postrema cura, not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.: non in postremis, i. e. in primis, especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.—postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1: omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62: primum … deinde … postremo: denique … postremo, id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately: sed ad postremum nihil apparet, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time: si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last: postremum mel et acetum superfundes, Pall. 12, 22.
      1. 2. Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.): postremum genus, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137: servitus postremum malorum omnium, id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.
        Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus: ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius, App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3: cum adulescentulis postremissimis, App. Mag. p. 336.
    2. B. po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post-humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father’s death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous: Silvius … tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis, late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.
      On the other hand: is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus, Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and: postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus, Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.
      As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child: non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse, Gai. Inst. 1, 147: si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat? Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.: postuma spes, the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26: suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam, id. Mag. p. 297, 23: cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat, with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.
      1. * 2. Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity: de postumo corporis, Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

postfactus, or separate, post fac-tus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. postfacio, made or done afterwards (post-class.): post facta furta (opp. ante facta), Gell. 17, 7, 3.
Absol.: ex postfacto, from what is done afterwards, afterwards, subsequently, Dig. 21, 1, 44 fin. (20, 1, 22).

post-fĕro, ferre, v. a., to put after, to esteem less (not before the Aug. period): qui libertati plebis suas opes postferrent, sacrificed, Liv. 3, 64, 3: Vatinius nulli non postferendus (opp.: Brutus cuilibet praeferendus), Vell. 2, 69, 3: postferte fidem regnis, Sil. 2, 701: non postferuntur et Charites, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32; 4, 4, 5, § 9: animi et corporis robore nulli juvenum postferendus, Curt. 7, 4, 17.

post-fŭtūri, post fŭtūrum, v. postsum.

* post-gĕnĭtus, or separate, post gĕnĭtus, a, um, adj., born afterwards; in plur. subst.: postgĕnĭti, ōrum, m., posterity, descendants (poet.), Hor. C. 3, 24, 30.

post-hăbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., to place after, esteem less, postpone, neglect (class.): omnes posthabui mihi res, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 15: omnia, Caes. B. C. 3, 33: omnibus rebus posthabitis, neglecting every thing, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2: posthabitā Samo, Verg. A. 1, 16: posthabitam dote solatus est, Tac. A. 2, 86; id. H. 4, 7: posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Verg. E. 7, 17.

post-hac, adv., after this time, hereafter, henceforth, in future (class.): aliam posthac invenito, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 21; id. Am. 2, 2, 165; S. C. de Bacchan.; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 59; id. Ad. 1, 2, 55; Cic. Cat. 4, 9 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 26 fin.: numquam posthac, Cat. 99, 16; opp. nunc, Ter. And. 3, 5, 5; opp. antea, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7: vobis erit providendum, quā condicione posthac eos esse velitis, id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; Juv. 7, 18; 8, 7.

posthaec (or as two words, post haec), adv., afterwards, after this, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 2; Tac. A. 1, 10, etc.; v. post.

(posthinc, adv., after this, hereafter, etc.; in Verg. A. 8, 546; id. G. 3, 300, more correctly separate, post hinc.)

posthoc or post hoc, adv., = postea, afterwards, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 175.

Posthŭmĭus, a, v. Postumius.

posthŭmus, a, um, v. posterus, III. B.

post-ĭbi, adv., hereupon, afterwards, then, Plaut. Poen. prol. 108; id. Rud. 3, 1, 8; 4, 7, 37.

postīca, ae, v. posticus.

postĭcĭpo, āre, 1, v. a. [post-capio], to take or receive afterwards (post-class.), opp. anticipare, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 21.

postīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [postica], a little backdoor (post-class.): brevis posticula, App. M. 2, p. 124, 41.

postīcŭlum, i, n. dim. [posticum], a small back building (Plautinian), Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; 4, 3, 78.

postīcum, i, n., v. posticus.

postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].

  1. I. That is behind, hinder, back-, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium, backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.: locus erat posticis aedium partibus, Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out-house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7: domo posticā egressus, Val. Max. 5, 7, 3: muri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17: sannae, made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62: pedes, hind feet, Sol. 26: pars palatii, Suet. Oth. 6: posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.: ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem, Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.
    2. B. postīcum, i, n.
      1. 1. A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.): per posticum se conferre, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27: atria servantem postico falle clientem, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.
      2. 2. The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19: in pronao, et postico, Vitr. 3, 1.
      3. 3. A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.
      4. 4. The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.

postĭdĕa, adv., ante-class. lengthened form for postea, after that, afterwards: nunc quo profectus sum, ibo, postidea domum me recipiam, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40; id. Stich. 1, 2, 40; id. Truc. 2, 4, 67.
With loci, afterwards: postidea loci, Qui deliquit, vapulabit, Plaut. Cist. Grex. 3; id. Stich. 5, 5, 17.

postĭlēna, ae, f. [post], a crupper, Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 37.

postĭlĭo, ōnis, f. [postulo; cf. consilium from consulo]. Relig. t. t., a claim of a god upon men, a demand for the fulfilment of a forgotten sacrifice (cf. postulatio, with which it is confounded in many MSS. and edd.; mostly ante- and post-class.): de eā re scriptum est, postiliones esse Jovi, Saturno, Neptuno, Telluri, dis caelestibus, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: eodem ostento Telluri postilio deberi dicitur, id. ib. 14, 31: deum Manium postilionem postulare, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.: in caeremoniis vestris postulionibus locus est, Arn. 4, 148.

postillā, or separate, post illa, adv. [cf. postea], after that, afterwards (anteclass. and poet.): postilla, germana soror, errare videbar, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.): saepe post illa operam rei publicae fortem perhibuit, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7: sed eum, qui mihi vendidit illam, numquam postilla vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 61; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33; Cat. 84, 9.

postis, is (abl. sing. posti, Ov. M. 5, 120), m. [pono], a post, door-post.

  1. I. Lit. (class.), Ov. Am. 2, 1, 27: caput legis in curiae poste figere, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 6: armis Herculis ad postem fixis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5: cur invidendis postibus moliar atrium, id. C. 3, 1, 45: tenere postem, said of him who consecrates a temple, Liv. 2, 8; Cic. Dom. 46, 120.
    Also of other edifices: ambulationis postes nemo umquam tenuit in dedicando, Cic. Dom. 46, 121.
    1. B. Poet., transf., a door (usually in plur.): postes a cardine vellit Aeratos, Verg. A. 2, 480: aerati procumbunt cardine postes, id. ib. 493; Val. Fl. 7, 322: perunguere postis, ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.
      In sing.: poste recluso, Luc. 5, 531.
  2. II. Trop. (poet.): belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.): videtur Cernere res animus, sublatis postibus ipsis, i. e. the eyes, Lucr. 3, 369.

postlīmĭnĭum, ii, n. [post-limen], prop.,

  1. I. a return behind one’s threshold, i. e. to one’s home; hence, a return to one’s old condition and former privileges, the right to return home and resume one’s former rank and privileges, the right of recovery, reprisal, postliminium: cum ipsius postliminii vis quaeritur, et verbum ipsum notatur, Servius noster nihil putat esse notandum, nisi post; et liminium illud productionem esse verbi vult, ut in finitimo, legitimo, aeditimo non plus inesse timum, quam in meditullio tullium. Scaevola autem Publii filius junctum putat esse verbum, ut sit in eo et post, et limen: ut quae a nobis alienata sunt, cum ad hostem pervenerint, et ex suo tamquam limine exierint, dein cum redierint post ad idem limen, postliminio videantur rediisse, Cic. Top. 8, 36: quem pater suus aut populus vendidisset, aut pater patratus dedidisset, ei nullum esse postliminium, has no right to return to his house and his old privileges, id. de Or. 1, 40, 181: postliminii jus, Dig. 29, 15, 5: postliminium dare alicui, ib.
    Hence,
    1. B. postlīmĭniō, adverbial abl.
      1. 1. Lit., by the right of postliminium: postliminio redeunt haec, homo, navis, equus, etc., Cic. Top. 8, 36; id. Balb. 11, 28: civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exsilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis, i. e. when he returns to Gades, where he was a citizen before being one at Rome, and recovers his right of citizenship, which he had lost by the attainment of Roman citizenship, id. ib. 12, 29: redire, Dig. 49, 15, 19: reverti, ib. 49, 15, 5.
      2. 2. Transf., by the right of return, i. e. back, again, anew (postclass.): postliminio in forum cupedinis reducens, leading back again, App. M. 1, p. 123, 30: corpus postliminio mortis animare, after death, id. ib. 2, p. 127, 4.
  2. II. Trop., a return: postliminium ecclesiasticae pacis, reconciliation, Tert. Pudic. 15.

postmĕrīdĭānus, a, um, v. pomeridianus.

post-mŏdo (also separately, post mŏdo), adv., afterwards, presently, shortly (mostly poet., and in Livy for postea; not in Plaut., Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): tamen postmodo necesse est doleant, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: sentiet illa tuas postmodo capta manus, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 18; * Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 11 (Fleck.); Ov. Am. 1, 14, 56; id. A. A. 1, 486: neglegis immeritis nocituram Postmodo te natis fraudem committere? Hor. C. 1, 28, 31: publicum in praesentiā dedecus, postmodo periculum, Liv. 2, 43, 8; 2, 24, 5; 3, 41, 5; 4, 7, 6; Col. 1, 8, 4 al.; cf. postmodum.

postmŏdum, adv. [post-modus], afterwards, presently, shortly (mostly post-Aug.): saepe ex injuriā postmodum gratiam ortam, Liv. 1, 9, 15: ne postmodum flecti precibus aut donis regiis posset, id. 2, 1, 9; 2, 2, 10; 2, 9, 7 Weissenb. (al. postmodo); Suet. Calig. 15; Val. Max. 2, 9, 9; 2, 10, ext. 2; Col. 1, 5, 9; 5, 9, 17; 6, 2, 6; Cels. 7, 26, 3.

† postŏmis, ĭdis, f. [perh. from πρόστομος], a barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler’s nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, ἐπιστομίς, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

post-partor, ōris, m., an inheritor, successor, heir (ante-class.): unde anteparta demus postpartoribus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 42.

post-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put after, postpone; to esteem less, to neglect. disregard (class., but not in Cic.; cf.: post habeo, praetermitto): ut omnia postponere videretur, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: omnia postposui, dummodo praeceptis patris parerem, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: scorto postponere honestum Officium, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: postponere Hannibalem Alexandro Magno. Just. 30, 4, 9: omnibus rebus postpositis, laying every thing else aside, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2.

postpŏsĭtus, a, um, Part., from postpono.

post-princĭpĭa, ōrum, n. [principium], continuance of a thing after it is begun, course, progress, sequel (ante-class.): ut quisque (quidque occeperit), sic ei procedunt postprincipia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4: voluptas disciplinarum in postprincipiis exsistit, in principiis vero ipsis ineptae et insuaves videntur, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 18, 6; 16, 9, 5: postprincipia atque exitus vitiosae vitae, old poet ap. Cic. Sest. 55, 118 (Halm reads post principia).

post-pŭto, āvi, 1, v. a., to regard as secondary, to esteem less, to disregard (anteclass.): cum te postputasse omnes res prae parente intellego, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 33.

postquam (posquam, Att. ap. Non. 109, 26, acc. to Rib. Trag. Rel. v. 118; id. Verg. A. 3, 463; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 4, 1186; Rib. Prol. ad Verg. p. 442; also separately, post quam), conj.

  1. I. After that, after, as soon as, when (class., but rare in Cic., who commonly writes postea quam; v. postea); constr. usually with histor. pres., or perf. or imperf. indic., or subj.; rarely with pluperf. (v. Zumpt, § 507, b; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 1, 1; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 889): abeo ab illis, postquam video, me sic ludificarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 27; id. Most. 3, 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 28: postquam res eorum satis prospera videbatur, Sall. C. 6, 3; cf. id. J. 13, 5 al.: eo postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides, arma poposcit, Caes. B. G. 1, 27: post quam armis disceptari coeptum est de jure publico, nihil esse actum cum dignitate, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3: postquam id difficilius visum est neque facultas perficiendi dabatur, transierunt, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 5: postquam divitiae honori esse coepere, et eas gloria sequebatur, Sall. C. 12, 1; cf. id. J. 70, 5: undecimo die postquam a te discesseram, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: quod post accidisset, quam dedissem ad te liberto litteras, id. ib. 6, 3, 1: quartum post annum, quam redierat, Nep. Dion, 10, 3.
    With post: postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15.
  2. II. With an accessory idea of cause, since, because, inasmuch as (rare and mostly poet.): nunc ego illam me velim convenire, postquam inanis sum, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Most. 3, 3, 22: postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari, Ter. Ad. prol. 1 (postquam pro quoniam, Don.): postquam suas terras sedem belli esse viderent, verterunt, etc. (= cum), Liv. 22, 1, 1: sed periit, postquam cerdonibus esse timendus Coeperat; hoc nocuit, etc., Juv. 4, 153; Tac. A. 1, 68.

postrēmĭtas, ātis, f. [postremus], the last, the end, extremity (post-class.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 11.

postrēmo and postrēmus, a, um, v. posterus, III. A.

postrīdĭē (ante-class. collat. form po-strīdŭo, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 90), adv. [loc. form from posterus and die], on the day after, the following or next day (class.), Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63: haud dubitavit postridie palam in castris docere, id. Rep. 1, 16, 23; 2, 31, 55: primā luce postridie constituunt proficisci, Caes. B. C. 1, 67: postridie mane, Cic. Fam. 11, 6, 1.
With gen.: postridie ejus diei mane eādem perfidiā usi Germani, Caes. B. G. 4, 13: postridie ejus diei, id. ib. 1, 23, 1; 1, 48, 2; 1, 51, 1 et saep.
With acc., the day after: venatio, quae postridie ludos Apollinaris futura est, Cic. Att. 16, 4, 1: postridie Idus. id. ib. 13, 47, a, 1: postridie Kalendas, id. ib. 4, 12, 1: Kalendas, Nonas, Idus, Liv. 6, 1 fin.: absolutionem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1.
With quam: quid causae fuerit, postridie intellexi, quam a vobis discessi, Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2; id. Att. 9, 5, 1.

postrīdŭānus or postrīdĭānus, a, um, adj. [postridie], that is, comes, or happens on the following day (post-class.): dies, Macr. S. 1, 15 fin.; 1, 16, 21.

postrīduō, adv., v. postridie.

* postscaenĭum or poscaenĭum (-cen-), ii, n. [post-scena], the part of the theatre behind the scenes, the postscenium; trop., for secret, mystery: postscenia vitae, those parts of life which are behind the scenes, Lucr. 4, 1186; v. Lachm. ad h. l.

post-scrībo, ĕre, v. a., to write after or under, to add in writing (post-Aug.): Tiberii nomen suo postscripserat, Tac. A. 3, 64.

post-signāni, ōrum, m. (sc. milites) [signum], the soldiers who are stationed behind the standards (opp. antesignani), Front. Strat. 2, 3, 17; Amm. 18, 8, 7; 24, 6, 9.

post-sum (also separate, post sum), fui, esse, v. n., to be after or future; in tmesi: qui ignominias sibi post putavit esse prae meo commodo, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 9.
Subst.

  1. A. postfŭtūri, ōrum, m., those yet to be, posterity: quia solus omnium post memoriam humani generis subplicia in post futuros composuit, Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch.
  2. B. postfŭtūrum, i, n., that which is to be, the future: duplicare obituri dolorem etiam post futuri aestimatione, Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 190: in post futurum, for the future, id. ib.: tum videbitur lex in postfuturum loqui, Gell. 17, 7, 8.

‡ postŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [postulo], that demands or claims: postularia fulgura, which signify that a forgotten vow must be performed, or a neglected sacrifice be offered, Fest. p. 245 Müll.; for this is found postulatoria, Caecil. ap. Sen. N. Q. 2, 49, 1.

postŭlātīcĭus, a, um, adj. [postulo], demanded, requested (post-Aug.): gladiatores, Sen. Ep. 7, 4.

postŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [postulo], a demanding, requiring; a demand, request, desire.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): postulatio aequa et honesta, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7: ignoscendi, a begging pardon, id. Inv. 2, 34, 104: concedere postulationi alicujus, id. Mur. 23, 47: postulationi resistere, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: opinione valentior, id. Att. 7, 6.
    Plur., supplications: obsecro igitur primum omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 1; cf. id. Psa. 118, 170.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A complaint, expostulation (ante-class.), Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 26: acris, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 45: neque lites ullae inter eas, postulatio Numquam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 105.
    2. B. In a court of justice.
      1. 1. A complaint, an application for redress: postulationes ingerere, Suet. Claud. 7; id. Ner. 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 1; 7, 6, 3; 7, 33, 4: agi per judicis postulationem, Gai. Inst. 4, 12.
      2. 2. An application to the prœtor to allow the presentation of a complaint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1.
    3. C. A claim or demand made by a god for a forgotten sacrifice, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20; 14, 31 MSS. (dub.; B. and K. postilio, q. v.).

postŭlātor, ōris, m. [postulo], a claimant, esp. a plaintiff (post-Aug.): postulatoribus per libellos respondere, Suet. Ner. 14.

postŭlātōrĭus, a, um, v. postularius.

postŭlātrix, īcis, f. [postulator], she that demands (eccl. Lat.): sollemnitates postulatrices (al. solemnitates, popularitates), Tert. Cor. Mil. 13.

postŭlātum, i, v. postulo fin.

* postŭlātus, ūs, m. [postulo], a claim or demand in a court of justice, a suit: ventum in jus est: postulatu audito, etc., Liv. 4, 9, 6.

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