post
post
subs.
Stake: Ar. also P. χά̆ραξ, ὁ or ἡ, P. σταυρός, ὁ, V. σκόλοψ, ὁ (also Xen. but rare P.).
Pillar: P. also V. κί̄ων, ὁ, V. στῦλος, ὁ, σταθμός, ὁ, ὀρθοστά̆της, ὁ.
Door post: Ar. and V. σταθμός, ὁ.
Post in a race-course to show where to turn: P. and V. στήλη, ἡ (Xen.), καμπή, ἡ.
Position assigned one: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ, Ar. and P. χώρα, ἡ.
Remain at one’s post: P. μένειν κατὰ χώραν.
Military position: P. χωρίον, τό.
Guard-post: P. and V. φρουρά, ἡ, φρούριον, τό, P. περιπόλιον, τό.
Messenger to carry despatches (in Persia): P. ἄγγαρος, ὁ (Xen.).
subs.
Stake: Ar. also P. χά̆ραξ, ὁ or ἡ, P. σταυρός, ὁ, V. σκόλοψ, ὁ (also Xen. but rare P.).
Pillar: P. also V. κί̄ων, ὁ, V. στῦλος, ὁ, σταθμός, ὁ, ὀρθοστά̆της, ὁ.
Door post: Ar. and V. σταθμός, ὁ.
Post in a race-course to show where to turn: P. and V. στήλη, ἡ (Xen.), καμπή, ἡ.
Position assigned one: P. and V. τάξῐς, ἡ, Ar. and P. χώρα, ἡ.
Remain at one’s post: P. μένειν κατὰ χώραν.
Military position: P. χωρίον, τό.
Guard-post: P. and V. φρουρά, ἡ, φρούριον, τό, P. περιπόλιον, τό.
Messenger to carry despatches (in Persia): P. ἄγγαρος, ὁ (Xen.).
post
v. trans.
Set up: P. and V. κᾰθιστά̆ναι.
Put in position: P. and V. τάσσειν. προστάσσειν ; see station.
Be posted up (of proclamations, etc.): P. ἐκκεῖσθαι.
v. trans.
Set up: P. and V. κᾰθιστά̆ναι.
Put in position: P. and V. τάσσειν. προστάσσειν ; see station.
Be posted up (of proclamations, etc.): P. ἐκκεῖσθαι.
POST
s. A piece of timber set up in the ground stipes (a large rough post): palus (a smaller post used as a general term): sudes (a post more carefully wrought). He stands like a post tanquam truncus stipesque stat: why do you stand there like a post? quid stas lapis?
Station situation locus (alicui assignatus); statio. To desert one’s post stationem deserere; de statione discedere; locum or praesidium relinquere: to occupy a military post praesidium occupare: to be at one’s post stationem agere: to go to one’s post stationem inire: to remain at one’s post in statione manere (Plaut.); in loco manere; locum tenere (Caes.); or simply stare restare (opposed to fugere).
Office part munus; partes plur.; muneris officia partes.
Public institution for conveyance of letters etc. cursus publicus (general term); *cursus publicus perferendis epistolis. A post-boy (i.e. who carries the mail-bags) tabellarius publicus equo vectus; cursor publicus (Ruhnken): the post goes out comes in *cursus publicus cursor tabellarius publicus abit venit: the post is gone *cursor publicus jam profectus est: post time profectio cursus publici: before post time *priusquam cursor publicus abeat (abiret): after post time *cum jam cursor publicus abiisset: to send by post *transmittere aliquid per cursorem publicum; *vehiculo cursori publico perferendum aliquid dare committere; (litteras) cursori publico perferendas committere (Ruhnken): I will write to you by the next post *per proximum qui abit cursum publicum litteras ad te permittam.
s. A piece of timber set up in the ground stipes (a large rough post): palus (a smaller post used as a general term): sudes (a post more carefully wrought). He stands like a post tanquam truncus stipesque stat: why do you stand there like a post? quid stas lapis?
Station situation locus (alicui assignatus); statio. To desert one’s post stationem deserere; de statione discedere; locum or praesidium relinquere: to occupy a military post praesidium occupare: to be at one’s post stationem agere: to go to one’s post stationem inire: to remain at one’s post in statione manere (Plaut.); in loco manere; locum tenere (Caes.); or simply stare restare (opposed to fugere).
Office part munus; partes plur.; muneris officia partes.
Public institution for conveyance of letters etc. cursus publicus (general term); *cursus publicus perferendis epistolis. A post-boy (i.e. who carries the mail-bags) tabellarius publicus equo vectus; cursor publicus (Ruhnken): the post goes out comes in *cursus publicus cursor tabellarius publicus abit venit: the post is gone *cursor publicus jam profectus est: post time profectio cursus publici: before post time *priusquam cursor publicus abeat (abiret): after post time *cum jam cursor publicus abiisset: to send by post *transmittere aliquid per cursorem publicum; *vehiculo cursori publico perferendum aliquid dare committere; (litteras) cursori publico perferendas committere (Ruhnken): I will write to you by the next post *per proximum qui abit cursum publicum litteras ad te permittam.
v. To fix on posts or walls (libellum or tabulam) in publicum (Cic. Agr. 2 5) or in publico (Cic. Att. 8 9) proponere (general term); *palo parieti or ad parietem (libellum tabulam) figere. To post up a bill tabulam proscribere (with accusative and infinitive Cic. Qu. Fr. 2 6).
To station in statione collocare; *alicui stationem locum assignare; (milites praesidia) disponere.
To put (a letter) into the post-office *aliquid cursori publico perferendum committere.
Intransitively To travel with speed *currere incitato equo; propere tendere or contendere aliquo; properare.
To station in statione collocare; *alicui stationem locum assignare; (milites praesidia) disponere.
To put (a letter) into the post-office *aliquid cursori publico perferendum committere.
Intransitively To travel with speed *currere incitato equo; propere tendere or contendere aliquo; properare.
post (subs.):
I. A piece of wood set erect:
1. cippus (esp. for marking the extent of a graveyard; also, for a boundary mark): Hor. S. 1, 18, 12: Scr. Gromat. Goes. p. 88.
2. pālus (rather a stake than a post): v.STAKE .
3. pīla: v.PILLAR , PILE . Fig., to denote stupidity, insensibility, truncus, stipes, Cic. in Pis. 9, 19: also, lapis, Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 3: v. BLOCKHEAD .
II. Military:
1. stătio: to remain at one's p., in s. manere. Ov. M. 1, 627: cf.OUTPOST .
2. praesĭdium (strictly, a body of men placed to guard): to occupy and fortify a p., pr. occupare et munire, Caes. B. C. 3, 45: to leave one's p., pr. relinquere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17; praesidio decedere, Liv. 4, 29, med. Fig.: to quit the p. of life, de praesidio et statione vitae decedere, Cic. Sen. 20, 73.
3. lŏcus (position, ground): to abandon the standards or quit one's p., signa relinquere aut loco cedere, Sall. Cat. 9.
III. Troops stationed in a position: stătio, praesĭdium: v.PICQUET , GUARD .
IV. Office: q. v. Phr.: to appoint to p.s of command, praeponere, praeficere (v.TO APPOINT ): yours is a difficult p., provinciam cepisti duram, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 22: holding a lucrative p., *quaestuosae rei (curae) praepositus.
V. Public service, etc.:
1. cursus publicus: to travel p. haste, celeri mutatione cursus publici vehi, Amm. 21, 9, med.: simply, to travel p., is cursu publico uti, Cod. Just. 12, 51 § 16: see the whole chapter ("de cursu publico"): the horses employed, veredi, Just. Cod. l. c. § 7; equi cursuales, ib. § 19: their drivers (p.-boys), veredarii, ib. § 13 (whence, for the service, res veredaria, Eichst. in Kr.).
2. cursus vĕhĭcŭlārius: Capit. Ant. P. 12: for which, res vehicularia, Amm. 14, 11, ad init. (copia rei v. data). Phr.: to travel p., publicis vehiculis uti, Amm. ib. infr. (N.B.--To expr. modern travelling by post, with ordinary hired vehicles, use, [celeri] permutatione jumentorum facta iter conficere: cf. Amm. ib. infr.)
VI. The letter post: *tabellarii publici (or sing.): to send a letter by p., *t. publici officio uti, Wyttenb. in Kr.: to be at the head of the p., *tabellariis publicis praepositum esse. (Cursor publicus seems less suited to denote our modern postal service.)
I. A piece of wood set erect:
1. cippus (esp. for marking the extent of a graveyard; also, for a boundary mark): Hor. S. 1, 18, 12: Scr. Gromat. Goes. p. 88.
2. pālus (rather a stake than a post): v.
3. pīla: v.
II. Military:
1. stătio: to remain at one's p., in s. manere. Ov. M. 1, 627: cf.
2. praesĭdium (strictly, a body of men placed to guard): to occupy and fortify a p., pr. occupare et munire, Caes. B. C. 3, 45: to leave one's p., pr. relinquere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 17; praesidio decedere, Liv. 4, 29, med. Fig.: to quit the p. of life, de praesidio et statione vitae decedere, Cic. Sen. 20, 73.
3. lŏcus (position, ground): to abandon the standards or quit one's p., signa relinquere aut loco cedere, Sall. Cat. 9.
III. Troops stationed in a position: stătio, praesĭdium: v.
IV. Office: q. v. Phr.: to appoint to p.s of command, praeponere, praeficere (v.
V. Public service, etc.:
1. cursus publicus: to travel p. haste, celeri mutatione cursus publici vehi, Amm. 21, 9, med.: simply, to travel p., is cursu publico uti, Cod. Just. 12, 51 § 16: see the whole chapter ("de cursu publico"): the horses employed, veredi, Just. Cod. l. c. § 7; equi cursuales, ib. § 19: their drivers (p.-boys), veredarii, ib. § 13 (whence, for the service, res veredaria, Eichst. in Kr.).
2. cursus vĕhĭcŭlārius: Capit. Ant. P. 12: for which, res vehicularia, Amm. 14, 11, ad init. (copia rei v. data). Phr.: to travel p., publicis vehiculis uti, Amm. ib. infr. (N.B.--To expr. modern travelling by post, with ordinary hired vehicles, use, [celeri] permutatione jumentorum facta iter conficere: cf. Amm. ib. infr.)
VI. The letter post: *tabellarii publici (or sing.): to send a letter by p., *t. publici officio uti, Wyttenb. in Kr.: to be at the head of the p., *tabellariis publicis praepositum esse. (Cursor publicus seems less suited to denote our modern postal service.)
post (v.):
I. To fasten up a notice: prōpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: with in publicum, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, extr. (legem in publicum prop.); in publico, id. Att. 8, 9, 1. Or expr. by inscrībo, proscrībo: cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92, inscripsi aedes mercede (I p.'d up a notice of sale of the house): and Cic. Q. Fl. 2, 6, med., tabulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice): id. Off. 3, 16, 66, insulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice of sale of a house).
II. To station troops:
1. constĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3: Caes. B. G. 1, 43, etc.
2. lŏco, 1: to p. the cavalry in front of the wings, equites pro cornibus l., Quint. 2, 13, 3: Sall.: Liv. Also, collŏco, 1: Caes. B. G. 1, 38 (occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocat: the compound implies more of permanence than the simple verb).
3. pōno; dispōno (to p. at intervals):TO PLACE , ARRANGE .
III. With pron. refl.; to post oneself:
1. consīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (esp. as milit. term): he p.'d himself at the foot of a mountain, sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48 (et pass.): Sall.
2. to p. oneself in or on a place: insīdo, 3: they p.'d themselves in the way, viam insedere, Liv. 21, 34, fin.: you p.'d yourselves on the Aventine, Aventinum insedistis, id. 9, 34: Tac. Also, insĭdeo, 2 (to be p.'d somewhere): foll. by direct acc., Liv. 21, 32, med. (apparuerunt tumulos insidentes barbari): Tac.
IV. To put a letter into the p.: nearest word, do, 1, irr. (tabellario being understood): I have never had an opportunity of p.ing a letter to you, litteras ad te nunquam habui cui darem, Cic. Fam. 12, 19. (N.B.--It was a frequent practice to indicate the place where a letter was "posted" at the end: e. g. Cic. Att. 3, 12, extr., dat. [= data] xvi. Kal. Sext. Thessalonicae.) More precisely, perh. *(epistolam) capsae tabellariae publicae committere.
V. To travel by post: Phr.: (celeri) jumentorum permutatione uti; vehiculis publicis uti (where there is a public service of post-horses): v.POST , subs. (V.). Fig., to travel rapidly (Milt.): prŏpĕro, etc.: v. TO HASTEN .
VI. To enter in a ledger: Phr.: ex adversariis in codicem referre, Cic. R. Com. 3, 8.
I. To fasten up a notice: prōpōno, pŏsui, ĭtum, 3: with in publicum, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, extr. (legem in publicum prop.); in publico, id. Att. 8, 9, 1. Or expr. by inscrībo, proscrībo: cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92, inscripsi aedes mercede (I p.'d up a notice of sale of the house): and Cic. Q. Fl. 2, 6, med., tabulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice): id. Off. 3, 16, 66, insulam proscripsit (he p.'d up a notice of sale of a house).
II. To station troops:
1. constĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3: Caes. B. G. 1, 43, etc.
2. lŏco, 1: to p. the cavalry in front of the wings, equites pro cornibus l., Quint. 2, 13, 3: Sall.: Liv. Also, collŏco, 1: Caes. B. G. 1, 38 (occupato oppido, ibi praesidium collocat: the compound implies more of permanence than the simple verb).
3. pōno; dispōno (to p. at intervals):
III. With pron. refl.; to post oneself:
1. consīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (esp. as milit. term): he p.'d himself at the foot of a mountain, sub monte consedit, Caes. B. G. 1, 48 (et pass.): Sall.
2. to p. oneself in or on a place: insīdo, 3: they p.'d themselves in the way, viam insedere, Liv. 21, 34, fin.: you p.'d yourselves on the Aventine, Aventinum insedistis, id. 9, 34: Tac. Also, insĭdeo, 2 (to be p.'d somewhere): foll. by direct acc., Liv. 21, 32, med. (apparuerunt tumulos insidentes barbari): Tac.
IV. To put a letter into the p.: nearest word, do, 1, irr. (tabellario being understood): I have never had an opportunity of p.ing a letter to you, litteras ad te nunquam habui cui darem, Cic. Fam. 12, 19. (N.B.--It was a frequent practice to indicate the place where a letter was "posted" at the end: e. g. Cic. Att. 3, 12, extr., dat. [= data] xvi. Kal. Sext. Thessalonicae.) More precisely, perh. *(epistolam) capsae tabellariae publicae committere.
V. To travel by post: Phr.: (celeri) jumentorum permutatione uti; vehiculis publicis uti (where there is a public service of post-horses): v.
VI. To enter in a ledger: Phr.: ex adversariis in codicem referre, Cic. R. Com. 3, 8.
φρούριον
a watch-post, garrisoned fort, citadel
posts
πρακτεῖον
post, official position
προπαρατάσσω
post in front
φλιή
door-post
φυλακεῖον
post, watch-tower, fort
φυλακτήριον
a guarded post, a fort
ἀργυρόπρυμνον
vessel with silver-plated stern-post
ἑκατονταρχία
post of a centurion
ἑρμίς
a bed-post (LSJ ἑρμίν)
ἱππάφεσις
the starting-post in a race
ὁλκαῖον
stern-post
a watch-post, garrisoned fort, citadel
appearing fewer than 50 times
νύσσαposts
πρακτεῖον
post, official position
προπαρατάσσω
post in front
φλιή
door-post
φυλακεῖον
post, watch-tower, fort
φυλακτήριον
a guarded post, a fort
ἀργυρόπρυμνον
vessel with silver-plated stern-post
ἑκατονταρχία
post of a centurion
ἑρμίς
a bed-post (LSJ ἑρμίν)
ἱππάφεσις
the starting-post in a race
ὁλκαῖον
stern-post
munus
a service, office, post, employment, function, duty
figo
to fix, fasten, drive, thrust in, attach, affix, post, erect, set up
columna
a column, pillar, post
postis
a post, door-post
stipes
a log, stock, post, trunk, stake
tignum
building-materials, a piece of timber, trunk of a tree, log, stick, post, beam
a stake, post
cippus
Prop., a pale, stake, post, pillar
a service, office, post, employment, function, duty
figo
to fix, fasten, drive, thrust in, attach, affix, post, erect, set up
columna
a column, pillar, post
postis
a post, door-post
stipes
a log, stock, post, trunk, stake
tignum
building-materials, a piece of timber, trunk of a tree, log, stick, post, beam
appearing fewer than 50 times
assera stake, post
cippus
Prop., a pale, stake, post, pillar